General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1940. The presidential elections were won by Manuel Ávila Camacho, who received 94% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Party of the M
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Ávila Camacho campaign items
Contribution bonds for the Ávila Camacho and Almazán campaigns
Manuel Ávila Camacho
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Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Having participated in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he c
1940 Mexican general election
…General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1940. The presidential elections were won by Manuel Ávila Camacho, who received 94% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, PRM) won…
General Manuel Ávila Camacho
WW2-era propaganda poster: "We defend Liberty and fight for a better world," with portraits of Mexican historical leaders: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Benito Juárez, Francisco I. Madero and Ávila Camacho.
Manuel Ávila Camacho, in Monterrey, having dinner with US President Franklin Roosevelt.
The first braceros arriving in Los Angeles, California by train in 1942. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.