Cinco de Mayo and the Rise of Modern Mexico (2022)
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The President's Succession of 1910
Francisco Madero came from a very different world than Ricardo Flores Magón. His family was the fifth richest in Mexico and lived comfortably under Port Firo Diaz's regime. But when Madero began to see the brutality of the Diaz regime, he began to question it. Eventually, he found himself at the forefront of a movement with the main goal of bringing democracy to Mexico.
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