Díaz gathers a large following during Gonzalez's…

Díaz gathers a large following during Gonzalez's tenure that restores him to the presidency in 1884.

Mexican positivism, embodied in the slogan "order and progress," is the backbone of the modernization scheme supported by the cientificos, intellectual followers of Barreda.

Led by Jose Ives Limantour, who serves as adviser to Díaz, the cientificos develop a plan for economic recovery that will be carried out through the next twenty-seven years of the Porfiriato.