Identity
Current Charges
- Long-term authoritarian rule.
- Election manipulation and political control.
- Suppression of opposition and dissent.
- Concentration of power during the Porfiriato.
Full Bio
Porfirio Díaz was a Mexican general and politician who dominated Mexican politics for more than three decades. His rule brought modernization but was also marked by authoritarian control, electoral manipulation, repression, and elite favoritism.