This politician had a lifelong friendship with the missionary William Cameron Townshend, who wrote his biography.
This politician had a lifelong friendship with the missionary William Cameron Townshend, who wrote his biography. As a youth, he was a captain in the army of Guillermo GarcÃ­a AragÃ³n, and late in life he worked from behind the scenes on the Commission of the Balsas River Valley.  A group known as the CNC benefited from a campaign he kicked off by publicly burning the Plan of San Luis Potosi. A labor union called the CTM allied with this politician, who suppressed the actions of an anti-Semitic paramilitary group called the Gold Shirts. He came to power following a series of puppet rulers dubbed the "Maximato".  His son unsuccessfully ran for President against a PRI candidate in 1988. He exiled Plutarco Calles to San Antonio and welcomed Trotsky to Mexico to prove he was not a Stalinist. Perhaps best known for founding PEMEX, FTP, name this Mexican President in power from 1934 to 1940. 
This politician had a lifelong friendship with the missionary William Cameron Townshend, who wrote his biography.
Lazaro Cardenas del Rio