Laura Machuca Gallegos holds a bachelor's and master's degree in History from the School of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad de Chile. unam D. in Latin American Studies, specializing in History, from the University of Toulouse le Mirail, France. She is a tenured research professor at the ciesasHe lives in the Unidad Peninsular, Mérida, Yucatán, where he resides. His areas of interest have been colonial and 20th century history. xix for the regions of Oaxaca and Yucatán, for which he has published several articles and books, among them Power and management in the Mérida City Council, 1785-1835 (2017) y The subdelegates in Yucatán. Spheres of political action and social aspirations in the intendancy, 1786-1821. (2023). Member of the National System of Researchers level ii.