Plan of San Luis Potosí
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The Plan of San Luis Potosí is a key political document of the Mexican Revolution, written by presidential candidate Francisco I. Madero following his escape from jail. He had challenged President Por
Porfirio Díaz, president at the start of the Revolution
Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico (1911–1913)
Porfirio Díaz
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José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori, commonly known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican army general and politician who was the president of Mexico from 1876 until his overthrow in 1911. Seizing power in a
Plan of San Luis Potosí
…document of the Mexican Revolution, written by presidential candidate Francisco I. Madero following his escape from jail. He had challenged President Porfirio Díaz in the 1910 presidential elections, when Díaz was 80 years old, and garnered a broad-based following. Díaz jailed him when it became clear Madero might…
Díaz in 1910
María Petrona Cecilia Mori Cortés, mother of Porfirio Díaz, photo c. 1854 in Oaxaca
A young Porfirio Díaz, at the time of the Intervention
Díaz's victory in the Battle of Miahuatlán opened the way for his recapture of Oaxaca City