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Imagining socialisms in southeastern Mexico: Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Bartolomé García Correa and Yucatán’s Maya majority, 1915–1923

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Mexico’s first significant socialist party was founded in the southeastern state of Yucatán in 1916. Most of its members were Indigenous, but few of its leaders were. This article explores the careers of Felipe Carrillo Puerto (1874–1924), the most influential governor elected by the party, and his protégé and eventual successor, Bartolomé García Correa (1893–1978). It focuses on how Indigeneity shaped their distinct ideas of socialism and how this helps us understand why Carrillo Puerto is still celebrated today but García Correa is forgotten.

Source: Radical Americas

DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ra.2025.v10.1.003

Author: Ben Fallaw

Institution: Colby College

Language: English

Topic: Historical Studies in Latin America

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4410401139

FWCI: 2.303

Cites: 22

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10