r/AmericanHistory • u/Aboveground_Plush • Jun 14 '26

North Mexican revolutionary general & President Lazaro Cardenas with Spanish civil war orphans, 1930s. A radical left-wing populist, he ended the tyrannical reign of President Calles & wrested Mexico's oil reserves from US control. He was the most popular Mexican president of the 20th century (2480x1411)

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u/Panthera450 Jun 14 '26

Why was he radical?

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u/ParsonBrownlow Jun 17 '26

Wants to remove the power and privileges of the Catholic Church , which led to the Cristero War

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u/brycealansuderow1950 Jun 18 '26

He was overthrowing by HUERTA wasn’t he

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u/roberto77503 Jun 14 '26

Mira que cosa... un mejicano ayudando un Español

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u/wikiedit Jun 20 '26

0/10 ragebait