SPANISH:
“¡Pobre Mexico! ¡Tan lejos
de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!” ‡
‡ ) “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United
States!” — attrib. to Porfirio
Diaz, who had
participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz, & who served as “President” of Mexico from 1876 to 1911 (with a brief periods, 1876, &
again 1880 — 1884, when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González
respectively served as interim presidents) ; Diaz’s
presidency was marked by a surface stability (modernization & economic
growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to
foreign corporations,
esp. mining & agri-business concerns. In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his
arse during the Mexican Revolution; he slithered off
to exile in Spain. After the
Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized.
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