Mexican oil expropriation of 1938

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The Mexican oil expropriation of 1938 was a landmark nationalization of foreign-owned oil companies by President Lázaro Cárdenas that asserted Mexico’s control over its petroleum resources and reshaped its economic and political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
nationalization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Mexican States ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
country Mexico ⓘ
describedBySource Mexican government archives ⓘ
Mexican presidential decree of 18 March 1938 ⓘ
historical studies of Mexican economic history ⓘ
followedBy Mexican oil boom during World War II ⓘ
creation of Petróleos Mexicanos ⓘ
hasCause Mexican Supreme Court ruling in favor of oil workers ⓘ
Mexican nationalism over natural resources ⓘ
conflict between foreign oil companies and Mexican workers ⓘ
labor dispute in Mexican oil industry ⓘ
hasEffect creation of Petróleos Mexicanos ⓘ
deterioration of relations with the United Kingdom ⓘ
economic sanctions and boycotts by some foreign governments ⓘ
expulsion of major foreign oil companies from Mexico ⓘ
greater popular support for Lázaro Cárdenas ⓘ
inspiration for later nationalizations in Latin America ⓘ
legal disputes over compensation to foreign companies ⓘ
long-term increase in state revenue from oil ⓘ
nationalization of foreign-owned oil companies in Mexico ⓘ
reorganization of Mexican oil industry ⓘ
rise of Mexico as a symbol of resource nationalism ⓘ
shift in foreign investment patterns in Mexico ⓘ
strengthening of Mexican state control over petroleum resources ⓘ
tensions with the United States ⓘ
hasSignificance asserted Mexican control over petroleum resources ⓘ
became a symbol of anti-imperialism in Latin America ⓘ
reshaped Mexico’s economic landscape ⓘ
reshaped Mexico’s political landscape ⓘ
legalBasis Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 ⓘ
expropriation decree issued by Lázaro Cárdenas ⓘ
location Mexico ⓘ
mainSubject Mexican petroleum industry ⓘ
economic sovereignty ⓘ
resource nationalism ⓘ
participant British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Mexican government ⓘ
Mexican oil workers ⓘ
Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ
Standard Oil Company ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil

United States government ⓘ
foreign oil companies operating in Mexico ⓘ
other British and American oil firms ⓘ
partOf history of Mexico ⓘ
history of nationalization policies ⓘ
history of the petroleum industry ⓘ
pointInTime 18 March 1938 ⓘ
1938 ⓘ
significantPerson Lázaro Cárdenas ⓘ
Vicente Lombardo Toledano ⓘ
leaders of Mexican oil workers’ unions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lázaro Cárdenas del Río → notableWork → Mexican oil expropriation of 1938 ⓘ
Petróleos Mexicanos → foundedAfterEvent → Mexican oil expropriation ⓘ
linked to: Mexican oil expropriation of 1938
Mexican civic calendar → includes → Aniversario de la Expropiación Petrolera ⓘ
linked to: Mexican oil expropriation of 1938
Tata Lázaro → associatedWith → Mexican oil nationalization ⓘ
linked to: Mexican oil expropriation of 1938
Tata Lázaro → associatedWithEvent → Mexican oil expropriation of 1938 ⓘ
Monument to Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico City → associatedWith → Mexican oil expropriation ⓘ
linked to: Mexican oil expropriation of 1938