Porfirio Diaz

1830–1915
President of Mexico for 35 years. Brought stability, modernization, and foreign capital, but ruled as a dictator.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Career of Porfirio Diaz  in	The Story of Mexico  by  Charles Morris
Diaz and Mexico of Today  in	A Short History of Mexico  by  Arthur Howard Noll

Image Links
Porfirio Diaz, the grand old man of Mexico  in The Story of Mexico	General Porfirio Diaz  in Young Folks' History of Mexico