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GUTIERREZ HERNANDEZ, Adriana. Juárez, Diplomatic Relations with Spain and Spaniards in Mexico. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2007, n.34, pp.29-63. ISSN 0185-2620.

The article studies the difficult circumstances in which diplomatic relations took place between Mexico and Spain from 1939 to 1971 -from the arrival of the first Spanish plenipotentiary to the renewal of diplomatic relations after the fall of Maximilian's empire- Be-sides the author deals with the status of the Spanish colony resident in the country during the same period in order to analyze the way in which Benito Juárez' government responded to the arrival of the Spanish troops in Veracruz in December 1861 and its efforts to solve existing diplomatic problems with Spain on the one hand, and the ideological diversity of Spaniards living in Mexico and their attitude to these events on the other.

Palavras-chave : Benito Juárez; diplomatic relations bet-ween Mexico and Spain; Juan Prim y Prats; the Spanish colony in Mexico; Spanish immigration; Spanish debt in Mexico.