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BIOGRAFÍA DE BENITO JUÁREZ EN INGLÉS

Biografía resumida de Benito Juárez en inglés 
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Benito Juárez was born in Oaxaca, on March 21, 1806. His parents were the peasants Marcelino Juárez y Brígida García. When it had three years of age he remained an orphan and since then it was raised by his grandparents.

He studied to be an attorney and graduating in 1834 started working defending the indigenous. Parallel he was a teacher and occupied important positions in Oaxaca.

In 1847, he was elected a deputy and moved to Mexico City where it joined the liberal ones. In 1855 the president Juan N. Álvarez it was named By The Secretary of Justice and Instruction. From this post it cut away the privileges of the clergy and the army.


In 1858, it turned into President of Mexico and on the following year it promulgated the "Law of Nationalization of church property ." It defeated the conservatives in 1860 with the help of The United States. In 1862 the frenchmen invaded Mexico and Benito Juárez led the resistance, managing to defeat the emperor Maximiliano I in 1867.

In 1867, Benito Juárez was reelected as President of the Republic. Then it expanded the free and obligatory education all over the country. Also it extended the railroads and telegráfos. In 1871, it postulated again to the presidency and turned out to be winning. But on July 18, 1872 it expired for a disease of the lungs.