Abstract

In this study we try to explore the political changes between Peru and Mexico for the past decades in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on the political changes in Peru and Mexico. In addition, the study enlightens the relation between the politics of Peru and Mexico. The research also analyzes the differences and the similarities in the political evolution in Peru and Mexico. Finally the research analyzes diverse aspects representing the political system governing in Peru and Mexico in order to explore the stability and evolution in the political condition of both countries.

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Political Changes in Peru and Mexico5

Political Changes in Peru5

Political Changes in Mexico7

Relation between the Politics of Peru and Mexico9

The Differences and Similarities in the Political Evolution of Peru and Mexico10

Political Similarities10

Political Differences11

Conclusion13

Works Cited16

A Comparison in the Political Changes of Peru and Mexico

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to enlighten and explore the political changes between Peru and Mexico for the past three decades. The paper will analyze the political changes in Peru and Mexico. In addition, the study will explore the relation between the politics of Peru and Mexico. Nevertheless, the paper also aims to analyze the similarities and differences in the political evolution of Peru and Mexico. According to diverse historical studies, Key features of 19th-century Peru included the Liberal-Conservative political conflict, the exploitation of guano by foreigners, and the loss of the Tarapaca and Arica Provinces to Chile in the War of the Pacific. In 1919, the Regional Peruvian Labor Federation (Federación Obrera Regional Peruana, or FORP) and socialist and workers' parties were established. Considered moderate in its tone, FORP unsuccessfully sought industry wide and nationwide collective bargaining, while the two political parties were Marxist in their orientation and, therefore, an anathema to the elites.

The immediate political beneficiary of these changes was former president Augusto B. Leguía, who returned from abroad to win the May 1919 presidential election. Sensing that the elite would oust him from office, Leguía acted first. On July 4, 1919, he engineered a coup d'état against President José Pardo (b. 1864-d. 1947) and set in motion an 11-year period of dictatorial rule known as the Ocenio. Leguía was not without opposition. Two of his most significant critics who had a long-term influence on Peruvian society and politics were Mariátegui and Haya de la Torre. A Marxist, in 1928, Mariátegui founded the Peruvian Socialist Party (later the Peruvian Communist Party, or PCP). He accepted the class conflict view of history that saw revolution as the only way to correct inequitable socioeconomic systems. For two generations after Leguía's ouster, the military and the landed elite supported each other as actors on the political right, confronting the forces on the left, particularly APRA and the PCP.

Nevertheless, Mexico is located south of the United States and north of the Central American nations. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the Americas, present-day Mexico was home to large population centers of Native Americans. The Mexican colony—or the Viceroyalty of New ...