This dissertation examines the interaction between Mexican intellectuals and the Soviet Union through the lens of editorial practices in the aftermath of World War II (1944-1958). It focuses on the role of the Mexican journals Cultura Soviética (1944-1955) and Intercambio Cultural (1955-1958) in the cultural context of the first stage of the Cold War in Latin America. These journals were the official monthly publications of the Mexican-Russian Institute of Cultural Exchange, a non-profit civil society that presented itself and its journals as a tool for strengthening cultural relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union. The institution’s directors were such influential intellectuals as Victor Manuel Villaseñor, Luis Cháves Orozco, José Mancisidor, and Diego Rivera over the years. Luis Córdova and Efraín Huerta coordinated Cultura Soviética and Intercambio Cultural, respectively. An enormous group of collaborators from the fields of literature, science, the arts, and politics participated in their projects. Thus, the dissertation traces the trajectory of Cultura Soviética and Intercambio Cultural as collective textual productions: the debates and controversies they engaged in, their relationships with other journals, and the political and aesthetic contexts in which they were immersed. It reconstructs the discursive universe of Cultura Soviética and Intercambio Cultural to inscribe them into their social, political, and cultural conflict. It analyzes how its content is technically structured to produce meaning and create a discourse. The dissertation studies what became known in the journals as “Soviet culture,” how these publications promoted and defended the peace movement in Mexico, and how this movement was connected to the Stalin cult, particularly from 1947 to 1953. Since the journals adopted the national optic promoted by the Soviet Stalinist rhetoric—patriotic pride, the right to national self-determination, but within a plurinational socialist scope with a solid and indisputable center, Russia—they gave rise, in practice, to the parallel exaltation of two national mythologies: the Russian and the Mexican. In synthesis, this dissertation explores Mexico’s national cultural debates in their relationship with international ideological struggles, emphasizing the Cold War as a determining factor in shaping these intellectual exchanges. It highlights the role of journals in the circulation of ideas within transnational contexts. It contributes to the ongoing discussion on the importance of the journal genre in studying material culture and social processes. In particular, the study demonstrates that Cultura Soviética and Intercambio Cultural were pioneering tools of the Soviet cultural and diplomatic offensive launched in the first stage of the Cold War in Latin America, laying the foundation for the pro-Soviet cultural front in the region. It shows how the network of its Mexican collaborators and leaders constantly adapted to the ups and downs of Moscow’s politics. Even though these Mexican intellectuals were part of different national political projects within the Mexican left wing and occasionally at odds with each other, their writings blended well with the overarching nationalist narrative that considered the Mexican Revolution a grounding phenomenon in search of a future socialist State. Finally, data collection and presentation in the annexes complement the analysis and research work. The appendices present, in a descriptive and orderly manner, information that is difficult to obtain elsewhere to which the dissertation constantly refers: The Institute’s complete list of publications since its foundation (Appendix I), and the indexes of the journals Cultura Soviética (Appendix II) and Intercambio Cultural (Appendix III). / 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z