HILA 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Vicente Lombardo Toledano, Good Neighbor Policy, John Maynard Keynes
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28, calles is no longer president but he had puppet presidents: calles controlled his puppet presidents and remained conservative. wasn"t down for the structural changes and fulfilling all the promises the 1917 constitution promised. Maximato: by 1933 he started losing his grip on the presidents. his own people even wanted bring justice to the mexican people many believed that fulfilling the constitution was essential for ensuring peace. Constitution: opened doors to mexican palace to all of mexico, calles crystalized the opposition to cardenas. Cardenas knew how to galvanize his supporters and he created a loose coalition but a broad regional coalition in order to out maneuver. Agrarian reform: the agrarian reform was a matter of social and economic justice, economic development. Cardenas wanted to channel those demands not to a socialist way, but channel them towards the political pact where capitalism would continue to exist and thrive.
