politparty- holds 1st convention in 1924.
1929- 'National Revolutionary Party'- it became an official party, Mexico is a 1 party state
1946- Changes to PRI , not until Cardanos is president (1934-40) 6 year terms
In Mexico- Prez cannot run for re-election
during his presidentcy, urban workers have success in pushing land
In sextenuim, unprecedted strikes, petition, anger
more land distribured in 6 years than ever before combined
1940- land tenership is rather changed, tradition and high number of haciendas broken, now higher sector of lowly peasant farmers called Ejudatarios who is a peastant farmer who gets land from gov't though agraian reform programs
new organization of rural peasant
urban workers
turned into nationwide orgs
weapons whent to militias and gov't, nationalized foreign iol com's
worker orgs, don't amount too much utnil end ot WWII, then take off after, wealth in mexicio given to elite during time of economic goodness
heritage of prez pcardeno still live
org policies remian
includes
1. establishing presidency as primary polit position
2. sweeping powers for prez during term
3. co-op military- will defened constitiution and not have coupes, in exchange is a pillar of society
4. elaborate netowrk of supprt for PRI until 2000
long haul, democracy slow
influence of orgz on society falls thorugh
impact is limited
-Party (PRI) domiantes mexican politics for 70 years to extent that meexico was 1 party state
-PRI won every race for 70 years, had the majoirty in the lower house form 1929 to 1997.
Being challenged for past 25 years, PAN, national action party
Challange is high during Pres Salinas
1990s- debates on
dinosaurs- old PRI's lose out to new reformist in 1990s, want to go back to when Nation owned ecnomy
1970-1976- Echerria to 1976-1982 Portillo and with Delamadrie and with Salina to Zedillo. Over time, dinosaurs lost out to technocratsMExico signs NAFTA and joins GATT and join new laws need to industrial development -when foreign firms are encouraged to open factories (Maquiledoras) that use duty free components to assemble products and export them
1990- over 15,000 maquiladores- products for export. dinosaurs trace loss of PRIpower to alot of tecnhicrats who are elitiest U.S. educated and out of touch
Tecnhicrats implement reforsm, privatize industy, liveralize trade laws, change electoral laws,a nd strike PRI core constituents and bourght away from socialist route
reforms of Mexicos authoriarian and corrupt system bacem part of Zedillos adm
-sent ament to stat for rat
-took control out of elections
-out of hands og PRI
-new election system
amended const- give polit parties equal access to media
limited campiagn spending
andy party can use green, oragnce, and white colors
2000- PRI LOSES
3 problems disrupt gov't
1. economic problems
2. indian revolt in southern state
3. corruption with carnotics
Peso collapses -1995
Zedillo has to devalue the peso, results in 34%drop
to head of collapse, u.s. steps in provides $40 billion loan to garauntee no debt
largest loan in in't aid program since 1948, but allowed mecico to avoid default debt
issue with indians -1994- group of peasant annouce they are an army EZLN, occupy touwns and make calls for economic develpment. issue declaration, wirite, product of slavery, war, expansion. nothing to lose. no homes, land, work, health, food, education, choice, indepedence, justice, complain about develpment
2/3- never completedd primary school. object to electioification of mexico city through rivers when 1/3 of them had no electricity, distribution of wealth
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