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Mexico- hey!! The PRI 1940 - Leon Trotsky, the commander of the red army and a soviet agent was assassinated in Mexico. He was reading a newspaper article of Frank Jackson, when Frank snuck behind him and hit him in the back of the head. He was able to stay alive for 25 hours, and then died. Frank Jackson was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to 20 years in jail.
 * 1920- ** On April 8, 1920, a campaign for Obregon (a candidate in the next election) attempted to assassinate Carranza, the current president of Mexico. After the failed attempt, Carranza was forced to leave Mexico City. He set out towards Veracruz but was betrayed and assasinated in Tlaxtalcongo in the sierra Norte de Puebla by the forces of General Rodolfo Herrero, supporter of Carranza's former allies, on May 21, 1920. This was a bad start for Mexico in the twentieth century
 * 1929 ** - The National Revolutionary Party (a Mexican political party that had the power in Mexico for more than 70 years) is created. It was formed in formed in 1929. In 1946 it is re-named the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. It was good for Mexico because it created stabilization, but it was known around for there dishonesty. But, this problem was looked over because of the importance of this party. It was crucial for the modernization of Mexico.

Leon Trotsky


 * 1942 ** - Mexico declared war against the Axis on May 22, 1942 for several key reasons. First was the close alliance and economic aid given to Mexico by the US under the Roosevelt Administration. The help of the U.S. in Mexico was crucial to the stability of the Mexican government. There was some thought that Japan might choose to invade Mexico, too, with the goal of siezing Mexican oil.

1960's Unrest amongst peasants and labourers over unequal wealth distribution is suppressed.
 * 1968 ** - Student demonstration in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, during the Olympic Games is fired upon by Mexican security forces. Hundreds of protestors are killed or wounded. The extent of the violence shocks the country. While at the time, government support and official media in Mexico claimed that government forces had been aggrivated by protesters shooting at them, much later official documents were found showing that the snipers had in fact been members of the Presidential Guard. The death toll remains uncertain: official government estimates place the deathtoll at 30, while some estimates place it in the thousands. Most sources, however, report between 200 and 300 deaths. The exact number of people arrested is also debated, but commonly estimated at over 1,000.
 * 1968 ** - Student demonstration in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, during the Olympic Games is fired upon by Mexican security forces. Hundreds of protestors are killed or wounded. The violence shocks the country.
 * 1976 ** - Huge offshore oil reserves discovered; the Cantarell field becomes the main part of Mexico's oil production.
 * 1985 ** - Earthquake in Mexico City kills thousands and makes many more homeless.

** 1995 ** November - The government and the EZLN reach an agreement on greater self government for the Mayans of Chiapas. ** 1998 ** January - Governor of Chiapas resigns. Peace talks with the rebels are reactivated, but break down at the end of the year.
 * 1993 ** - Mexican parliament ratifies the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with the US and Canada.
 * Chiapas rebellion **
 * 1994 ** - A guerrilla rebellion in Chiapas by the Zapatista National Liberation Army is brutally suppressed by government troops. The rebels oppose Nafta and want greater recognition for Indian rights. The government recognises the Zapatista National Liberation Front (EZLN).
 * 1994 ** August - Presidential elections won by PRI candidate Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, after the previous candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was murdered. The stock market plunges in December, the peso loses a third of its value.
 * 1996 ** - The insurgency in the south escalates as the leftist Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) attacks government troops.
 * 1997 ** - The PRI suffers heavy losses in elections and loses its overall majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time since 1929.
 * Fox election victory **
 * 2000 ** July - Vicente Fox of the opposition Alliance for Change wins presidential elections, the first opposition candidate ever to do so. Parliamentary elections see the Alliance for Change emerge as the strongest party, beating the PRI by just over 1%.