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Álvarez, Juan

Álvarez, Juan (hwän äl'värās) [key], 1780–1867, Mexican general of indigenous descent, president of Mexico (1855). He distinguished himself in battle under Morelos y Pavón and was later the first governor of Guerrero. In 1854 he led the liberal Revolution of Ayutla, which overthrew (1855) General Santa Anna. After two months he yielded the presidency to Ignacio Comonfort. Álvarez later fought against Maximilian and the French invaders.

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Alvarez y Comonfort. (presidentes de México)(TT: Alvarez Y Comonfort) (TA: presidents of Mexico) (Contenido)

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Manzano creó una sociedad para pagar menos impuestos.(José María Alvarez del Manzano, alcalde de Madrid, España)(TT: Manzano formed an organization to avoid paying taxes.)(TA: José María Alvarez del Manzano, Mayor of Madrid, Spain) (Tribuna de Actualidad)

Politics and Reform in Spain and Viceregal Mexico: The Life and Thought of Juan de Palafox, 1600-1659.(Book review) (Renaissance Quarterly)

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Politics and Reform in Spain and Vicerega/Mexico: The Life and Thought of Juan de Palafox, 1600-1659.(Book review) (The Historian)

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