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What would a Mexican say about a bad president? The answer will always say Porfirio Diaz. But, what if they were ask about a good president? they would say Benito Juarez without question. Porfirio Diaz was the dictator of the Mexican government for over 30 years and the main reason of why the revolution happen in the first place. Then, on the other side of the coin, you have Benito Juarez, literally, the best president that Mexico would ever have (unless you still believe on the PRI, PAN OR PRD… well, they had Colosio at least.). however, what do both have in common? the answer is that actually both did a lot of things for the improvement of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz may have been a Terrible president, a liar about the ideas of reelection, and many others. But, he really did some improvements to the country when he was on the power. And for this very reason, this essay will be focus on the comparison of Benito Juarez and Porfirio Diaz. Also, the main categories of this comparison will be: their background …show more content…

We cannot judge anybody before knowing what preceded them, maybe one was on a time on which they did not had any choice but to do what they did. First, Benito Juarez, or also know as the “Benemérito of the Americas” was born on March 21st of the year 1806 (the same day when it begins spring). He became president of Mexico on January 15th of the year of 1858 (dates of the presidents included date of birth or presidency are the most accurate possible thanks to presidentes.mx, please check on my work cited page for more information.). Benito Juarez became the president on that date, however, his work was already impressive, he was part of the “Guerra de reforma” on which he abolished most of the church powers, for example: he made the schools free of religion, also took away their “extraordinary powers on the politic matters”, and many others, by the time that Juarez reached the power, he was already helping Mexico

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