Teziutlán
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Teziutlán is a city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Puebla. Its 2005 census population was 60,597. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding Teziutlán Municipality. The municip
Festival of the Virgin of Carmen in the Zocalo, 21 July 2009.
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
Teziutlán
…The city is noteworthy as the birthplace of two prominent twentieth-century politicians: Manuel Ávila Camacho (24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955), President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Vicente Lombardo Toledano (16 July 1894 – 16 November 1968), founder of the…
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.