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Venustiano Carranza: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born December 29, 1859 • Mexico
Died c.May 20, 1920 or c.May 21, 1920 • Mexico
Title / Office president (1917-1920), Mexico
Role In Mexican Revolution

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Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza
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Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Francisco Madero, undated photograph
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón
president of Mexico
Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles
president of Mexico
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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
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
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
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Mexican politician
Felipe Calderón
Felipe Calderón
president of Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Mexican leader
Portrait painting of Emperor Augustin de Iturbide of Mexico in a decorated military uniform with epaulets, sash, and medals, standing beside a table with a red curtain behind him.
Agustín de Iturbide
emperor of Mexico
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Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman