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Emiliano Zapata: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born August 8, 1879 • Mexico
Died April 10, 1919 (aged 39) • Morelos • Mexico
Role In Battle of Ciudad Juárez • Mexican Revolution

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Emiliano Zapata
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Francisco Madero, undated photograph
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón
president of Mexico
Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles
president of Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
president of Mexico
Victoria, Guadalupe
Guadalupe Victoria
president of Mexico
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Vicente Guerrero
Mexican leader
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
The founder of Morena, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Pena Nieto, wearing a dark suit and red striped tie, smiles and waves with his right hand raised, with blurred Mexican flags in the background.
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
president of Mexico
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
president of Mexico
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Julia Carabias Lillo
Mexican ecologist and environmentalist
Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Mexican politician
Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón
president of Mexico

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