Mexican Assassins - Mexican Regicides, Benito Jurez, Jos de Len Toral, Juan Francisco Murillo Daz, Mario Aburto Martnez (Paperback)

Chapters: Mexican Regicides, Benito Jurez, Jos de Len Toral, Juan Francisco Murillo Daz, Mario Aburto Martnez. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Benito Pablo Jurez Garca (Spanish pronunciation: March 21, 1806 July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec indian from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 18581861 as interim, 18611865, 18651867, 18671871 and 18711872. Benito Jurez was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere. He resisted the French occupation, overthrew the Empire, restored the Republic, and used liberal efforts to modernize the country. Jurez was born in the small village of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca on March 21, 1806, located in the mountain range now known as the "Sierra Jurez." His parents, Marcelino Jurez and Brgida Garca, were peasants who died when he was three years old. His uncle then raised him. He described his parents as "indios de la raza primitiva del pas," that is, "Indians of the original race of the country." He worked in the corn fields and as a shepherd until the age of 12, when he walked to the city of Oaxaca to attend school. At the time, he was illiterate and could not speak Spanish, only Zapotec. In the city, where his sister worked as a cook, he took a job as a domestic servant for Antonio Maza. A lay Franciscan, Antonio Salanueva, was impressed with young Benito's intelligence and thirst for learning, and arranged for his placement at the city's seminary. He studied there but decided to pursue law rather than the priesthood. He graduated from the seminary in 1827 and went on to gain a degree in law. In 1843 Benito married Margarita Ma...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=103360