mexico!
spanish empire
	under colonial rule for centuries
	started in 1500s
	sets stage for important political patterns
	determined politics and economy
	grouped into latin america/south america
	often exploited for minerals/metals/plantation products
	focus on establishing foothold in americas and exploiting mineral wealth
	hierarchy - generally subdivide further
		minority
			peninsulares - those that live on the peninsula, upper class from france
			creoles - settlers, lower class europeans
		majority
			mestizos - part indian that choose to speak spanish and be part of the culture
			indians - full indian and part indian that choose to live as native mexicans
		1% of others - asians, those of chinese descent generally, middle eastern and lebanese
		different sets of laws for different groups
revolution
	independence early in 1800s
	long and drawn out
	fractured revolution
	several factions, some wanted to get rid of diez to take his place, others wanted different, more open regime
	begins 1910(fighting began)/1911(diez fled country)
	ends 1917(most fighting ends)/1934(consolidation starts)
PRI (party of institutionalized revolution) consolidation of power
	corporatism - sectors to be included in decisionmaking
		peasants
		military
		business
		workers
	hyper-presidential system
		executive has more power than it should when there are separate branches
		no cults of personality
		strong position remains regardless of inhabitant
	repression
		marginalized those who didn't fit into the system
		was worst in late 1960s, b/c of civil rights movements elsewhere
	in power until 2000
	oddly inclusive for an authoritarian regime
	dominant party system, not single party
democratization: transition
	massacre in mexico city, similar to bloody sunday
	somewhat covered up
	moving toward political opposition instead of social oppostion
consolidation of democracy
current events