Salvador Abascal
Salvador Abascal Infante | |
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Leader of the National Synarchist Union | |
In office 1940–1941 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Zermeño |
Succeeded by | Manuel Torres Bueno |
Personal details | |
Born | (1910-05-18)18 May 1910 Morelia, Mexico |
Died | 30 March 2000(2000-03-30) (aged 89) Mexico City, Mexico |
Political party | National Synarchist Union |
Spouse |
Maria Guadalupe Carranza Pulido
(m. 1942) |
Children | 12, including: Salvador Abascal Carranza Carlos María Abascal Juan Bosco Abascal Carranza |
Alma mater | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo |
Salvador Abascal Infante (18 May 1910 – 30 March 2000) was a Mexican politician and leading exponent of
Background
Born in
He would complete his education at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo where he graduated with a law degree in 1931, subsequently serving as a judge in Ayutla.[5] He was dismissed as a judge in 1933 after falling foul of local bosses when he made judgements in favour of claimants to land.[5]
UNS leadership
He was a founder member of the UNS in 1937 and became an organiser in
Accused of
Decline
An unpopular figure with moderates, he was replaced as leader by Manuel Torres Bueno in 1941 and left to set up a sinarquista commune in Baja California.[3] The colony, known as Maria Auxiliadora, was initially made up of some 86 families (450 people).[9] It has been claimed that Abascal, who stated that he was inspired by God and Thomas Aquinas in his actions, was driven by Millenarianism in leading his followers into what was a hostile desert climate.[1] However the scheme proved unsuccessful, and by 1944, Abascal had been expelled from the sinarquista movement for clashing with its leadership over the failure of the colonisation.[3]
Later years
He returned in 1947 and became something of a grand old figure in the movement, even being considered as a potential candidate for the presidency in 1955 (although he declined the offer).[3] Increasingly drawn towards integralism, he set up the publishing house Editorial la Tradition in the late 1970s to produce works on this subject, as well as his memoirs Mis Recuerdos.[3] He published his own newsletter, La Hoja del Combate, into the 1990s. The publication was noted for giving space to the ideas of the revisionist writer Salvador Borrego.[10]
Personal life
At 31, Abascal met 16 year old Maria Guadalupe Carranza Pulido while in Los Angeles in 1940. They developed a courtship that lasted two years. They married on 17 March 1942, on the Sinarquist commune María Auxiliadora.[11]
Abascal had 12 children in total.
References
- ^ a b L. Bethell, The Cambridge History of Latin America, Cambridge University Press, 1995, p. 411
- ^ a b J.W. Sherman, The Mexican right: the end of revolutionary reform, 1929-1940, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p. 122
- ^ a b c d e f g h Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990
- ^ M.J. Ard, An eternal struggle: how the National Action Party transformed Mexican politics, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, p. 43
- ^ a b c Roderic Ai Camp, Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009, University of Texas Press, 2011, p. 1
- ^ Stein Ugelvik Larsen, Fascism Outside Europe, Columbia University Press, 2001, p. 620
- ^ R. Bartra, Blood, ink, and culture: miseries and splendors of the post-Mexican condition, Duke University Press, 2002, p. 97
- ^ Ard, An eternal struggle, p. 66
- ^ J.H.L. Schlarman, Mexico - A Land of Volcanoes from Cortes to Aleman, Read Books, 2007, p. 620
- ^ Mexico Archived 2013-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, profile at axt.org.uk
- ^ a b Soto Molina, Jose (24 February 2016). "Salvador Abascal y Guadalupe Carranza Wedding in Exile – Tendencia Magazine". Tendencia Magazine (Weddings 24). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Sanginés, Pedro Salmerón (28 July 2020). "La Jornada: Otra vez los Abascal". www.jornada.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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