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Labor Party (Mexico)
The Labor Party ( , PT; also known as the Workers Party) is a socialist political party in Mexico. It was founded on 8 December 1990. The party is currently led by Alberto Anaya. Following the 2018 election, the PT became the third-largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies with 61 deputies, after Morena with 191 and the PAN with 81. Political maneuvering briefly established the PRI as the third-largest party in August 2020, although it later turned out that the PT and the PRI were tied with 46 seats each after doubtful PRD deputy defections in favor of the PRI. It received 6.46% of the total votes cast in the 2024 presidential election, becoming the sixth national political force. It has 49 deputies and 6 senators in the LXVI legislature of the Congress of the Union. History Foundation Initial History Following the coordination of several social groups, including the Independent Teachers' Movement, the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA), the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Anaya
Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez (born 15 November 1946) is a Mexican politician and senator. He is the founder of the Labor Party. He has been a federal deputy, senator and coordinator of its parliamentary group. He studied economics at the UNAM. In 1990, he founded the PT with several work unions, some left student organizations and some neighborhood organizations, the PRI even accused the party to have influence of Raúl Salinas, brother of former PRI President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The PT enjoys support in Anaya's home state of Aguascalientes, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Mexico City, and other parts of Mexico. Anaya has both a democratic and socialist background; he led a social movement called "Tierra y Libertad" in the 1980s. In the 2006 Mexican election, he supported the Alliance for the Good of All, and in the 2018 Mexican election, he led the Together We Will Make History coalition. Upon his release, he began his drive to form his political party, after having been clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Parties In Mexico
This article lists political parties in Mexico. Mexico has a multi-party system, with six nationally registered political parties and number of others that operate locally in one or more states. National parties Mexico has six nationally recognized political parties by the National Electoral Institute. Under Mexican law, parties are listed in the order in which they were first registered, thus: Most recently, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) lost its status as a national party in the aftermath of the 2024 general election. Other political parties, not registered * Communist Party of Mexico (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections) * Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist) (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections) * Communists' Party (far-left, not officially registered as party, cannot compete in elections) * Popular Socialist Party of Mexico (far-left, not officially registered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Mexico
The Senate of the Republic (), constitutionally the Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union (), is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress. It currently consists of 128 members, who serve six-year terms. History A bicameral legislature, including the Senate, was established on 4 October 1824. The Senate was abolished on 7 September 1857 and re-established on 13 November 1874. Under the regime of Porfirio Díaz (the Porfiriato: 1876–1910), many seats were given to elites and wealthy people loyal to the regime. During the Mexican Revolution, notably during the brief presidency of Francisco I. Madero, the Senate was left intact with Porfirian sympathizers, who blocked the president's attempts to pass reforms for the Revolution. Composition After a series of reforms during the 1990s, the Senate consists of 128 senators: * Two for each of the 32 states, elected under the principle of relative majority. * One for each of the 32 states, assigned under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies Of Mexico
The Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish: , ) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral parliament of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the Constitution. History A bicameral legislature, including the Chamber of Deputies, was established on 4 October 1824. A unicameral congress existed from 7 September 1857 to 13 November 1874. Elections and qualifications Qualifications Article 55 of the Mexican Constitution establishes the requirements to serve as a deputy. To be eligible, a candidate must: * Be a Mexican citizen by birth with full legal rights. * Be at least 18 years old on election day. * Be a resident of, or have lived in, the state they seek to represent for at least six months prior to the election. * Not be on active military duty or hold a police command within 90 days before the election. * Not be a minister of any religious faith. The artic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance For The Good Of All
The Coalition for the Good of All () was a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Convergence and the Labor Party (PT) to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the general election of 2006. The coalition also presented joint candidates for Congressional and local elections. The coalition was approved by the Federal Electoral Institute in December 2005 and on January 4, 2006 the Executive Commission of the alliance was formalized with an estimated budget of 600 million pesos (roughly US$56 million). History The former mayor of Mexico City, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, was the presidential candidate for the Coalition for the Good of All in the 2006 presidential elections. López Obrador ran against Felipe Calderón, PAN candidate, and Roberto Madrazo, PRI candidate. López Obrador's campaign relied on citizen's networks (redes ciudadanas) that focused on mobilizing the public to campaign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Mexican General Election
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 2 July 2000. Voters went to the polls to elect a new president to serve a single six-year term, replacing President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, who was ineligible for re-election under the 1917 Constitution. The election system ran under plurality voting; 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (300 by the first-past-the-post system and 200 by proportional representation) for three-year terms and 128 members of the Senate (three per state by first-past-the-post – two first-past-the-post seats are allocated to the party with the largest share of the vote; the remaining seat is given to the first runner-up – and 32 by proportional representation from national party lists) for six-year terms. The presidential election was won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote,Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p475 the first time the opposition had won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacatecas
Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatecas. It is located in north-central Mexico and is bordered by the states of Durango to the northwest, Coahuila to the north, Nayarit to the west, San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León to the east, and Jalisco, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes to the south. The state is best known for its rich deposits of silver and other minerals, its Spanish Colonial architecture, colonial architecture and its importance during the Mexican Revolution. Its main economic activities are mining, agriculture and tourism. Geography Zacatecas is located in the center-north of Mexico, and covers an area of 75,284 km2, the tenth-largest state in the country. It borders the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila and Durango and is divided in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of The Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRD was formed after the contested 1988 Mexican general election, general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the National Democratic Front (Mexico), National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule. As of 2023, the PRD was a member of the Fuerza y Corazón por México (Strength and Heart for Mexico) coalition. Internationally, the PRD was a member of the Progressive Alliance. The members of the party are known colloquially in Mexico as ''Perredistas''. In 2024, the party failed to reach the necessary percentage of votes to keep its registration as a national political party. History Early o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Soto González
Cecilia Soto González (born 24 January 1950) is a Mexican politician, currently affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution and serving as a federal deputy to the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She was the presidential candidate of the Labor Party (PT) in the 1994 Mexican general election. Biography Soto González was born in Hermosillo and began her political career in the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution; she was a member of its National Executive Committee between 1985 and 1993. She was a local deputy to the LII Legislature of the Congress of Sonora, which met from 1988 to 1991, and a federal deputy to the LV Legislature of the Mexican Congress, which convened between 1991 and 1994. In 1994, Soto left the PARM in order to accept the Labor Party's presidential nomination. After placing fourth, she later developed a rift with the party when it refused to discuss various reforms she had proposed. In 2001, President Vicente Fox appointed her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Mexican Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 18 August 1991,Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 alongside gubernatorial elections in six states.Elections held in 1991 Inter-Parliamentary Union The (PRI) won 320 of the 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 31 of the 32 seats up for election in the Senate. Voter turnout was 61% in the Chamber election and 62% in the Senate election. Background Prior to the legislative elections, a historic milestone occurred in 1989 when |
LXVI Legislature Of The Mexican Congress
The LXVI Legislature of the Congress of the Union (66th Congress) is the current session of the legislative branch of Mexico, composed of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senate of the Republic. It convened on 1 September 2024, and will end on 31 August 2027, covering the final month of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, term in office and the first three years of Presidency of Claudia Sheinbaum, Claudia Sheinbaum's presidency. Both chambers of Congress (Mexico), Congress were elected in the 2024 Mexican general election, 2024 general election. There were three competing forces: the ''Sigamos Haciendo Historia'' coalition, consisting of the Morena (political party), National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the Labor Party (Mexico), Labor Party (PT), and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM); the ''Fuerza y Corazón por México'' coalition, comprising the National Action Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
