Introduction: facing south -- La política del buen amigo and its practitioners -- Socialist education and the religious question in Latin America -- Repúblicas rojas: the Spanish Civil War and Mexican relations with Latin America -- Selling the Oil Expropriation of 1938 -- Mexican development, hacia afuera -- The Brigada Mexicana, the durango and goodwill missions to Latin America -- Conclusion: el faro de América
Summary
This book examines culture and diplomacy in Mexico's relations with the rest of Latin America during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940)
