Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Who Helped End One-Party Rule in Mexico, Dies at 92
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a leading figure of the Mexican left and three-time presidential candidate, died on Wednesday at 92, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced.
He was the first elected mayor of Mexico City and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) alongside Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who governed Mexico from 2018 to 2024.
Cárdenas first ran for president in 1988 against the PRI, which had dominated Mexican politics for decades, and lost an election marred by allegations of irregularities.
The son of General Lázaro Cárdenas, who was president from 1934 to 1940 and nationalised the oil industry in 1938, he spent 25 years in the PRI before breaking with it in 1987.
He helped found the PRD in 1989; the party became a major force on the Mexican left and paved the way for López Obrador's career.
The PRI also mourned his death, calling him a central figure in the country's political history.
“He was a man of firm principles who transformed the political life of our country”
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- 2026-10-29 18:31 UTCMexico News Daily · mexiconewsdaily.com ↗
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