Freemasonry at election times: The phenomenon of Bronco and anti-Masonry at Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2015)

In Mexico’s state elections of 2015, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón “Bronco” astounded the public opinion as he won the election to become governor of Nuevo León. Close to the end of the political campaigns period, some videos appeared in YouTube signalizing “Bronco” as a mason, adjudicating a series of r...

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Autor: Tzili Apango, Eduardo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositório:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/10351
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rehmlac/article/view/10351
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Bronco
México
masonería
antimasonería
elecciones
Mexico
Freemasonry
Anti-Freemasonry
elections
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Resumo:In Mexico’s state elections of 2015, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón “Bronco” astounded the public opinion as he won the election to become governor of Nuevo León. Close to the end of the political campaigns period, some videos appeared in YouTube signalizing “Bronco” as a mason, adjudicating a series of religious, moral, political and social messages. This article analyzes these videos in the context of the perceptions about the masonry in Mexico. I conclude that given a social and historical construction of a meaning about the masonry in Mexico, it has emerged an antimasonic political and electoral trend, with the objective of influence vote’s intentions and to manipulate social perceptions.