# Names Change but Dictators Remain: Luis Cabrera Lobato

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-of-liberty/names-change-but-dictators-remain-luis-cabrera-lobato>

**By** Luis Felipe Barrón Córdova, Paul Meany

**Published:** September 23, 2021

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Though obscure today, the revolutionary and constitutionalist Luis Cabrera Lobato remains a pivotal figure in the history of Mexico.

## Summary:

Beginning life as the son of a baker, Luis Cabrera Lobato rose to prominence as a lawyer and became one of the sharpest intellects of the Mexican Revolution. At the time, he was Mexico's foremost constitutionalist. Luis noticed that without the restraint of the law, names change, but dictators remain.