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Nationalization

Mexico · Government / Government of Mexico. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1938Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1938

Lazaro Cardenas18 March 1938

Government / Government of Mexico

Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico nationalizes US and British oil companies

Lazaro Cardenas27 March 1938

Government / Government of Mexico

The US stops buying Mexican silver in reprisal for the Mexican seizure of American oil companies

Names involved

Lazaro Cardenas

Provenance

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