Revolutionary socialist view of the Mexican War for Independence?

[Bala Perdida]

Currently I'm watching a soccer game and the team I support is playing at home in the Morelos stadium in Morelia, Mexico. This reminded me of my former long held views of Mexican nationalism. One of my favorite figures of the Mexican War of Independence was the same Jose Maria Morelos, especially since he was born in and inspired the name of my hometown. He had many like-able qualities, such as his mixed heritage of African, Indigenous, and Spanish blood, as well as his history as a priest and poor upbringing. Now, I'm an atheist and an anarchist so his reputation has sort of faded in my view. Still, there is much more to the Mexican Independence war than him.

My sister took some sort of history class that talked about several Latin American revolutions for independence, and she said that the Mexican independence war was the only major one led by normal people (peasants, workers, civilians, ect...). So how much truth is in that statement? What is your opinion of the Mexican independence war and figures like Morelos, Hidalgo, Allende, Rayon, ect. Was it a revolution for the elites, or did the priests efforts to help the impoverished make it a popular revolution?

The war started in 1810 till 1821. It successfully gave Mexico its independence from Spain. I wouldn't call it a liberal revolution, like in the US, since Mexico still suffered dictatorial tyranny for over a century. The uprising was still interesting, so what do you guys think? Give me the best Marxist, anarchist, communist, socialist, ect. views you can.

Here's the Wikipedia to help get you guys started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

It was a war with aristocratic and liberal tendencies in it which took over after figures like Hidalgo and his peasant army failed to destroy the Spanish presence in Mexico. Perhaps history would have gone differently if Hidalgo's army seized Mexico City, but it still may not have completed the overturning of economic exploitation as Hidalgo and his peasant armies were not attacking property relations as such.

You're right to point out that, in a sense, the liberals "lost" in the long run against conservative aristocrats. The country was run by oligarchs with a few exceptions, such as Benito Juarez taking power, but I don't think that's because the war for independence didn't have liberal figures. It was just because the aristocrats held more socioeconomic leverage.