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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The Mexican Revolution
Description: After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, hopes for democracy gradually gave way to decades of instability and dictatorship.Â
By the early 20th century, frustration with the long rule of Porfirio DÃaz finally erupted into revolution.Â
What followed was a decade of coups, assassinations, shifting alliances, and civil war involving figures like Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.Â
The conflict would topple a regime, reshape Mexican society, and produce the modern Mexican state.
Learn more about the Mexican Revolution and why it remains one of the most important upheavals of the 20th c...