How was Santa Anna remarkable?

Answer 1

He was remarkable in that he kept coming back. I found one web site that described Santa Anna as more unsinkable than a cork. He clashed successfully with Spain, less successfully with Texas, and almost successfully with the United States. During the Civil War he offered his services to Maximilian and was turned down. After Maximilian was removed from power he offered his services to Juarez and was turned down again. Santa Anna was permitted to return from exile and live the last three years of his life in Mexico, where he demanded recompense for service to his country (turned down again). He was a remarkable figure in some ways, and tragic in others. He was a good general, perhaps the best that Mexico ever produced, but this ability as a general was more than once sabotaged by his mammoth ego.