Commemorating Mexico's Political Upheavals

The 2010 bicentennial of Mexicos independence and the centennial of its revolution offer an opportunity to explore the causes and principles behind these two great social upheavals and what they mean to contemporary Mexico. The conflicts and contradictions of the past still help determine Mexicos present. Lorenzo Meyer, one of Mexico's most eminent historians, is Professor Emeritus at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México.