A Historical Railroad Car 07/02/07 07:45 PM Filed in: Mexico In the 1860s Porfirio Díaz fought Maximilian's troops to help end the Second Empire imposed on Mexico by the French. He was President (read "Dictator") for 31 years.

Diaz first became president of Mexico through revolt, not electoral politics. Juarez decided to run for a fourth term, using governmental powers to insure his election over Diaz.

Jan 27, 2011 · The boom of cannon, the ringing of bells, blowing of whistles and yells from a hundred thousand throats welcomed William Howard Taft, president of the United States of America, when he...

Porfirio Díaz (born September 15, 1830, Oaxaca, Mexico—died July 2, 1915, Paris, France) was a soldier and president of Mexico (1877–80, 1884–1911), who established a strong centralized state that he held under firm control for more than three …

Mexico’s President, the General Porfirio Díaz, commissioned monuments and buildings to be erected to celebrate the centenary of the independence (1910) and to this day, they are the most...

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (Spanish pronunciation: [poɾˈfiɾjo ˈði.as]; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a Mexican general and dictator who served on three separate occasions as President of Mexico, a total of over 30 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 December 1876, 17 February 1877 to 1 December 1880, and 1 December 1884 to ...

Jan 21, 2024 · In 1910, Mexico held its presidential elections, and the 80-year-old Porfirio Díaz was declared the winner, almost unanimously. The opposition candidate, Francisco Madero, claimed massive voter fraud and called for a national revolt.

Santa Anna, president on eleven different occasions, dominated Mexico until he was exiled in 1855. When he centralized authority in Mexico City in 1836, he inadvertently prompted the successful Texas secession movement and his own removal from power.

Feb 4, 2021 · As a result, Mexican President, Porfirio Díaz, formed the Mexican Highway Code and tax legislation directed at car owners. During Francisco Madera's presidential campaign against Díaz in 1911, the Government ended the tax with the Mexican Revolution's onset.

By 1906, there were already 800 cars in the city, which encouraged the then-president Porfirio Díaz to create the first Mexican highway code and a tax for car owners. The first Mexican car brand was Mastretta, founded in 1987 by the brothers Daniel and Carlos Mastretta.