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| Porfirio Diaz becomes president in 1876 |
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| Diaz inherets a Mexico in shambles. The economy is in ruins and there is no one who is willing to invest in Mexico. In his years as president Diaz was able to salvage Mexico from the horrible position that it was in |
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| Diaz's motto. Diaz planned on completly revolutionizing Mexico and turning Mexico into a respectable country |
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| Diaz believed that in order for there to be progress there must first be order. This is why Diaz ruled mercilessly, and anyone who dared disturb the peace was killed on the spot |
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| After Diaz's first term ended Gonzalez became president. |
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| Gonzalez was like a little Diaz puppet, trying to do what Diaz had planned on doing. Many claim that Diaz put Gonzalez there in order to come back later |
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| Gonzalez exhausted Mexico's resources with his plan to modernize Mexico. He ended with no money and was even accused of corruption and sexual misconduct. |
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| Diaz comes back as president and so begins his cycle of reelection which lasted around 30 years |
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| Diaz planned on modernizing Mexico and boosting its economy through his motto. But before there was progress there had to be order. |
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| Railroads were built all around Mexico, improving import/export, communication and transportation |
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| Peace was established through violent displays on behalf of the government |
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| Seeing as how Diaz thought that keeping the peace was so important 1/4 of the government funds went straight to the military |
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| Any form of art or literature was censored by the government in order to prevent ideas of rebelion. Newspapers had to report only what the government allowed them to report |
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| The key to the great boost of the economy was Limantour. He enabled Mexico to grow so much |
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| Some racism occurred in Mexico and the natives were discriminated against. Even though Limantour wanted to educate all Mexicans it was hard to educate the natives since schools were built near criollos, not natives |
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| During the Porfiriato most of the land was owned by a few very wealthy hacendados. They owned the land and had the peones work for them in a slave like fashion. |
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| Peones had to work like slaves. They fell easily into debt since they were paid so poorly and their debt could be inherited by their children so it was very hard to get out from this life. Peones show how Mexico growth was at the cost of the poor and it benifited mostly the rich. |
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| Peace enabled a prolonged period of population growth. Aspects of daily life increased dramatically as the middle class increased in size. |
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| Even though some remember Diaz as a dictator the truth is that he saved Mexico and allowed us to get back on our feet. It might have been at the expense of many of the poor but in the end every Mexican benifited from his presidency |
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