Why is Benito Juarez so important to Mexico's history?

Benito Júarez was the first Native American to rise to the pinnacle of power since Moctezuma, and the first to do so in the Western hemisphere since the arrival of ... read more

I’m sure he was quoted in speeches here and there but not much more than that. It was very hard for him to be relevant in the Mexican revolution which started in 1910, as being dead for almost 40 years placed a serious hurdle in his political career. read more

Benito Juarez (1806-1872) is regarded as the greatest president Mexico has ever had, for many reasons: He was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national (he was a Zapotec Amerindian) to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere in over 300 years. read more

Benito Juárez, one of Mexico's most important statesmen and reformers, was the most powerful Mexican politician of his era. Benito Juárez, one of Mexico's most important statesmen and reformers, was the most powerful Mexican politician of his era. read more