Dr. Jaqueline Garza Placencia, a researcher at El Colegio de Jalisco, Mexico, reviewed the book Greek Democracy, Modern Democracy: Lights and Shadows, on December 2, 2025, at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. She discussed the book’s content, written by Dr. Ignacio Medina Núñez, describing its three chapters: the emergence of democracy in ancient Greece, the resurgence of the democratic ideal by the great philosopher Spinoza in the 17th century, and the current debate on free expression in democratic models.