Democracy in Mexico : peasant rebellion and political reform / Dan La Botz

1. Rebellion of the Faceless 2. Peasant Rebels: The Zapatista Army of National Liberation 3. From Mexican Revolution to One-Party State 4. Out of the Rubble: The Rise of Civil Society 5. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas: The Son of the General 6. Carlos Salinas and the Technocratic Counter-Revolution 7. Party of the Democratic Revolution: Mexican Social Democracy 8. Workers Plot Rebellion on the Northern Border 9. Mexican Women: Between Rebellion and Reform 10. The Second Aguascalientes: The National Democratic Convention 11. Carousels, Racoons, and Crazy Mice: The Fight for Election Reform 12. The Election of Zedillo: How Free, How Fair

Placing this book in the context of NAFTA and Mexican movements for social change, journalist and historian Dan La Botz unveils the forces behind Marcos and the Zapatista Rebellion of January 1994 and re-examines the circumstances surrounding the assasination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. Contains a detailed analysis of how Ernesto Zedillo and the PRI won the August 21, 1994 elections and includes an examination of widespread electoral fraud. La Botz provides a first-hand account of the founding of National Democratic Converntion (CND), the new force for democracy and social justice in Mexico led by Rosario Ibarra. Ibarra is Mexico's leading human rights activist and first woman presidential candidate.

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