Benito Juarez's historical significance can be viewed through his inspirational indigenous background, reforms during governance, and upbringing as one of Mexico's presidents. Born in Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico in 1806 to indigenous Zapotec parents; later on becoming an orphan. Benito Juarez grew up poor, in a village of only 100 people. Only able to speak his native Zapotec language, working in the fields up until the age of 12, when he had finally started school. Later on, Juarez had moved to the…
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