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  • NAME: Benito Juárez
  • OCCUPATION: World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: March 21, 1806
  • DEATH DATE: July 18, 1872
  • EDUCATION: Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: San Pablo Guelatao, Mexico
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Mexico City, Mexico
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Benito Juárez was a national hero and president of Mexico, who, for three years (1864-67), fought against foreign occupation under Maximilian.


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Born on March 21, 1806, in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico, Benito Juárez was president of Mexico (1861-72) and for three years (1864-67) fought against foreign occupation under Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who was finally captured by Mexican forces and executed him. Impeccably honest, Juárez also sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal republic.

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