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The Railroad Policy in Diaz Government, Mexico

This study Examines the railroad policy of the Diaz Government and The process of the Diaz government power consolidation. Diaz and his supporters, the railroads constituted the key to the nation s future. Diaz argued that construction of railroads in Mexico would serve three main purposes. First, railroads would allow the nation to develop its rich natural resources, Secondly the railroads would stimulate Mexico s internal commerce, industry. Finally railroads would cement Mexican Unity by allowing the control governments to consolidate its political and economic power over the nation. But since the railroads favored those with capital and power, they exacerbated the economic inequalities of Mexican Society.