Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico — The Gulf Coast (North America)

Porfirio Díaz Mori

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

1. Porfirio Díaz Mori Marker

Inscription.
General
Porfirio Díaz Mori

Oaxaca 1830-
París 1915

“Orden y Progreso”

Orizaba 2015

Militar activo
por 31 años
Héroe de las Batallas de:
Calpulalpan
Puebla 5 de Mayo
Oaxaca
Revolución de Tuxtepec

Presidente de Mexico

“Poca política y más
administración”
Soberanía y estabilidad

Nombra a Orizaba “La Ciudad más educada
del país”

Su legado
Ferrocarril y carreteras
Telefonía y correos
Electricidad
Comercio y exportación
Cine

Palacio de Bellas Artes
Palacio Postal
Palacio de Comunicaciones
Hemiciclo a Juárez
Ángel de la Independencia
Centro Mercantil

English translation:
General Porfirio Díaz Mori

Oaxaca 1830 – Paris 1915
"Order and Progress"
Orizaba 2015

Active military member for 31 years
Hero of the Battles of:
Calpulalpan
Puebla, May 5th
Oaxaca
Tuxtepec Revolution

President of Mexico

"Give little to politics and more to administration"
Sovereignty and stability

He named Orizaba "The most educated city in the country"

His legacy:
Railways and roads
Telephone and post service
Electricity

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Trade and export
Cinema

The Palace of Fine Arts
The Postal Palace
The Palace of Communications
Monument to Juárez
Angel of Independence
The Mercantile Center

Erected 2015.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is May 5, 1915.

Location. 18° 50.717′ N, 97° 6.439′ W. Marker is in Orizaba, Veracruz. Memorial can be reached from Poniente 5 just east of Sur 8, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Orizaba VER 94300, Mexico. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 1 other marker is within walking distance of this marker. General Camerino Z. Mendoza (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line).

Also see . . . Porfirio Díaz (from Wikipedia). José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of three and a half decades from 1876 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911. A veteran of the War of the Reform (1858–60) and the French intervention in Mexico (1862–67), Díaz rose to the rank of General, leading Republican troops against the French-imposed rule of Emperor
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

2. Porfirio Díaz Mori Marker
Maximilian. Seizing power in a coup in 1876, Díaz and his allies, a group of technocrats known as the "Científicos", ruled Mexico for the next thirty-five years, a period known as the Porfiriato. Díaz has always been a controversial figure in Mexican history; while the Porfirio regime brought stability after decades of conflict, it grew unpopular due to civil repression and political stagnation. His economic policies largely benefited his circle of allies as well as foreign investors, and helped a few wealthy landowners acquire huge estates, leaving rural farmers unable to make a living. Likewise these estates were often deadly, resulting in approximately 600,000 deaths through the end of Diaz's rule. Despite public statements favoring a return to democracy and that he would not run for office, Díaz reversed himself and ran in 1910. His failure to institutionalize presidential succession, when he was 80 years old, triggered a political crisis between the Científicos and the followers of General Bernardo Reyes, allied with the military and with peripheral regions of Mexico. After Díaz declared himself the winner of an eighth term in office in 1910, his electoral opponent, Francisco I. Madero, issued a call for armed rebellion against Díaz, leading to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. After the Federal Army suffered a number of military defeats against Madero's forces, Díaz
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

3. Porfirio Díaz Mori Marker
was forced to resign in May 1911 and went into exile in France, where he died four years later. (Submitted on December 9, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

4. Porfirio Díaz Mori Marker

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

5. Porfirio Díaz Mori Marker

The statue and marker are roughly in the center of this view to the south of the surrounding park area.

Porfirio Díaz Mori statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, November 30, 2017

6. Porfirio Díaz Mori statue

This is likely the first statue erected to Porfirio Díaz in the last 100 years.

Porfirio Díaz Mori image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, March 9, 2019

7. Porfirio Díaz Mori

This reproduction of a portrait of Porfirio Díaz is from the Museo Magia del Pasado (Magic of the Past Museum) at the Cerro de las Campanas, Querétaro. (Author and date unknown).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 9, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 9, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. 7. submitted on April 13, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.