Where was the Mexican Revolution

By Lillian Briseño

November 20 marks the 123rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, whose principles defined a good part of the 20th century. It is enough to remember that the PRN-PRM-PRI trinomial, which is the same cat but scrambled, governed Mexico from 1930 to 2000, and from 2012 to 2018 again. Its presence in the country's political imaginary is more than ingrained and, while it is associated with some achievements during its long stay, it has also led to it being considered a period full of corruption, cronyism and clientelism.

But what is certain is that the Mexican Revolution did serve to try to give the population, at least in law, a justice that it had not achieved since its independence. At its end, a constitution was signed that recovered the ideals that moved tens of thousands of Mexicans to go "a la bola", in an attempt to improve their living conditions. The testimonies narrating the precarious conditions of the people are multiple and well known.