Las fronteras de la libertad de expresión y de prensa en México con los gobiernos de la alternancia

Abstract

The problem that this thesis deals with is that of the institutional and de- facto limits in Mexico, to freedom of expression and the press. The risks of involved in exercising this freedom represent a serious challenge to the consolidation of democracy. The goal of the research was to determine the causes and way these rights are limited, in a democracy that in a short time, has moved from an authoritarian regime to a plural and competitive one, later embarking on a populist-nationalist hyper-presidentialism, which reopens the prospect of a return to a new hegemonic party. For this, it was necessary to understand the relationship between political power and the media, with a focus on the transitions in the political system and the role of the press under the previous regime and in the alternating governments of PAN and PRI in the 2000-2018 period; as well a new confrontational relationship with the government, a message of rupture with the neoliberal reforms and the collapse of the party system consensus; and, the always present threat of violence and organized crime that permeates the system...