El circo (song)
The lyrics describe two brothers, "Carlos" and "Raúl" (in reference to Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president of Mexico from 1988 and 1994, and his brother Raúl Salinas de Gortari), who form a "circus" (a drug cartel) and get rid of the other "circuses" in the country. After the brothers get wealthy, Raúl makes Carlos' money disappear (a reference to the Mexican peso crisis) and their circus ends. Raúl is jailed, while Carlos leaves the country, and the people are finally at peace, unless another circus arrives and the story repeats itself.
Francisco José Múgica
On 1 December 1934, Cárdenas became the president of Mexico and named Múgica as the Secretary of the National Economy. He immediately made himself identifiable as one of the most "Cardenista" cabinet members, compared to the "Callistas" loyal to Plutarco Elías Calles. Cárdenas had begun to de-establish the "Maximato" by which Elías Calles had exercised command over every president since he left office in 1928. Múgica, a great ally of Cárdenas, helped in breaking the Maximato by creating a crisis in mid-June 1935 by releasing anti-labor statements made by Calles. The unions began strong protests against the figure of " Jefe Máximo " (Calles), which were immediately exploited to get rid of his influence on the government to seek and obtain the resignation of his entire cabinet and oust all Callistas. This included Calles's son, the Secretary of Communications and Public Works, whom Cardenas substituted with the appointment of Múgica.
Múgica was a natural successor to Cárdenas: he was a strong leftist and believed in many of his major reforms. However, Múgica was perceived as much more radical than Cárdenas; his supporters saw him as the great consolidator of the social work begun by Cárdenas, while his opponents saw him as a great danger that would make Mexico a copy of the Soviet Union.