Porfirio Díaz, a
republican general during the French intervention, ruled Mexico
from 1876–1880 and then from 1880–1911 in five consecutive reelections. The
period of his rule is known as the Porfiriato, which was characterized by
remarkable economic achievements, investments in art and sciences, but also of
huge economic inequality and political repression.[29] A likely electoral
fraud that led to his fifth reelection sparked the Mexican Revolution of 1910, initially led by
Francisco I.
Madero. Díaz resigned in 1911 and Madero was elected president but overthrown and
murdered in a coup
d'état in 1913 led by a conservative general named Victoriano
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Porfirio Díaz, a
republican general during the French intervention, ruled Mexico
from 1876–1880 and then from 1880–1911 in five consecutive reelections. The
period of his rule is known as the Porfiriato, which was characterized by
remarkable economic achievements, investments in art and sciences, but also of
huge economic inequality and political repression.[29] A likely electoral
fraud that led to his fifth reelection sparked the Mexican Revolution of 1910, initially led by
Francisco I.
Madero. Díaz resigned in 1911 and Madero was elected president but overthrown and
murdered in a coup
d'état in 1913 led by a conservative general named Victoriano
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Porfirio Díaz, a
republican general during the French intervention, ruled Mexico
from 1876–1880 and then from 1880–1911 in five consecutive reelections. The
period of his rule is known as the Porfiriato, which was characterized by
remarkable economic achievements, investments in art and sciences, but also of
huge economic inequality and political repression.[29] A likely electoral
fraud that led to his fifth reelection sparked the Mexican Revolution of 1910, initially led by
Francisco I.
Madero. Díaz resigned in 1911 and Madero was elected president but overthrown and
murdered in a coup
d'état in 1913 led by a conservative general named Victoriano
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