The famous so called El Porfiriato was the era of Porfirio Diaz governing Mexico the cause of the Mexican revolution, an armed movement against the government of General Porfirio Diaz, who ruled the country for more than 30 years. The period during which General Diaz was head executive, is known as " El Porfiriato " and lasted from 1877 to 1884 and the Mexican revolution from 1911 the year general Diaz was removed from head executive to 1920. The porfiriato is a historical period of great contrasts, because during the years of the pofiriato Mexico generated significant positive changes and setbacks, mainly in the social field, which would mainly start the Mexican Revolution, first of the great upheavals of the twentieth century. the main reason