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 expile in Spain. After the Mexican revolution many industries
were nationalized.
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