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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Benito Juarez, Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Morales, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, Ricardo Osorio, Geronimo Gil, Tom Stone, Ricardo Flores Magon, Alejandra Robles, Lila Downs, Rodolfo Nieto, Nadia Lopez, Ines Ramirez, Lupita Tovar, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Macedonio Alcala, Miguel Cabrera, Enrique Flores Magon, Flavio Sosa, Victor Bravo Ahuja, Jorge Cruickshank Garcia, Jesus Flores Magon, GEO Meneses, Abraham Mauricio Salazar, Susana Harp, Natalia Toledo, Hector Altamirano, Francisco Toledo, Demian Flores, Mayra Serbulo, Alvaro Carrillo, Hector Ortiz Ortiz, Mario Ortiz, Floriberta Jimenez Torres, Rosa Guraieb, Cosijopii I, Leobardo Cardini, Emma Ruiz, Ignacio Mariscal, Elio Castro, Pedro Carmona, Manuel Jimenez, Alberto Ramos, Fernando Larrazabal Breton, Jesus Leon Santos. Excerpt: Benito Juarez (Spanish pronunciation: March 21, 1806 - July 18, 1872) born Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858-1861 as interim, 1861-1865, 1865-1867, 1867-1871 and 1871-1872. Benito Juarez 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. Juarez was born in the village of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca on March 21, 1806, located in the mountain range now known as the "Sierra Juarez." His parents, Marcelino Juarez and Brigida Ibanes, were peasants who both died when he was three years old. Shortly after, his grandparents died as well, and his uncle then raised him. He described his parents as "indios de la raza primitiva del pais," that is, "Indians of the original rac...
