Abelardo L. Rodríguez
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Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was a Mexican military officer, businessman and politician who served as Substitute President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934. He complete
Inauguration of Rodríguez on September 4, 1932.
Portrait of Abelardo L. Rodríguez.
Lázaro Cárdenas
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Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
…Valdés, nearing the end of his six-year term, expressed his desire to have the Constitution amended to allow him to be re-elected. Former presidents Lázaro Cárdenas and Manuel Ávila Camacho, who had established the tradition of selecting the PRI's next candidate and peacefully transferring power, had Rodríguez give…
Cárdenas in the Constitutional Army, c.1913
General Lázaro Cárdenas
Cárdenas decrees nationalization of foreign railways in 1937.
President Cárdenas, with campesinos by Roberto Cueva del Río, watercolor 1937