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Porfirio Díaz
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Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States!
— As quoted in The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When (2006), by Ralph Keyes, New York City: St. Martin's Griffin, p. 387
Porfirio Díaz
President of Mexico (1830–1915)
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Lived 1830–1915, aged 85Mexico
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The man who ruled Mexico for three decades after seizing power on a platform of "no re-election" — then discarded that principle to hold office until revolution forced him out at age eighty.
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Born to modest means in Oaxaca, Díaz abandoned seminary studies for law under the mentorship of Benito Juárez, then fought with the Liberals against Santa Anna and the Conservatives through the Reform War. He became a military hero resisting the French intervention — captured at Puebla in 1863, he escaped and commanded forces across Southern Mexico until Oaxaca fell in 1865, escaped again seven months later, and led the troops that retook Mexico City in 1867 as the Second Empire collapsed. He revolted twice against sitting presidents on the principle of no re-election, finally ousting Sebastiá…
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