Félix Díaz (politician)
Félix Díaz | |
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Born | Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico | 17 February 1868
Died | 9 July 1945 Veracruz, Mexico | (aged 77)
Known for | Figure in the Mexican Revolution |
Relatives | Porfirio Díaz (uncle) |
Félix Díaz Prieto (17 February 1868 – 9 July 1945) was a Mexican
Biography
Félix Díaz was a young boy when his uncle, General
On October 12, 1912, he rose in revolt against Madero, but the revolt was suppressed by government troops on October 23, 1912.[3] According to the German ambassador to Mexico friendly with officers in the Mexican army, "The Díaz revolution has collapsed because of the incompetence of its leader."[4] Díaz was jailed and sentenced to death for treason, although Madero commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Also incarcerated at the same time was General Reyes.
Díaz escaped from
He opposed
In 1920, with the ouster and death of Carranza, Díaz sought an opportunity to make peace with the new regime of the Sonoran revolutionary generals who had ousted Carranza. Interim President Adolfo de la Huerta allowed Díaz to leave the country and even offered him 20,000 pesos. De la Huerta had already come to a peace agreement with General Pancho Villa, so now with the easing of Díaz out of the country, hardliners considered De la Huerta a reactionary.[6] Making peace with these two potential threats to the new regime can be seen as political pragmatism. Díaz went into exile once again, in New Orleans. In 1922, Díaz issued a manifesto against the Constitution on 1917, but again his agitation went nowhere.[7]
At the invitation of President Lázaro Cárdenas, Díaz returned to Mexico in 1937 and settled in Veracruz, where he died on 9 July 1945.
See also
References
- ^ Henderson, Peter V.N. "Félix Díaz" in Encyclopedia of Mexico. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p. 404.
- ^ Henderson, p. 405.
- ^ “University of Central Arkansas: UCA.” Government Public Service and International Studies. Accessed February 7, 2024. https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/mexico-1906-present/.
- ^ Ambassador Paul von Hintze quoted in Friedrich Katz, The Secret War in Mexico. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1981, 45
- ^ “Tragic Ten Days Interactive Map.” Library of Congress. Accessed February 7, 2024. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mexican-revolution-and-the-united-states/interactive-map.html.
- ^ Dulles, John W.F. Yesterday in Mexico: A Chronicle of the Mexican Revolution, 1919-1936. Austin: University of Texas Press 1936, p. 71-72.
- ^ Dulles, Yesterday in Mexico, p. 115.
Further reading
- The Man Who Upset Mexico - Felix Diaz, The New York Times Magazine Section Part 5, February 16, 1913. Retrieved on December 24, 2007.
- Peter Henderson ‘FÉLIX DÍAZ, the Porfirians, and the Mexican Revolution’ 1981