Yucatan in the UPCA?

Well, I was looking at a map of the first Mexican empire, and was wondering how plausible Merida de Yucatan (modern day Tabasco, Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Campeche states) joining the UPCA is. Reading part of the Genocide article on Yucatan, I also came across this:

Wikipedia said:
Until the mid-20th century most of Yucatán's contact with the outside world was by sea; trade with the USA and Cuba, as well as Europe and other Caribbean islands, was more significant than that with the rest of Mexico.

I don't know too much about Mexican history, but I do know Yucatan was rather separatist (and was independent in the 1840s).

So, just how plausible is Yucatan being a member of the UPCA?
 
Well, I was looking at a map of the first Mexican empire, and was wondering how plausible Merida de Yucatan (modern day Tabasco, Yucatan, Quintana Roo and Campeche states) joining the UPCA is. Reading part of the Genocide article on Yucatan, I also came across this:



I don't know too much about Mexican history, but I do know Yucatan was rather separatist (and was independent in the 1840s).

So, just how plausible is Yucatan being a member of the UPCA?

I think that it's rather improbable. In first place, as you say, Yucatán in the XIXth century was, for all practical effects, an island and didn't have a closer relation with Central America than with Mexico. In second place the UPCA, also for all practical effects, only existed in the paper, so a new state would have meant only, in the worst case, more troubles, in the better case, no significant change in the history.

On the other hand, in OTL it happened the opposite. Chiapas, a part of the Kingdom of Guatemala in colonial times, decided to stay in the mexican confederation after the fall of Iturbide.

It's true that the originary communities in Yucatán, as in Chiapas, share a cultural heritage with many central american communities. But even if they could have had influence in the political decisions took in Mérida or Tabasco, the UPAC wouldn't have been atractive to them. The central american elites were probably the most racist dirigent class in the continent.
 
I think that it's rather improbable. In first place, as you say, Yucatán in the XIXth century was, for all practical effects, an island and didn't have a closer relation with Central America than with Mexico. In second place the UPCA, also for all practical effects, only existed in the paper, so a new state would have meant only, in the worst case, more troubles, in the better case, no significant change in the history.

On the other hand, in OTL it happened the opposite. Chiapas, a part of the Kingdom of Guatemala in colonial times, decided to stay in the mexican confederation after the fall of Iturbide.

It's true that the originary communities in Yucatán, as in Chiapas, share a cultural heritage with many central american communities. But even if they could have had influence in the political decisions took in Mérida or Tabasco, the UPAC wouldn't have been atractive to them. The central american elites were probably the most racist dirigent class in the continent.

Really? Alright then, thanks for the info.
 
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