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The history of democracy in Mexico has been characterized by a number of regime changes. An iron fist rule by the Spanish colonial government, followed by the establishment of an empire after independence and a series of invasions and coups created infertile ground for the creation of a stable, long term democracy and consistent constitutions. Pockets of democratic regimes were regularly followed by periods of strongman rule until the Mexican Revolution established the Constitution of 1910. Politicians oftentimes bent the rules to dilute the democratic nature of the institutions established by the 1910 Constitution. This led to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) establishing one-party dictatorship that lasted over 50 years, until the new millennium saw the strengthening and rise of opposition parties.[1] Out of the last four presidents, three have been from non-PRI parties, putting the PRI's power and one-party dictatorship into question.[1]