Rafael Aguilar Talamantes

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Rafael Aguilar Talamantes
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
In office
September 1, 1982 – October 31, 1985
In office
September 1, 1988 – October 31, 1991
Personal details
Born
Rafael Ignacio Aguilar Talamantes

(1939-10-24)24 October 1939
Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction
Socialist Party of Mexico
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
OccupationPolitician

Rafael Aguilar Talamantes (October 24, 1939 in

Cardenista Front Party of National Reconstruction
, for which he ran in the federal elections of 1994 as a candidate for president.

Early life and career

Talamantes graduated from the National School of Economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1962 where he attended from 1958. He returned to UNAM in 1971 to the National School of Law where he attended until 1976, leaving without completing his degree. Originally a member of the Mexican Communist Party, he became a political prisoner in 1966 apprehended in the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo on October 8 of that year. Talamantes was imprisoned on charges of property damage to the nation.

CNAO foundation

In 1970, Talamantes was released from prison due to the law of social dissolution being repealed by then president

Marxist leftist movement, the Movement of National Liberation (Spanish: Movimiento de Liberación National) (MLN), formed the Comité Nacional de Auscultación y Organización (CNAO) in 1971. The organization however suffered a split between those that wanted to adopt Marxism–Leninism ideology and those that wanted to adopt a party language more in line with what they felt was the voice of the Mexican people. Demetrio Vallejo and Heberto Castillo split to form the Mexican Workers' Party (PMT), Rafael Aguilar Talamantes, along with Graco Ramírez, formed the Workers' Socialist Party
(PST).

Workers' Socialist Party

The Workers' Socialist Party was founded as a Marxist political party that believed in the expropriation of financial institutions and many industries, also believing management of state enterprises should be handled by the workers and peasants. The PST secured registration in 1978 and in the following year it was given proportional representation seats, continuing to win 9-12 seats the following periods in 1982 and 1985. In 1987 the PST split again as Graco Ramírez was expelled from the party, often cited as differences over the direction the party was taking.

Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PFCRN) 1987 - 1997

In 1988, after having served as the party Secretary General from 1975 to '76 and President from 79-87, the party was renamed to the

election fraud. After the elections of 1988, Aguilar Talamantes separated from the FDN, and the PFCRN supported many of the policies of the ex-president Carlos Salinas de Gortari
. In 1988 the party proportional representation in Congress rose from 12 seats to 41.

See also

References

  • Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies By Charles D. Ameringer. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. .
  • Taking On Goliath: The Emergence Of A New Left Party And The Struggle For Democracy In Mexico By Kathleen Bruhn. Published by Penn State Press, 2004. .
  • Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 By Roderic Ai Camp. Published by University of Texas Press, 1995. .