Emiliano Zapata


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Noun1.Emiliano Zapata - Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)Emiliano Zapata - Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)
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Emiliano Zapata's rebellion was driven by fury over the confiscation by haciendas, or feudal estates, of lands on which the campesinos, or peasant farmers, and their ancestors had toiled for centuries.
The victim, named Jesus Ramos Rodriguez, killed in the town of Emiliano Zapata, had hosted news bulletins on radio for over a decade.
EMILIANO ZAPATA (1879-1919): Zapata was the revolutionary hero and the first leader of the Mexican Revolution.
Herrera" de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico MZFC-M, 3458 [masculindad] 10 km S, El Carrizal, Municipio de Emiliano Zapata (19 23'24.6" N y 96 38'9" O (Leon & Romo, 1991) incorporado como Spilogale putorius spp., interrupta.
(1935), Enamorada (1946), Rio escondido (1948), Historia de un documento (1971), Mexico, la Revolucion congelada (1973), and a comparative set of films about Emiliano Zapata from Viva Zapata!