Mexico 1968-2018: The Condition for Freedom is Fighting for It

I seek to understand the 1968 Mexican movement from the perspective of its liberal-democratic demands. I explain the deep causes-the systemic contradictions and the weight of the past- that favored the short-term errors which in turn led to the Tlatelolco massacre. I offer an account of the efforts to preserve the PRI hegemonic system, the neoliberal reaction, and the hard transition to democracy. I reflect on the new period inaugurated by the triumph of Lopez Obrador, its risks and possibilities, under a vision that insists on building citizenship and republican institutions as the only means to strengthen Mexican democracy and to do justice to the liberal-democratic project of the 1968 youth.