Manuel María Eutimio de Zamacona y Murphy (13 September 1826 – 29 May 1904) was a Mexican radical

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lawyer, journalist, and politician. Born in Puebla, he studied at seminary and went on to practice law. As a journalist he founded ''El Siglo XIX'', an influential newspaper founded in 1852. He served as

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in the cabinet of President

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Liberalism in Mexico, Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec peoples, Zapo ...

(1861). He negotiated an agreement with the British Ambassador to Mexico, Charles Wyke, known as the Wyke-Zamacona Treaty, which sought an interim solution of the Juárez government's problems concerning the external debt to Great Britain, France, and Spain. When Juárez decided to suspend payments on the foreign debt in July 1861, he risked

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. The treaty was aimed at forestalling that, but it was rejected by the Mexican congress. With that rejection, Zamacona resigned from Juárez's government and went on to lead the liberal opposition to Juárez.Hamnett, ''Juárez'', pp. 154, 280. He negotiated diplomatic recognition to the administration of President

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...

from the government of the United States (1878) and presided over the

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1826 births 1904 deaths Politicians from Puebla Mexican Secretaries of Foreign Affairs Ambassadors of Mexico to the United States Presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) People from Puebla (city) Liberalism in Mexico Second French intervention in Mexico {{Mexico-politician-stub