La entrevista de los presidentes Díaz-Taft (1909)
The Meeting of President Taft and President Díaz at El Paso, Texas
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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Porfirio Díaz
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William Howard Taft
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Guillermo Alva
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Eduardo Alva
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Salvador Alva
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Carlos Alva
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