Juan Villoro In memory of Carlos Monsiváis and José Emilio Pacheco One. From caudillo to licenciado On July 4, 1976, at the age of twenty, I made my debut at the polls in a country that had only one candidate for the presidency: José López Portillo of the PRI. Our democracy was then a simulacrum … Continue reading Literature and Democracy, How many Drafts does the Homeland Need?