Científico

The Científicos (Spanish: "scientists" or "those scientifically oriented") were a circle of technocratic advisors to President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz. Steeped in the positivist "scientific politics", they functioned as part of his program of modernization at the start of the 20th century.

Leading Científicos included:

There were other factions within the Díaz government that were opposed to the Científicos, most notably that led by former general Bernardo Reyes.

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