Filipinas dentro de cien años
Encyclopedia
Filipinas detro de cien anos ("The Philippines a century hence") is a socio-political essay written in four parts by Jose Rizal. It is one of the most significant political works of the Filipino Reform movement in Spain where Rizal traces in this article the circumstances that brought about the awakening of the Filipino and consequently the birth of the Filipino spirit of a nation. He underscores the need to establish a new kind of political relationship between Spain and the Philippines if the former does not wish a total break-up with the latter. Spain is being given a sort of ultimatum: Reform or Independence.
But more than a warning, the article is a sensible request of an affectionate son who sincerely wishes to avoid a bloody separation between Spain and the Philippines. He ends his article with a prediction on the possible political intervention of European or neighboring powers or even that of the United States of America should the Philippines declare itself independent from Spain. He dismisses that possibility, given the existence of other more enticing economic prospects. Due to his idealistic and over-trusting nature he fails to see through the greed and ambitions of the United States of America and Japan
, who under the pretext of the Manifest Destiny
and Co-Prosperity Sphere
crushed the Philippines within a century, respectively in 1899 and in 1941.
But more than a warning, the article is a sensible request of an affectionate son who sincerely wishes to avoid a bloody separation between Spain and the Philippines. He ends his article with a prediction on the possible political intervention of European or neighboring powers or even that of the United States of America should the Philippines declare itself independent from Spain. He dismisses that possibility, given the existence of other more enticing economic prospects. Due to his idealistic and over-trusting nature he fails to see through the greed and ambitions of the United States of America and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, who under the pretext of the Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. It was used by Democrat-Republicans in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico; the concept was denounced by Whigs, and fell into disuse after the mid-19th century.Advocates of...
and Co-Prosperity Sphere
Co-Prosperity Sphere
The Co-Prosperity Sphere is an art gallery located in Bridgeport, Illinois, a neighborhood in Chicago. The gallery has been host to the Select Media Festival.-External links:* * *...
crushed the Philippines within a century, respectively in 1899 and in 1941.