 In fact, Mexico was considered a bastion of continued constitutional government in times where coup d'états and military dictatorships were the norm in Latin America, in that the institutions were renovated electorally, even if only in appearance and with little participation of the opposition parties at the local level.The lack of the establishment of a true democracy in Mexico can be partially explained many factors, like the ones described above.However, one of them could also be the oil reserves that exist in the country and that were nationalized by the Cárdenas government.