As early as the
1900 Universal Exposition of Paris, Baron
Pierre de Coubertin had the idea of Mexico entering the next
Olympic Games. In 1901, Coubertin met with the Mexican ambassador in Belgium, where they decided to form the
National Olympic Committee of Mexico. After this meeting, they sent a letter on May 25, 1901 to General
Porfirio Diaz (the
president of Mexico at the time) to inform him that Beistegui would be the representative of Mexico before the International Olympic Committee. However, Mexico (after participating in the
1900 Summer Olympics) did not participate in the Olympics again until
1924. In 1923, Baillet Latour, then vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, visited
Latin America to invite countries to go to the Paris
1924 Summer Olympics. He arrived in Mexico after visiting the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay on February 16, 1923. ==See also==