Cárdenas
Americannoun
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Lázaro 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
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a seaport in NW Cuba.
noun
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Cárdenas was highly popular in Mexico City, other large cities and rural areas of his home state of Michoacán, but the PRI was still the dominant force in most of the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
De la Madrid said in his memoir published in 2004 that initial election results favoring Cárdenas had caused great alarm in the ruling party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
First results put Cárdenas ahead of Salinas, the PRI candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Although he never became president despite three attempts, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas sparked an insurgent democratic movement that ultimately led to the opening of Mexico’s authoritarian regime to political competition and free elections in the late 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
At dusk, Mendoza and Cárdenas came to the foot of the hill with food and blankets.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
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