Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

México ha tenido a lo largo del siglo xx e inicios del siglo xxi una relación ambigua, por decir lo menos, con la democracia. Si bien es cierto que el texto constitucional de 1917 se inspiró en los ideales democráticos de la Ilustración francesa y de los constituyentes de Filadelfia –especialmente en la idea de “soberanía popular” de Jean Jacques Rousseau, en la teoría sobre la división y el equilibrio de poderes de Charles de Montesquieu y en la teoría del gobierno representativo y la necesaria operación de frenos y contrapesos en las relaciones entre las instituciones...

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.