On 13 August 1923, in Mexico City (Bucareli Palace), Mexico and the United States sign the Bucareli Agreements — the understanding that opens the way to US diplomatic recognition of the Obregón government amid oil and agrarian disputes.

The agreements address American claims on property, oil and damages, in exchange for recognition, without being a classic Senate-ratified treaty.

Negotiated after the Mexican Revolution, they were controversial in Mexico as concessions to foreign capital, but stabilised 1920s bilateral relations.

The document remains a milestone of post-revolutionary Mexican diplomacy.

For Mexico–US relations, 13 August 1923 marks the Bucareli understandings.

Text and context are documented in diplomatic archives and Mexican historiography.

The Bucareli Agreements of 13 August 1923 remain the reference for Washington’s recognition of Obregón.

Image: Mexico City; Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9.

Source consulted: Bucareli Treaty. Treaty text: Bucareli Treaty (text).