The Mexican Revolution, the deadliest social upheaval in Latin American history, erupted in 1910 when political reformers, peasants, and exploited workers overthrew Mexico's longtime dictator, Porfirio D?az. Although it took just six months for the rebels to defeat D?az, the revolution would grind on for almost another decade, as a succession of political and military leaders-many of them more interested in securing power for themselves than in...
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