The Socialist Mexican Party (, PMS) was a left-wing Mexican political party, and one of the immediate antecedents of the present
Party of the Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...
. It was the last effort to unify the different Mexican left-wing parties, as well as the last political party in the country to officially used the word "socialist" in its name. It existed between 1987 and 1989.
The PMS was founded in 1987 through the merger of the
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico
The Unified Socialist Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Socialista Unificado de México, PSUM) was a socialist political party in Mexico. It later became the Socialist Mexican Party () in 1988.
History
The PSUM was founded in November 1981 by the me ...
, the
Mexican Workers' Party, the Communist Leftist Union, the People's Revolutionary Movement and the Revolutionary Patriotic Party.
[González Casanova, Pablo, and Jorge Cadena Roa. ]
Primer informe sobre la democracia, México 1988
'. Biblioteca México. México, D.F.: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1989. p. 318
The party participated solely in the
1988 elections, in which it had postulated
Heberto Castillo
Heberto Castillo Martínez (August 23, 1928 – April 5, 1997) was a Mexican civil engineer and political activist.
Castillo was born in Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National ...
as its candidate. A month before the elections, Castillo decided to decline his candidacy in favor of
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (''tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle" ...
and integrate himself in the
National Democratic Front that postulated Cárdenas to the Presidency of the Republic. In 1989, after the electoral process had finished, the PMS integrated with the old Democratic Current of the
PRI and constituted the
Party of the Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...
, with the own legal registry of the PMS.
PMS candidates for the Presidency
* 1988:
Heberto Castillo
Heberto Castillo Martínez (August 23, 1928 – April 5, 1997) was a Mexican civil engineer and political activist.
Castillo was born in Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the National ...
(declined)
* 1994:
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (''tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle" ...
(allied with
PPS,
PARM Parm or PARM may refer to:
* Parmesan cheese, especially in dishes such as chicken parm
* PARM 1 mine, Panzer-Abwehr Richtmine (German, ''Antitank defense arranging mine'')
* '' Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution'', Partido Auténtico de l ...
and
PFCRN to form National Democratic Front)
See also
*
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico
The Unified Socialist Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Socialista Unificado de México, PSUM) was a socialist political party in Mexico. It later became the Socialist Mexican Party () in 1988.
History
The PSUM was founded in November 1981 by the me ...
*
Party of the Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...
*
List of political parties in Mexico
This article lists political parties in Mexico.
Mexico has a multi-party system, which means that there are more than two dominant political parties.
Nationally, the three main political parties are the , the , and the . Other political parties ...
References
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Political parties established in 1987
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1987 establishments in Mexico
1989 disestablishments in Mexico