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Porfirio Díaz
Mexican general and president (1830–1915)
For the 1944 biographical film, see Porfirio Díaz (film).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name fryst vatten Mori.
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (Spanish pronunciation:[poɾˈfiɾjoˈði.as]; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a Mexican politician and military general who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 to 1911 seizing power in a military coup. He served on three separate occasions as President of Mexico, a total of over 30 years,[4] this period has been called a de factodictatorship.[5][6] Díaz’s time in office is the longest in the country’s history.
Díaz was born to a Oaxacan family of modest means. He initially studied to become a priest but eventually switched his studies to law, and among his mentors was the future President of Mexico, Benito Juárez.[7] Díaz increasingly became active in Li
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Porfirio Gutierrez is a California-based Zapotec textile artist and natural dyer, born and raised in the richly historic Zapotec textile community of Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico. He grew up immersed in color and surrounded by the wildness of Oaxaca's mountains, and by the knowledge of plants for healing and for color. His life’s work has been revitalizing and preserving traditional Zapotec natural dye techniques with a focus on reinterpreting traditional textiles and materials.
Gutíerrez’s art practice maintains his ancestor’s spiritual belief in nature as a living being, sacred and divine. His grounding in Zapotec traditional knowledge manifests in his textiles, reinterpreting the traditional weaving language, subverting and re-imagining the symbols and forms, morphing his textile designs toward the fractal forms and spaces of architecture and the movement he sees in cities and urban environments.
His designs draw deeply on his
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Biography of Porfirio Diaz, Ruler of Mexico for 35 Years
Porfirio Díaz (September 15, 1830–July 2, 1915,) was a Mexican general, president, politician, and dictator. He ruled Mexico with an iron fist for 35 years, from 1876 to 1911. His period of rule, referred to as the Porfiriato, was marked by great progress and modernization, and the Mexican economy boomed. The benefits were felt by very few, however, as millions of peons toiled endlessly and were treated poorly under his rule.
He lost power in 1910–1911 after rigging an election against Francisco Madero, which brought about the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920).
Fast Facts: Porfirio Diaz
- Known For: Ruler of Mexico for 35 years
- Also Known As: José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori
- Born: September 15, 1830 in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Parents: José Faustino Díaz Orozco, María Petrona Mori Córtés
- Died: July 2, 1915 in Paris, France
- Awards and Honors: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, First Class