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El Porfirismo: “Orden y Progreso”En los años siguientes al triunfo de la República en la Segunda Guerra de Intervención Francesa, México logró algo que no había conseguido durante toda su vida independiente: la paz y la estabilidad. El Presidente Juárez falleció a mediados de la década de 1870, tras haber liberalizado a México en lo político (Instrucción Pública, Leyes de Reforma, Separación Iglesia-Estado, etc., pero sus principales aliados, principalmente Lerdo de Tejada, no lograron mantener el poder. Así fue que en 1876, el General Porfirio Díaz, héroe de guerra, llega a la silla presidencial a través de un golpe de estado. Díaz es recordado como un “Presidente-Dictador” que gobernó con claroscuros durante 33 años, algo completamente inédito en la historia de México. La clave de la relevancia histórica de su mandato radica en un concepto determinante para el Estado Mexicano: la estabilidad como requisito para el progreso. End of free content. |
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Porfirismo: "Order and Progress"In the years following the triumph of the Republic in the Second War of French Intervention, Mexico achieved something that it had not achieved throughout its independent life: peace and stability. President Juárez died in the mid-1870s, after having liberalized Mexico politically (Public Instruction, Reform Laws, Church-State Separation, etc., but his main allies, mainly Lerdo de Tejada, did not manage to maintain the power. Thus, it was that in 1876, General Porfirio Díaz, a war hero, reached the presidential seat through a coup. Díaz is remembered as a "President-Dictator" who ruled with chiaroscuro for 33 years, something completely unprecedented in the history of Mexico. The key to the historical relevance of his rule lies in a determining concept in the Mexican State: stability as a requirement for progress. During Porfirism, the country was opened to foreign investment, and went through its "first industrial revolution" with the construction of almost 20,000 km of railways, several large ports, and the export of raw materials and the development of various strategic industries. But the "order and progress" on which this commercial boom was based, benefited a small percentage of the Mexican population, and kept large masses of people excluded and repressed. End of free content. |