betino juarez
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- In 1853, he is exiled by Santa Anna and sent to New Orleans after passing through Jalapa and Havana.
- At the age of thirteen, Juárez moves to Oaxaca without speaking Spanish and starts working as a cochineal harvester.
- Benito Juárez is born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, the son of Zapotec indigenous parents.
- Juárez enters the Seminary of the Holy Cross, where he studies preparatory and later Latin, philosophy, concluding his bachelor's degree in 1827.
- He finds a protector in Don Antonio Salanueva, a bookbinder and tertiary of the Franciscan Order, who teaches him to read alongside the teacher Domingo González.
- In 1831, he becomes a councilman of the City Council of Oaxaca, and in 1833, a local deputy.
- Juárez briefly assumes the governorship of Oaxaca and carries out public works such as the reconstruction of the Government Palace and the foundation of normal schools.
- In 1841, he becomes a civil judge and later a federal deputy after the overthrow of Paredes Arrillaga.
- With the arrival of Juan Álvarez and Comonfort to power, Juárez is appointed Minister of Justice in 1855.
- In 1856, he again assumes the governorship of Oaxaca and promulgates the Federal Constitution of 1857.
- In 1858, he is apprehended for not supporting the Plan of Tacubaya, but he is released and issues the Reform Laws.
- González Ortega leads the liberal forces to victory in 1860, while Juárez remains in power after extending his term.
- After the withdrawal of the French army, Juárez restores the Republic and is re-elected president in 1867.
- The French Intervention begins in 1862, but Juárez resists and leads the exodus from Mexico City in 1863.
- He dies in the National Palace on July 18, 1872, leaving a legacy of struggle for justice and national sovereignty.
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