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Álvaro Obregón - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This was big news, even in the US, for two reasons: the first is that no prominent Mexican politician had been assassinated since 1928 when President- elect ...
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Chapter II THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE EMBASSY AND THE ASSASSINATION OF A MEXICAN PRESIDENT ... IN the night of February 22, 1913, Francisco Madero, president of Mexico, and Pino Suarez, vice-president, were assassinated. ... Publication Information: Book Title: You Can't Print That!The Truth behind the News, 1918-1928.
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One of the first Mexican presidents, ... The party was founded by Plutarco Elias Calles, who took over as president when Obregon was assassinated (quite possibly by a Calles plot) in 1928. But the party's most loved president was General Lazaro Cardenas in 1934. Cardenas instituted widespread land reform, strengthened unions,
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Obregon was a major figure in the Mexican Revolution and went on to be twice elected President of Mexico. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning his second term. Text in Spanish. Black and white illustrations.
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Revolutionary reorganization. Calles President in 1924, suppressed Roman Catholic Church and nationalized oil. Obregón, again elected President in 1928, was assassinated and Calles took over once more. ... After Pearl Harbor, Mexico, under President Avila Camacho, declared war on the Axis. U. S.-Mexican friendship cemented.
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Married. Mrs Josephine Alger Cheney, granddaughter of the late General Russell Alexander Alger, McKinley secretary of war (1897-99); and D. Dwight Douglas, president of First National Bank of Detroit; ... Died. Cenobia Obregon, 66, sister of onetime Mexican President Alvaro Obregon (assassinated 1928); at Guadalajara.
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