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Juarez was Mexico's first Indian-born president and national hero. He was born into an Indian peasant family near the city of Oaxaca and is a pure-blood Sapitik Indian. Juarez lost his parents at the age of 3 and was raised by his uncle. In his early years, he worked as a servant and apprentice to the rich, and later had the privilege of attending a Catholic theological school. In 1829 he was admitted to the Oaxaca Academy of Sciences and Arts, specializing in law and politics. Under the influence of European and American liberal democratic ideas, he became an advanced intellectual at that time. After graduation, he was admitted to practice as a lawyer in 1834. He served as interim president during the civil war from 1858 to 1861, defeating conservative forces and implementing democratic reforms. He was elected president in June 1861. Juarez served as a member of the Oaxaca State Assembly, governor of Oaxaca, minister of justice, minister of the interior, interim president, and was elected president four times. He led the Mexican "reform movement" in the 1850s and 1860s, overthrowing the dictatorship, promulgating the Juarez Law, the Mexican Declaration of Social Reform (the Reform Law), and implementing liberal reforms; on July 18, 1872, he died of a heart attack!
Mexican landscapes
Mexico, a country that has endured hardships and hardships to resist the invaders, has never been able to escape the fate of being invaded after independence! In 1846, the U.S. Army invaded Mexico and occupied Matamos, and the Mexican-American War officially broke out. At this time, While Juarez was serving as governor of Oaxaca, he actively organized the people against the U.S. invasion. However, in the following period of time, due to the large disparity in power between the two sides, coupled with long-term internal and external troubles, Mexico has long been a foreign power. Soon, Mexico was defeated. In 1848, the defeated Mexico and the United States engaged in "negotiations", after the negotiations, Mexico was forced to cede Texas, New Mexico, California and other states, these ceded land, accounting for nearly half of the area of Mexico! At this point, the United States became the ruler of the Americas.
In 1862, France invaded Mexico in the name of "debt collection", united with Britain and Spain. Juarez, then president of Mexico, was defeated and forced to retreat into the mountains, he actively led the people to resist the French invasion, extensive guerrilla warfare, so that the invading army into a dilemma, coupled with the influence of some external pressure, forced Napoleon III at that time had to order the French army to retreat, Juarez also took advantage of the situation to overthrow the puppet regime, giving a heavy blow to foreign invading forces and domestic conservative forces!
Pyramid of the Helios in Mexico
President Juarez was the first Indian president in the history of the Americas. The French writer Victor Hugo called Juarez the hero who "brought freedom back to life." He proposed respect for the rights of others, that is, peace. His political success was a protracted struggle. He continued to overcome popular prejudices about his Indian origins. His reforms in the interior enabled Mexico to purge itself of the remnants of neo-colonialism. Known as the "father of reform" in the history of the Mexican nation!