Brief Political History of Mexico

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  • čas přidán 10. 11. 2020
  • This video explores the basics of Mexican history and politics beginning with independence and going through the major reforms under Juárez, the Mexican Revolution and the creation of the PRI. It ends with the current presidency of López Obrador.
    Sources:
    Camp, Roderic A. 2017. Mexico: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    Velasco, José Luis. 2017. "Mexico: Democratization and Violence." In Latin American Politics and Development. Ed. Harvey Kline, Christine Wade and Howard Wiarda. New York, NY: Westview Press.

Komentáře • 88

  • @hypa64
    @hypa64 Před rokem +37

    Finally a video that goes past WWII

  • @thesubstitute7755
    @thesubstitute7755 Před 2 lety +77

    Often times people forget how deep the scar caused by european colonialism had in Mexico... Just to put an example, CDMX, the country's capital has big water problems were it needs to pump potable water from the near cities up the mountains that surround the city & from underground from the ancient lake Texcoco. Many experts theorize that had the lake not been dried up, the city wouldn't be suffering those problems... Now, you may ask, who dried up the lake then? Mexicans? The aztecs? No, it was Hernan Cortes himself who decided to establish the new capital for New Spain just were Tenochtitlan was and dry up the lake to make way for the paved roads and other european buildings, a really BIG stupid decision that was proved right when the city started to suffer constants flooding & and avalanches provoked by the drying up process.

    •  Před 2 lety +15

      that's just one of many.

    • @swagmund_freud6669
      @swagmund_freud6669 Před rokem +6

      Cortez is one of those people in history who I already really despise, and yet every time I learn something new about him, I hate him even more.

    • @abrahamdavidrodriguezsilve4173
      @abrahamdavidrodriguezsilve4173 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Hola la verdad no sé si me entiendas pero los datos que mensionas ninguna hacertaste bueno si eres de otro país pues te entiendo pero si lo pusiste por informar solo te aconsejaria que estudies más saludos 🇲🇽🦅

    • @Cproductions1319
      @Cproductions1319 Před 9 měsíci

      They don’t forget they only fail to mention. Like the Iraq war over the government destroying its own towers and killing millions only for oil and a restart of debt?😅

    • @alanrosete3855
      @alanrosete3855 Před 5 měsíci

      @@abrahamdavidrodriguezsilve4173 Lastima te debería dar andar corrigiendo extranjeros cuando el que estas mal/des/in-informado eres tu

  • @jimmyperullo947
    @jimmyperullo947 Před 2 lety +35

    Loving this channel, and this video in particular. I'm from the US, but married to a Mexican. I've heard and seen so many of these names referenced in my visits to Mexico, especially in the names of streets, neighborhoods, and other places. It's nice to get some context as to who is who and what happened.

    • @jimmyperullo947
      @jimmyperullo947 Před 2 lety +6

      It really opened my eyes to see how recent a lot of this history is. For example, I'd always assumed that the PRI and PAN were basically akin to D and R in the US, and I never would have guessed the PRI had such a history

    •  Před 2 lety +5

      I'm really happy that this is helping you out, Jimmy. I did this for my classes, but it's awesome when other people find it useful.

  • @leepcalendar103
    @leepcalendar103 Před 10 měsíci +9

    We never comment on videos. We're making an exception. Absolutely well done, and we've added this to the June 2, 2024, entry on the general elections as a resource. Really, really well done.

  • @salvadorlopez527
    @salvadorlopez527 Před 3 lety +10

    This a really good video. It was extremely informative and I loved the drawings. Nice job!

  • @paolafigueroa1640
    @paolafigueroa1640 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Thanks for this! Helped me write my essay and interesting to watch!

  • @xXJAKMACKXx
    @xXJAKMACKXx Před 2 lety +3

    Brilliant synopsis thank you

  • @jinx111
    @jinx111 Před 8 měsíci +2

    thank you for this educational video and all the work you put into it! blessings

  • @Spongebrain97
    @Spongebrain97 Před 2 lety +31

    At my university there this guy in my class from Mexico straight up defended Porfirio Diaz on the grounds that he "brought stability to Mexico" and I was like dude, he was a dictator who essentially undid what Benito Juarez worked for and created vast wealth inequality that led to the Mexican Revolution.
    Later before waiting for class he showed me pictures of himself wearing a WWII German Wehermatch uniform he bought online so that explained his poltical beliefs 😅💀

    •  Před 2 lety +14

      Every. single. time.
      Sadly, there's too many Porfirio Diaz stans these days.

