What America Does Best Is To Understand

I Am A Mexican. The United States Lived Seventy-five Years With The One Party System In Mexico - The Pri - Without Batting An Eyelid, Never Demanding Democracy Of Mexico. Democracy Came Because Mexicans Fought For Democracy And Made A Democracy Out Of Our History, Our Possibilities, Our Perspectives. Democracy Is Not Something That Can Be Exported Like Coca-cola. It Has To Be Bred From The Inside, According To The Culture, The Conditions Of Each Country.

Reading, Writing, Teaching, Learning, Are All Activities Aimed At Introducing Civilizations To Each Other.

There Is No Creation Without Tradition. No One Creates From Nothing.

I Had The Good Fortune Of Having A Happy, Closely Knit Family.

The Mexican Revolution Was A Break With The Past To Recover The Past. We Were Trying To Deny We Had An Indian And A Black And A Spanish Past. The Mexican Revolution Accepted All Heritages. It Allowed Mexico To Be Mestizo.