Matías Romero

…but his two principal advisers, Matías Romero and José Y. Limantour (after 1893), were responsible for the influx of foreigners to build railroads and bridges, to dig mines, and to irrigate fields. Mexico’s new wealth, however, was not distributed throughout the country; most of the profits went abroad or stayed…

…architect of economic rehabilitation was Matías Romero, who had been Juárez’s ambassador to the United States and who believed that Mexico’s development was dependent on three basic elements: immigration, communication networks, and the exploitation of natural resources. In 1867 and ’68 the government renewed concessions to British capitalists for the…