Ideologies / National Capitalist / Porfirio Díaz
§ The minds · 1830–1915 · Mexico · President (dictator)
Porfirio Díaz
Order and progress
Foreign capital, iron rule.
Economic+92
SocialistMarket
Governance+56
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−52
TraditionalProgressive
The dictator whose 'Porfiriato' modernised Mexico with foreign capital and railways under the banner of 'order and progress' — growth for some, repression for many, until the Revolution swept him away.
social
Positivist-nationalist enforcing hierarchical order.
economic
Threw Mexico open to railroads, mining and foreign investment.
governance
Ruled for over three decades through a centralised dictatorship.
Notable for
- The Porfiriato (1876–1911)
- Railway-and-mining boom
- Overthrown by the Mexican Revolution
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