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 Před 2 lety +2

      @ Yeah I wonder why. I guess it's on the belief that if modern Mexico had a powerful military dictator that it would easily destroy the cartels and everything other problem ( caused by corruption/neoliberalism ), will magically become resolved lmao. Great video and channel btw. Iv spent the last few years researching my Mexican ancestry and have been trying to learn more about it. Even go through 23&me and Ancestry

    • @Coconut____________214
      @Coconut____________214 Před rokem +3

      Probably more Spanish and not indigenous Mexican.

    • @FernandoGomez-hg4rn
      @FernandoGomez-hg4rn Před rokem +1

      I mean, Juárez signed the McLane-Ocampo treaty, ceding even more territory to the Americans, and worse, rigged the last election. Juárez wanted to be the dictator that Díaz ended up being, alas.

    • @warrenhair1740
      @warrenhair1740 Před rokem +1

      Many people overlook politicians like Porfirio Diaz for the atrocities they did, just because they did some good, especially good for the elite. Nothing they do is good if it's at the cost of the majority of the population and they are suffering. Good you pointed that out to the guy.

  • @culbinator
    @culbinator Před 2 lety +19

    Great video. Thank you so much. I am a gringo who is trying to learn more about Mexican history and this was a wonderful synopsis. Loved the drawings as well.

    •  Před 2 lety +4

      Thanks for the kind words. I commend you for wanting to learn about Mexico. As neighbors we should know more about each other.

  • @Jordanehart
    @Jordanehart Před 10 měsíci +2

    Great video, thanks!

  • @wfpa40yt
    @wfpa40yt Před rokem +2

    Thanks for the great references! 😄📖📖

  • @BlackandRedLion
    @BlackandRedLion Před rokem +1

    Excellent video. I learned alot.

  • @33amra33
    @33amra33 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow. This was incredibly well done.
    Cómo mexicano puedo decir que es de los mejores videos de su tipo que he visto. Gracias.

    •  Před 2 měsíci +1

      se agradece el comentario.

  • @tardigrade312
    @tardigrade312 Před 2 lety +16

    Thank you for detailed neocolonial and post WWI history! This was super helpful for school.

    • @guillemedina7908
      @guillemedina7908 Před rokem

      Neocolonial?

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 Před 6 měsíci

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  • @billiamconroyroche5449
    @billiamconroyroche5449 Před rokem +2

    Brilliant video, cheers from Ireland!

    •  Před rokem

      thank you, right back at you.

  • @owenedits6868
    @owenedits6868 Před měsícem +1

    Great video

  • @alanrosete3855
    @alanrosete3855 Před 5 měsíci +2

    How am i just watching this video now after 3 years? You did an excellent work on this, great research.
    For those interested the 68 massacre they didnt just shot at the protesters wich appart from the university students mentioned, many of them were accompanied by their families, their mothers their brothers and sisters, they where swept up by bullets indiscriminately, the firing at the Tlatelolco plaza was so intense and chaotic that there were even causalities between the army bc of their own crossfire, and it didnt end there, they chased them down through the city, everyone suspected to be involved were arrested or "disappeared", they opened up houses to look for them bc they starded fleeing into them, many people was arrested or shot at their own houses without even knowing what all that noise outside was

    •  Před 5 měsíci +1

      Appreciate the comment.

  • @ryancasey919
    @ryancasey919 Před rokem +4

    Thank you for this! The level of things we absolutely do not learn in school (I’m located in South Florida), where all my peers think that people from Spain (aka the Spanish) look like Mexicans.

  • @richbandicoot
    @richbandicoot Před 9 dny

    Great video, Lazaro Cardenas is the best Mexican president, with AMLO being second. Viva Villa, Viva Zapata! Sad that they met their end but at least now they are recognized as Mexican heroes.

  • @zaidanp7258
    @zaidanp7258 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you for making the video!, I'm very interested in Latin america and Spanish history and it drives me to learn Spanish so I can learn about the rich culture of Mexico and the neighbouring country!, saludos desde indonesio!

    •  Před 2 lety +1

      Indonesia! That’s amazing. You’ve made my week!

    • @zaidanp7258
      @zaidanp7258 Před 2 lety

      @ You've made my week to!, gracias hermano!

  • @DannyOvox3
    @DannyOvox3 Před 2 lety +1

    Buen video

  • @Sleeveusalone
    @Sleeveusalone Před měsícem +1

    Iturbide was not an opportunist, but a mediator whom was pronounced emperor practically overnight. Still, you were much fairer to him in context than others.

