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Article: Cautious hope follows PRD victory in Mexico. (Democratic Revolutionary Party's election wins end 68-year-old grip by the Institutional Revolutionary Party - PRI as Catholic hierarchy, who backed a third party, remain silent)(Editorial)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- August 1, 1997
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Mexico has three major political parties. One, the Institutional Revolutionary Party -- PRI -- has the backing of the United States. Another, the National Action Party -- PAN -- has the support of the institutional Catholic church in Mexico. The third one, the Democratic Revolutionary Party -- PRD -- has the support of the poor, and for the first time in its political life it is in ascendancy.
Two striking examples of this remarkable political turnabout came from the July 6 elections. Cuautemoc Cardenas, twice PRD'S presidential candidate (1988 and 1994), was elected mayor of Mexico City -- with an official population of 15 million but an unofficial count of 25 ...