Benito Juarez Day
NOTICE
All government offices (city, state and federal) and banks will be closed
MONDAY MARCH 16TH, 2009
due to
BENITO JUAREZ DAY
Offices will reopen with regularly scheduled hours on Tuesday, March 17th , 2009.
Benito Pablo Juárez García (pronounced [beˈnit̪o ˈpaβ̞lo ˈxwaɾes gaɾˈsia]) (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms as president of Mexico 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872. For resisting the French occupation, overthrowing the Empire, and restoring the Republic, as well as for his efforts to modernize the country, Juárez is often regarded as Mexico's greatest and most beloved leader. Juárez was recognized by the United States as a ruler in exile during the French-controlled Second Mexican Empire, and got their support in reclaiming Mexico under the Monroe Doctrine after the United States Civil War ended. Benito Juárez was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere in over 300 years. Regards, Marisa Molina
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