Venustiano Carranza (other)
Venustiano Carranza was a Mexican revolutionary. Things named for Carranza: *Venustiano Carranza, Baja California *Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas *Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, a borough of Mexico City *Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán *Estadio Venustiano Carranza in Morelia, Mexico *Venustiano Carranza International Airport in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico *Venustiano Carranza Street, a major street in the Historic Center of Mexico City *Venustiano Carranza (Mexibús), a BRT station in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico *Venustiano Carranza (Mexico City Metrobús), a BRT station in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City See also

*Venustiano Carranza Municipality (other) *Carranza (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Venustiano Carranza
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February 1913 right-wing military coup. Known as the ''Primer Jefe'' or "First Chief" of the Constitutionalist faction in the Mexican Revolution, Carranza was a shrewd civilian politician. He supported Madero's challenge to the Díaz regime in the 1910 elections, but became a critic of Madero once Díaz was overthrown in May 1911. Madero did appoint him the governor of Coahuila. When Madero was murdered during the February 1913 counter-revolutionary coup, Carranza drew up the Plan of Guadalupe, a purely political plan to oust Madero's usurper, General Victoriano Huerta. As a sitting governor when Madero was overthrown, Carranza held legitimate power and he became the leader of the northern coalition opposed to Huerta. The Constitutionalist facti ...
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