The Popular Party in México

Authors

  • ALFREDO ÁVILA

Abstract

After the fall of the Mexican monarchy in 1823, some partisans of the dethroned emperor, Agustín de Iturbide, used the new republican institutions and the popular xenophobia to constitute the «Popular Party». This Party has been accused by many historians of having egoistic goals. However, it cannot be denied that it transformed the political culture of large sectors of Mexican society. The political pro-gram of the Popular Party, known as «American system», supported federalism, the republican government and the protection of national producers. The masonic lodges of the rite of York (from which the term «yorkinos» comes), the popular mobilizations, and the electoral campaigns built a new sociability that allowed the Popular Party to emerge as the most important political forcé in the 1820s.

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Published

2008-04-24

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DOSSIER

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