Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas | |
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President of the Democratic Revolution Party | |
In office 5 May 1989 – 14 February 1993 | |
Succeeded by | Roberto Robles Garnica |
Governor of Michoacán | |
In office 15 September 1980 – 14 September 1986 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Torres Manzo |
Succeeded by | Luis Martínez Villicaña |
Senator of the Republic of Mexico | |
In office 1 September 1976 – 15 September 1980 | |
Preceded by | Norberto Mora Plancarte |
Succeeded by | Antonio Martínez Báez |
Constituency | Michoacán |
Personal details | |
Born | Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano 1 May 1934 Independent (2014–present) |
Other political affiliations | Party of the Democratic Revolution (1989–2014) Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution (1987–1989) Institutional Revolutionary Party (1954–1987) |
Spouse |
Celeste Batel
(m. 1963; died 2021) |
Children | 3, including Lázaro Cárdenas Batel |
Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS) |
Occupation | Civil engineer and politician |
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano (Spanish pronunciation:
Early life and career
Cárdenas Solórzano was born in Mexico City on 1 May 1934[2] and was named after the last Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc. He is the only son of Lázaro Cárdenas and Amalia Solórzano. When he was seven months old, his father was inaugurated as President of Mexico. He studied at Colegio Williams, an all-boys private, secular English-language school that has a rigorous academic curriculum. The school is located in the old mansion of Porfirio Díaz's finance minister, José Yves Limantour. An alumnus described the education there as cultivating "the body as a source of energy and fighting. It was an energy destined to produce active, intelligent animals of prey. [The school] worshiped manly virtues like tenacity, strength, loyalty and aggression."[3]
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas often served as his father's aide-de-camp in later years, when the former president remained a powerful political figure.[4] Lázaro Cárdenas remained active in Institutional Revolutionary Party politics, and, with son Cuauhtémoc, tried to move the party to a more leftist stance. Both were active in the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN, Movement of National Liberation), which sought international support for Cuba following its 1959 revolution, as well as to affect domestic politics in Mexico, particularly the need for democracy in the PRI and decentralization of power.[5]
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas served as a
First Presidential Campaign
When President
On 6 July 1988, the day of the elections, a system shutdown of the
Foundation of PRD
The following year (5 May 1989), Cárdenas and other leading center-left and leftist PRI politicians, including
In 1995, Cárdenas played a role in the peace negotiations with the Zapatistas.[12] In 1996, the PRD was choosing a new party president, Cárdenas's ally Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who went further and sought a political alliance with the Zapatistas.[13]
In 1997, he was the PRD's candidate for the newly created post of
He resigned in 1999 (and was succeeded by one of his allies, Rosario Robles), to run for the presidency again in 2000. Cárdenas again placed third with 17% of the vote and the PRI lost the election to Vicente Fox, the candidate of the PAN.
Departure from PRD
On 25 November 2014, Cárdenas announced that he was leaving the PRD. He had been a longtime senior member of the PRD, and was considered the 'moral leader' of the party. Many in Mexico saw his departure from the PRD as a product of the party's internal fighting and mounting identity crisis.
Personal life
Cárdenas Solórzano was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 on 12 September 2020.[2]
Further reading
- Aguilar Zinser, Adolfo. Vamos a ganar! La pugna de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas por el poder. Mexico City: Editorial Oceano 1995.
- Bruhn, Kathleen. Taking on Goliath: The Emergence of a New Left Party and the Struggle for Democracy in Mexico. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press 1997.
- Carr, Barry and Steve Ellner, editors. The Left in Latin America: From the fall of Allende to Perestroika. Boulder CO: Westview Press 1993.
- Castañeda, Jorge. Utopia Unarmed: The Latin American Left after the Cold War. New York: Knopf 1993.
- Gilly, Adolfo, ed. Cartas a Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. Mexico City: Era 1989.
- Taibo, Paco Ignacio II. Cárdenas de cerca: Una entrevista biográfica. Mexico City: Editorial Planeta 1994.
References
- ^ Thompson, Ginger (2004-03-09). "Ex-President in Mexico Casts New Light on Rigged 1988 Election". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Carrasco, Leslie (September 12, 2020). "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas tiene Covid-19, revela AMLO". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Quién. Retrieved Sep 12, 2020.
- ^ Nick Caistor, Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion. New York: Interlink Books 2000, p.213.
- ^ Kathleen Bruhn, "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas" in Encyclopedia of Mexico, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers 1997, vol. 1, p. 189.
- ^ Bruhn, "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas", p. 189.
- ^ Enrique Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: HarperCollins, 1997, p. 769.
- ^ Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, pp. 769-70.
- ^ Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, pp. 771-72.
- ^ Bruhn, "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas", p. 191.
- ^ Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, p. 790.
- ^ Bruhn, "Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas", p. 191.
- ^ "Sobre mis pasos de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ Bruhn, "Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas", p. 193.
- ^ "Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
External links
- PBS: Charles Krause interviews Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spanish) Biography Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine on Televisa's website.
- (in Spanish) Government of the Mexican Federal District: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.
- (in Spanish) Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, A progressive proposal.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141208150646/http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/2814492_cuauhtemoc-cardenas-leaves-mexico-s-prd.html