  • @kingdeespadas
    @kingdeespadas Před 2 lety

    Bueno video

  • @jefu5781
    @jefu5781 Před rokem

    Tqm

  • @alanochieng8643
    @alanochieng8643 Před 4 měsíci

    Finally Mexico

  • @tzeentchvonsheo9868
    @tzeentchvonsheo9868 Před 2 lety

    you must really love this so-called «democracy». thank you for nice work, great video, I wish it was more neutral though!

    •  Před 2 lety +4

      How would it be more neutral in your estimation?

    • @ResistanceQuest
      @ResistanceQuest Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@it would be more neutral if your facts matched their prejudices

  • @solsolecito3377
    @solsolecito3377 Před 3 lety +1

    esta va pa lay

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    @santhoshikumari4317 Před 8 měsíci

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  • @synanthony
    @synanthony Před 9 měsíci

    Viva Cristo Rey

  • @yungoldman7838
    @yungoldman7838 Před 2 lety

    ¡vamos a la playa!

  • @jov6372
    @jov6372 Před rokem +1

    Wasn't he also in the PRI early one AMLO...

    •  Před rokem +4

      He was. A lot of people criticize him for bringing the PRI back. But, to be fair, all politicians were PRI politicians in the 80s.

    • @FernandoGomez-hg4rn
      @FernandoGomez-hg4rn Před rokem

      @ the core PAN members were, for the most part, never PRI politicians.

    •  Před rokem +2

      @@FernandoGomez-hg4rn I should have said all politicians with any power. You're right the Panistas were not ever Priistas, but they didn't start get elected until 1988.

  • @solsolecito3377
    @solsolecito3377 Před 3 lety +2

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  • @ProoGameR43
    @ProoGameR43 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Cuca la cuarta perros. En un sexenio no van a cambiar las cosas.

  • @oscarsanra7074
    @oscarsanra7074 Před 2 lety +1

    where is the aztec

    • @richbandicoot
      @richbandicoot Před 9 dny

      That’s Pre-Mexican History. Mexican history begins in la Conquista.

  • @DonRamiro1
    @DonRamiro1 Před 17 dny

    How did you completely ignore la revolucion cristera? que vergas?

    •  Před 17 dny +1

      It’s 20 minutes. I left out a lot. Everything pre-independence, most of the US and French invasions, etc. I didn’t include La Cristiada mostly because it had very little direct long term repercussions. Its main impact was only through Toral, but that I do mention.

  • @BastianDoesThings
    @BastianDoesThings Před 11 měsíci

    THE SUBTITLES ARE USELESS. FIX IT NOW.

  • @Cproductions1319
    @Cproductions1319 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The US invading,discriminating and taking advantage by killing rapping and taking land helps not. Let’s tread our neighbors like crap but let’s send money to Ukraine 😂

  • @568843daw
    @568843daw Před 2 měsíci

    Wow, now THAT is a scanty overview. Not very historical or accurate. 🤣😂😅🤪 but it’s just entertainment.

    •  Před 2 měsíci

      What do you find inaccurate?

  • @alanochieng8643
    @alanochieng8643 Před 4 měsíci

    My dream is to marry a Mexican

  • @568843daw
    @568843daw Před 2 měsíci +1

    The USA BOUGHT Territory following the Mexican American War for 13 million in Gold Bullion and furthermore paid ALL of Mexico’s debts incurred during the war. In 1853-1854 Mexico again sold nearly 30 million additional square miles of land for 10 Million in Gold Bullion during the Gadsden Purchase. Additionally, every time we bought land from Mexico we offered the Mexican Citizens citizenship to those living on those lands and more than 90% accepted it. Finally, I felt that your video inferred that the USA stole millions of square miles of land from Mexico which is absolutely false.

    •  Před 2 měsíci +6

      This video is about Mexican history, not about the Southwest. It says that a US force occupied Mexico and extracted half of its territory. I don’t see how anyone could possibly find that controversial. Even Americans at the time didn’t. There was an effort to get all of Mexico and the territory that would be given up would have been much larger except for the American ambassador in Mexico. That the US paid for the territory does not mean it wasn’t extracted since it would not have happened without an occupying army.

    • @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici
      @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici Před 12 dny

      False. Mexicans were forced to sell. The peaceful deals come after the war.

  • @PedroMartinez007011930522

    The country of my ancestors