BUT I’M STILL THE KING PORTRAIT OF MEXICAN SOCIETY AND PROTECTORADE TLATOANI

Our schematic Mexico today, the subtleties involved in a system that claims to be democratic, but which in practice is part of a complicated gear where the pieces move a priori as appropriate to the interests of the moment, has a deep root in the Aztec monarchical system, where the figure of tlatoani or top leader still floats in social consciousness as a symbol of vassalage.