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| The Maximato is the period in Mexican history between 1928 and 1935, in which the former President Plutarco Elías Calles maintained control of the country as Jefe Máximo, with many regarding succeeding Presidents Emilio Portes Gil, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Abelardo Rodríguez as his mere puppets. |
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| Mexican oil expropriation |
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| was the expropriation of all oil reserves, facilities, and foreign oil companies in Mexico in 1938. It took place when President and General Lázaro Cárdenas declared that all mineral and oil reserves found within Mexico belong to the government. |
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| is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company |
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| of 1926 to 1929 was an uprising and counter-revolution against the Mexican government of the time, set off by religious persecution of Christians, especially Catholics,[1] and specifically the strict enforcement of the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the expansion of further anti-clerical laws |
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| , also known as The Night of Tlatelolco (from a book title by the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska), was a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City. The violence occurred ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City. |
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| system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico. They are registered with the National Agrarian Registry (Registro Agrario National). |
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