Ironically, what is happening in 2016 in America is eerily parallel to the internal problems in 1860s Mexico that confronted a new president an outsider Benito Juarez. The problems that Juarez faced included a huge national debt left by previous administrations run by the Mexican elite. There wa
The majority of the Mexican nobility attempted to reverse the popular election of Benito Juarez, and would go so far as to promote a foreign power to invade and take over their nation in order to recover political power and control over the Mexican people. The obvious intent was to end the cycles of
puppet, Maximilian I, to vacate the premises as well. The U.S. was pleased because the Lincoln administration had never viewed the reign of Maximilian as the true will of the Mexican people, and as Benito Juarez regained control of Mexico in 1867, the U.S. welcomed his return as the legitimate leader.
