Notes for my children

In Apuntes para mis hijos Benito Juárez (1806-1872) explains his life and the principles that govern his thinking both to his descendants and to all those Mexicans convinced of the need for a secular and modern government. In addition, he offers an overview of the political context of his time and offers his opinion on moments of great importance for the history of his country.
Apuntes para mis hijos is a personal notebook of notes and for this reason, the work constitutes the most intimate text of Benito Juárez, a more than historical character, considered the maximum representative of the generation of the Mexican Reform.
In the words of former President Enrique Peña Nieto, Benito Juárez

“decisively influenced the definition of principles, institutions and a legal framework that remain fundamental in Mexico today,”

To do this

“He strove to consolidate institutions that would allow the new generations to access a secular education open to all branches of human knowledge, illuminated by science and free thought.”