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Obregon Elected President: Mexican General Wins Over Opponents
Mexico City, Sept. General Alvaro Obregon won decisively in the contest for president of Mexico yesterday, according to scattered unofficial advices. Portsmouth, England, Sept. 9. The trades union congress, representing 2,500,000 workers, adopted a resolution today expressing horror and indignation at the government's course in the McSweeney case and declaring labor would hold the government responsible if he dies.
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Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated before he could take office.
Wikipedia →Maximato
The Maximato was a transitional period in the historical and political development of Mexico from 1 December 1928 to 1 December 1934. Named after former president Plutarco Elías Calles's sobriquet el Jefe Máximo (the maximum leader), the Maximato was the period in which Calles continued to exercise power and exert influence without holding the presidency.
Wikipedia →Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (PNR). The party held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000.
Wikipedia →Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. During his presidency, which is considered the end of the Maximato, he implemented massive land reform programs, led the expropriation of the country's oil industry, and imposed civilian control over the military.
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