The celebration of the Centennial of Independence was considered of national importance by the regime of President Diaz. The commemoration had to take place "with the solemnity and splendor that made it so high and of such transcendence." Through the Porfirio Díaz Collection, which holds the Ibero-American University, the requests that the inhabitants of Mexico and abroad made to Diaz are presented; the celebration of the commemoration inside and outside the Mexican Republic, allusive publications, memorials, congratulations, invited foreign representatives and, finally, the news that comes to the president of popular discontent. A widely illustrated work.