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
Example Sentences
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The chemicals are shipped to Mexican seaports in the Pacific, primarily container and bulk terminals in Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas, and then trucked north.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
City Council race of then-Assemblymember Tony Cárdenas, who later won election to the council and went on to represent the Pacoima area in Congress for 12 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
She described Cárdenas as a “great person” and felt the 2001 race was a “sad loss.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
US immigration officials handed Cárdenas over to Mexican police at the Otay border crossing, where he was quickly re-arrested and taken to El Altiplano maximum security jail in Mexico state.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
To bring the prisoners to trial would involve foreign governments and create an international scandal; so Cárdenas personally ordered the secret police to release them.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by Spivak, John L.
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