Plate 73: Lázaro Cárdenas at left holding the Mexican flag confronting the Franco's fascist troops during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)

Alberto Beltrán Mexican
 Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

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See comment for 1993.1133.1–85.

Lázaro Cárdenas (depicted at left), president of Mexico 1934–40, supported Spain’s Republican government in their fight against the right-wing general Francisco Franco (shown at right) during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). Cárdenas sold arms to the Republican army and promised support for children orphaned by war. These moves were part of his government’s ambition to establish welfare programs for the poor in Mexico.

Plate 73: Lázaro Cárdenas at left holding the Mexican flag confronting the Franco's fascist troops during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution), Alberto Beltrán (Mexican, Mexico City 1923–2002 Mexico City), Linocut

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