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Contents 1 inaccurate 2 Benito Pablo Juárez García 3 Atheist 4 Dictator 5 Dates in office 6 Early years?

[edit] inaccurate

I think this article was made from is inaccurate about the real events in Mexico's civil war in the 19th century. A serious article should also have the view of those defeated by the party of Juarez. Only part of the "story" is taken here, as Juarez is regarded, by many mexicans, as not very patriotic (he even made concessions to foreign forces), and even damaged the Nation. In fact, his economic reform only benefited private greedy lenders, which thanks to him, controlled most of the assets expropriated, and that caused serious economic damage; that is recorded in history books. Besides, the article does not admites, or makes invisible, the fact that Juarez and other politicians were involved in a war of masonic logias; an explanation of such a war would make the story told here more objective.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.243.202.128 (talk • contribs) .

Whoa, I think you are very right. This article doesen't jive with anything I've heard about him other than that the liberals love him because he attacked the church. I'll try to get some references. I think the biggest thing he did was to bann the Catholic schools and was not able to replace them with secular ones, hindering education. 24.137.78.34 01:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

If you have the sources, please update the article. Luiscolorado 19:57, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Benito Pablo Juárez García

I also think that theres a lot to tell about Juarez, but what I think is the biggest error about this article is that there is not a single attituide form the U.S. that showed a lillte help to Mexico durign the french invasion, of course they didn´t brake relations with Mexico but neither challenged France at all.

U.S. support to Juarez, especially in the form of weapons, came after the end of the American Civil War. They also allowed Juarez' government to operate for some time from American soil. That doesn't seem like "little help" to me. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 11:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

The Lincoln administration also put diplomatic pressure on France to withdraw, ultimately sending troops from the Union army to the Mexican border once south Texas had been recaptured from the Confederates. Before 1865, of course, the United States didn't have much ability to influence Mexican affairs because they had their own war to fight -- a war in which France was a potential combatant and secret friend of the Confederacy.

This article also leaves out Juarez rewriting the Constitution in a manner that made it a criminal offense for a priest to serve in any of his pastoral duties.

[edit] Atheist

I saw him categorized as such earlier and thought it was unlikely, but I didn't remove the cat since I wasn't certain. I haven't been look into it too deeply, but don't all freemasons acknowledge a Creator? If Juárez himself claimed to be an atheist, then that is a different story. But I don't think he should be categorized as an atheist just for implementing anti-clerical policies.--Rockero 20:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dictator

This man was a dictator like many other presidents of Mexico. He used his position as president to steal the elections of 1867 and 1871. While he was certainly a patriot and hero to Mexico, I find it humorous that so many refuse to accept that he too maintained his office by dictatorial means. Maybe because he was the only full blooded Indian to become President he gets a pass.... 71.146.59.75 21:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dates in office

Just a minor point, but I believe that the official position would be that Juarez remained in office as President of the Republic during the period that Maximilian and the French were in control of Mexico City. I think the dates in the piece should reflect this. I suggest a wording like "served as President from 1861 to 1872. His presidency was interrupted by the French invasion that installed Maximilian as 'Emperor of Mexico.' Juarez continued to claim that he was the legitimate president and led a resistance movement, which was eventually sucessful."

[edit] Early years?

Any articles on how his childhood was like? and how did he get to be a lawyer? did all amerindians in Mexico have that privilege?--F3rn4nd0 01:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)