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Oaxaca en la historia y en el mito (English: Oaxaca in history and myth) is a huge mural created by Arturo García Bustos (1926-2017) and located in Oaxaca de Juárez, know in English as Oaxaca City.

García Bustos was "an artist dedicated to the humanistic struggles and liberal ideals that he expressed profoundly in his art." He painted the mural in a stairwell in the Palacio de Gobierno in Oaxaca. In an earlier version of this article, the space where the mural is located was officially known as the Museo del Palacio Universum. But the museum has disappeared. And in 2025 the mural is seldom available for viewing.

A pamphlet distributed to attendees at the inauguration described the mural as a "mapamundi oaxaqueño" or a Oaxacan worldmap. The mural is a visual history of Oaxaca from prehistoric times to modern times, with little detail past the Mexican Revolution. The images selected and not selected in a visual history are key to the final message. Bustos focused on images of the liberal traditions and reform in his interpretation of the history of Oaxaca, largely leaving out those who opposed liberal ideas, such as the church and monarchists and also played important roles in Oaxacan and Mexican history. This article cites academic research and government publications, with the latter being prone to perpetuating what has been called "mithified" history.

Ricardo Flores Magón writes about Mexico, History, Politics and government, 1910-1946, 1867-1910, and Ricardo Flores Magón (1873-1922). Their best-known work is PROPOS D'UN AGITATEUR ancienne édition.

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