This research intends to analyze the articles about Mexico published by the Revue des Deux Mondes between 1840 and 1870. The magazine expressed the opinion of intellectuals which were close to political power and thought themselves as the voice of national French interests. The Revue chose Mexico as the center of its attention in Latin America. The authors elaborated images of France as the most important Latin country looking at Mexico as its "blood sister" which needed to be guided. The articles emphasized the glorious past of France and insisted that the country must balance, in Latin America, the power of its great rival, Great Britain, and the "threat" represented by the United States. The authors stimulated their readers to think of France as a great nation with an extraordinary history, culture and civilization.
Revue des Deux Mondes; intellectuals; France; Mexico; 19th century