This proposal left only two choices for Diaz; run in the free election or retire from his position as president of Mexico. After agreeing to run in the election, Diaz expected to win easily and validly against Madero, and was therefore stunned when it became evident that his opponent during the 1910 election was in favor of winning. Although Madero claimed that he did not have any real plans for Mexico after Diaz, he had the votes of the Mexican population. Madero believed that someone else should rule after decades of Don Porfirio. As a result, Diaz fixed the elections and the Porfirian regime arrested Madero in Monterrey on false accusations of plotting armed uprisings. Madero was sent to a prison in San Luis Potosi where five thousand other members of the anti-re-electionist movement were also jailed. Later on, Madero was bailed out of jail but only to find that Diaz easily won the re-election during his time in jail. Porfirio Diaz was President of Mexico from 1876 to 1880, re-elected from 1884 to 1911, and was the unofficial ruler from 1880 to 1884 as well ("The Mexican Revolution,", n.d.). In the beginning of Diaz's reign, he was known to be a great intention for representing Mexico. After thirty years of power that steadily increased, it was quickly turned over for the worst of the country. The corrupted government of Diaz created severe poverty in the country of Mexico. The formation of separating classes and constructing tension between the rich and the poor led to an uproar. As a result of both tremendous poverty and its overdependence on loans from foreign nations, the Mexican Economy suffered from instability. The foreign dependency caused the Mexican economy to have no stability or control of either its growth or decline. Diaz was a very strict and repressive ruler who rejected to come out of the power he held. By rigging the elections that Diaz held every four years to win, he was certain to always be reelected.
