Cómo te voy a olvidar. Political memories, identities and representations of Spain in López Obrador’s discourse

Authors

  • Jorge Resina Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Daniel Martínez-Lamas Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.203.10

Abstract

This article studies the representations of Spain in the discourse of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The paper starts from a theoretical discussion on the formation of memories and political identities, and proposes a frame analysis of the president’s discursive production during his first four years in office (from December 2018 to December 2022). To this end, a unit of analysis of 321 speeches, selected from among his daily conferences —known as «mañaneras»— has been constructed, and three dominant frames have been identified: the colonial, the neoliberal and the republican. The conclusions point to the conflictive nature of Spain in López Obrador’s discourse, insofar as he proposes a re-reading of the historical relations between the two countries as part of a substantive revision of Mexican political identity.

Published

2024-03-22

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RESEARCH NOTES