https://freerepublic.com/tag/porfiriodiaz/ en-us Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:05:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3926213/posts Guess you folks forgot I wrote this back on November 8, 2020. Click here.We are having a parallel situation to what happened in Mexico with Porfirio Diaz in a way. He cheated, got caught, and the people were enraged. Even when Federal troops gunned folks down in the Zocalo square, they did NOT retreat. Porfirio Diaz had to flee the country. The Mexican Revolution https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3926213/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:05:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1605846/posts Mexico for most of its history was ruled by a small number of wealthy elites. They controlled most of Mexico's economy and politics, which is typical of most of Latin America. Many Mexicans lived in poverty. The rift between rich and poor grows wider.  Then in 1910, General Porfirio Diaz becomes president of Mexico. Opposition towards Diaz grows. Then Francisco Madero, an American and European educated man, leads the opposition and pressures for an election. Diaz has Madero imprisoned as a result, which he is later released and goes to America. He does not see Diaz as legitimate and makes... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1605846/posts#comment Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:17:18 GMT