Word: carranza
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...painstaking diplomacy may not obliterate. Our refusal to recognize Huerta, our brazen attempt to regulate) Mexican politics, our bluster at Tampico and Vera Cruz and our subsequent undignified withdrawal, --these are acts which defy interpretation in terms of any national and con- sistent policy. We befriended Villa, we countenanced Carranza, and we failed utterly to protect American rights and American lives. After the massacres at Santa Ysabel and Columbus, we started out to "get Villa." Today our troops are returning with purpose unaccomplished, leaving their dead and their country's honor on the sands of Mexico. The eagle that screamed...
...states and territories, and he held undisputed power for five days till Madero's death. He has since done his best to pacify the republic, the opposition being almost wholly due to bandits, among whom are the detested Zapata and Villa, and Madero's brother-in-law, Carranza. The country is much quieter now than it has been for some time, and a peaceful election is looked for on October...