Summary of La entrevista Díaz-Creelman - Dibujando la historia - Bully Magnets - Historia Documental

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The video discusses an interview with Porfirio Díaz, the 31st president of Mexico. Díaz discusses his views on imperialism and how they changed over time, as well as the relationship between Mexico and the United States. Díaz also talks about his re-election in 1910 and the subsequent political unrest. The video shows a discussion with historian Díaz-Creelman about how people can continue to make videos about history, and reminds viewers that sharing videos helps to educate others.

• 00:00:00 In this video, Barnes presents a history of Mexico's Revolution, starting with the famous interview with General Porfirio Diaz. Diaz was at the height of his megalomania and celebrations of the country's centennial in 1907 caught his attention. He then decided it would be a good idea to have someone interview him about his feelings of being so great and powerful, and white and handsome, to understand his perspective on being the best president in history. James Creelman was the reporter chosen to do the interview, and he put a lot of accolades on Diaz for his actions during the Revolution. When the transcript arrived in Mexico, a few fragments of the interview emerged being eagerly awaited. On election day in Mexico, without any risk of a revolution, Diaz's people were able to choose their leaders without fear of armed revolution, and this day has finally arrived. I welcome any opposition party to the Mexican Republic, and if one appears I will consider it a blessing and not a bad thing, and I will forget about myself in the victorious inauguration of a completely democratic country in my country. Finally, I would like to say that if you want to know more about history, it's time to learn about the famous interview with James Creelman. He was very connected
• 00:05:00 Following is a transcript of an interview with Porfirio Díaz, the 31st president of Mexico. Díaz discusses his views on imperialism and how they changed over time, as well as the relationship between Mexico and the United States. Díaz also talks about his re-election in 1910 and the subsequent political unrest.
• 00:10:00 The video, La entrevista Díaz-Creelman - Dibujando la historia - Bully Magnets - Historia Documental, follows 10-year-old Son of the Vigo Massacre author, James Creelman, who published his book in 1911, but by then Porfirio Diaz had already been overthrown and nobody cared about his book, Porfirio Diaz, Master of Mexico, which is a privileged view of the high-class political Porfiristas in their last moments of history, although, as we already said, a biased and uninformed view of the everyday reality of Mexican people of the time, which made Creelman leave a few of his sentences to hint that, contrary to Porfirio Diaz, he did not believe that Mexico could become a democratic country, not because they did not want to, but because of its cultural roots and its history, worse yet, he could not do it because of his race, Creelman did not show any embarrassment in Manifesting in the book his deep racial prejudices and cultural beliefs very in vogue in some republican circles at the time, if at the time when Mexico fully and enthusiastically surrendered to the Anglo-American forms of democracy challenged its own history and traditions
• 00:15:00 The video shows a discussion with historian Díaz-Creelman about how people can continue to make videos about history, and reminds viewers that sharing videos helps to educate others.