Editing Oaxaca (section)

===Late 19th century to present===
[[File:Oaxaca protests.jpg|thumb|Protesters in Oaxaca, 2006]]
During Díaz's rule, called the Porfiriato, a number of modernization efforts were undertaken in the state, such as public lighting, first with gas then with electricity, railroad lines, new agriculture techniques and the revitalization of commerce. Most of the benefits of these advances went to national and international corporations, and workers and indigenous farmers organized against the regime.<ref name="enchistoria"/>

After the Mexican Revolution broke out, Díaz was soon ousted and the rest of the war was among the various factions that had power in different parts of the country. Various leaders such as [[Francisco I. Madero]], [[Victoriano Huerta]] and [[Venustiano Carranza]] came to the state during this time, but the most important force in the area was the [[Liberation Army of the South]] under [[Emiliano Zapata]]. This army allied with and fought against the previous leaders, especially Venustiano Carranza,<ref name="enchistoria"/> and held various portions of the state until 1920.<ref name="1schmal"/> At the end of the Revolution, a new state constitution was written and accepted in 1922.<ref name="enchistoria"/>
[[File:Oaxaca 2010 Elections.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Workers campaigning in the historic 2010 state government election]]
A series of major disasters occurred in Oaxaca from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1928, a series of earthquakes destroyed many of the buildings in the capital. A [[1931 Oaxaca earthquake|much larger earthquake in 1931]] was the largest in the state's history, devastating a number of cities along the coast. The 1930s brought the [[Great Depression]], which along with the disasters, prompted wide-scale migration to Mexico City. In 1944, torrential rains caused extensive flooding in the Tuxtepec region, resulting in hundreds of deaths.<ref name="rincones32">Akaike, p. 32</ref>

In the 1940s and 1950s, new infrastructure projects were begun. These included the Izúcar-Tehuantepec section of the [[Panamerican Highway]] and the construction of the Miguel Alemán Dam.<ref name="rincones32"/> From the 1980s to the present, there has been much development of the tourism industry in the state. This tourism, as well as the population growth of the capital, prompted the construction of the Oaxaca-Mexico City highway in 1994.<ref name="rincones33">Akaike, p. 33</ref> Development of tourism has been strongest in the Central Valleys area surrounding the capital, with secondary developments in [[Huatulco]] and other locations along the coast. This development was threatened by violence associated with the [[2006 Oaxaca protests|2006 uprising]], which severely curtailed the number of incoming tourists for several years.<ref name="turdes"/>

On February 12, 2008, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Oaxaca.<ref>{{cite news |title=Earthquake shakes southern Mexico |work=BBC News |date=February 12, 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7241234.stm |access-date=August 23, 2009}}</ref>

From the Mexican Revolution until the 2000s, the ruling PRI party controlled almost all Oaxacan politics, from the local to the state level.<ref name="PRIloses">{{Cite news |title=PRI loses Oaxaca, takes PAN states |url=http://thenews.com.mx/articulo/pri-loses-oaxacatakes-pan-states-1075 |publisher=The News |location=Mexico City |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=August 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815050649/http://thenews.com.mx/articulo/pri-loses-oaxacatakes-pan-states-1075 |archive-date=August 15, 2010}}</ref> Challenges to the rule were sporadic and included the student movements of the 1970s, which did bring down the state government.<ref name="rincones3233">Akaike, pp. 32–33</ref> Teachers' strikes were frequent thereafter, culminating in the [[2006 Oaxaca protests|2006 uprising in Oaxaca city]], which brought in groups protesting the heavy marginalization of the poor.<ref name="turdes"/> The [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]] lost its 80-year hold on the state government in 2010 with the election of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN]] gubernatorial candidate [[Gabino Cué Monteagudo]]. This has led to speculation of major changes for the state.<ref name="PRIloses"/>

In 2017, a series of [[earthquake]]s brought death and destruction to parts of Mexico, including Oaxaca. According to the [[US Geological Survey]], on September 23, 2017, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook [[Matías Romero, Oaxaca|Matías Romero]], about 275 miles southeast of [[Mexico City]]. The epicenter was about 12 miles from Matías Romero and approximately halfway between the two even more violent earthquakes in Mexico earlier that month, of which it is considered an [[aftershock]]. On September 8, an 8.1 magnitude quake struck off of the southern Pacific coast, near [[Chiapas]] state. [[Mexico City]], on September 19, then endured a 7.1 magnitude quake, which also marked the 32nd anniversary of the devastating [[1985 Mexico City earthquake|1985 earthquake]], in which more than 10,000 people were killed.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/23/americas/mexico-oaxaca-earthquake/index.html Hanna, Jason] ''CNN'': "2 new quakes shake southern Mexico, already coping with disasters" September 24, 2017. Accessed September 25, 2017.</ref>

On June 23, 2020, [[2020 Oaxaca earthquake|a preliminary 7.4 magnitude earthquake]] struck the region, triggering tsunami warnings for parts of the area. At least 10 people were killed.
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