Spanish Journalism in Mexico City at the Service of the Pax Porfiriana (1884-1892)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to explain the evolution of the Spanish press in the capitol of Mexico during the first and second re-elected terms of Porfirio Diaz (1884-1888, 1888-1892). After this period began the consolidation of what is today known as the “Porfiriato”, a regime preoccupied with the pacification of the country and the development of foreign investments. Spanish journalism, which had hitherto remained quite limited to the concerns of the Spanish colony, took an important turn during these years. Thus, at the beginning of the last decade of the 19th century, the most representative newspaper of the collective –El Correo Español—was a paper in tune with the political class and representative of a group that had numerous commercial concessions and contracts with the government.