Lazaro Cardenas18 March 1938
Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico nationalizes US and British oil companies
Mexico · Government / Government of Mexico. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico nationalizes US and British oil companies
The US stops buying Mexican silver in reprisal for the Mexican seizure of American oil companies
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