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(Jo⋅sé⋅de⋅la Cruz) Por⋅fi⋅rio [haw-se--th e-lah kroos pawr-fee-ryaw] , 1830–1915, president of Mexico 1877–80, 1884–1911. |
| Dí·az (dē'äs, -äz) Mexican soldier and politician who became president after a coup in 1876 and governed the country until 1911 (except for the years 1880-1884). His increasingly dictatorial methods led to his overthrow and flight to Paris, where he died in exile. |