Question
Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon inspired this leader to construct the infamous Lecumberri Prison. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this dictator who declared that his country was ready for democracy in a 1908 interview with James Creelman. His 31-year presidency was ended by a 1910 revolution led by Francisco Madero.
ANSWER: Porfirio Díaz [or José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori]
[10h] Díaz justified his rule of Mexico with this slogan, signifying that development could not occur without a strong state. This positivist-inspired phrase also appears on a flag designed by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes (“hi-MUN-do tay-SHER-ah men-JEYS”).
ANSWER: Order and Progress [or Ordem e Progresso]
[10e] Díaz’s dictatorship led liberals to protest the “death” of the 1857 constitution promulgated by this first indigenous president of Mexico. This man names a Ciudad on the Mexico–Texas border.
ANSWER: Benito Juárez [or Benito Pablo Juárez García; accept Ciudad Juárez]
<Hari Parameswaran, History - World - Latin American> ~21113~ <Editor: Jordan Brownstein>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
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