| A Mexican revolutionary hero who rose up against President Porfirio Díaz, Zapata enjoyed an enormous following because of his ideas regarding agrarian reform. In the Plan of Ayala, Zapata proposed dividing among poor Native Americans the lands held by large privately-owned estates. With Pancho Villa, Zapata occupied Mexico City in 1914. Zapata continued to resist the series of presidents who held office after the fall of the Porfirio Díaz dictatorship because he felt their reforms were too weak. He was assassinated in 1919 by an agent of President Venustiano Carranza. |
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