 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Basa raMéndez rakasanganisa zvematongerwo enyika, kupenda, kudzidzisa mifananidzo uye kugadzira mabhuku asi anozivikanwa zvikuru nebasa rake rekunyora, achigadzira anopfuura mazana manomwe munguva yehupenyu hwake. Iri basa rokuveza rakatanga kare nokuda kwemifananidzo yebhuku nemagazini. Mumakore ekuma1920, akatanga nemabhuku maviri ainzi Irradiador naHorizonte sechikamu chekubatanidzwa kwake mune zvematongerwo enyika uye zvehunyanzvi kufamba kunonzi Stridentism. Muna 1929, akatanga kudzidzisa pasi pezvirongwa zveCultural Missions zveMexico Secretariat yePublic Education muJalisco neHurumende yeMexico iyo yaisanganisira kubatsira kumagazini eEl Sembrador neEl Maestro Rural. Zvose zvacho zvainangana nemapurazi uye zvaishandiswa sezvinyorwa zvevadzidzisi, saka kushandisa mifananidzo pamwe chete nemashoko kwaionekwa sechinhu chinokosha nemhaka yokusaziva kurava nokunyora kwakanga kwakanyanya. Muna 1942, akabudisa En el nombre de Cristo nhevedzano yezvinyorwa zvinomwe pamusoro pehutsinye hunonzi neCristerosuye kuurayiwa kwevadzidzisi. Kuchinja kwaMéndez mubasa rezvematongerwe enyika kazhinji kwaiita kuti shanduko mubhuku raakapa. Somuenzaniso, muna 1946 akasiya bato reMexico Communist Party ndokujoina Grupo Insurgente José Carlos Mariátegui, achitanga kushandira pamwe nebhuku rayo repamutemo rainzi El Insurgente. 