The first meeting of a U.S. president and a Mexican president took place when William Howard Taft met Porfirio Díaz on 16 October 1909, in El Paso. The meeting was celebrated in both El Paso and Juárez with parades, elaborate receptions, lavish gifts and large crowds. Shot by the pioneers of Mexican Cinema the brothers Alva. This is a typical example of newsreel material prior to the Mexican revolution. By hemerographical references we know that this footage was presented to the then president of Mexico General Porfirio Díaz in the Castle of Chapultepec, then residence of the president.
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Massive crowds and military pomp staged for primitive cameras.
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Guillermo Alva
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This meeting was the first U.S.-Mexico presidential summit ever, staged partly to prevent looming revolution—which obviously failed spectacularly.
The Alva brothers screened this footage for Díaz himself at Chapultepec Castle; he watched his own diplomatic performance as propaganda while his regime crumbled.
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Saludos dr. Zagal
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"pobre México, tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos" frase que pronunció Don Porfirio al salir de dicha reunión
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