Mexico City, Oct 29, 2026 (AFP) - Mexico's leftist political figurehead Cuauhtemoc Cardenas dies

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2026-10-29

Mexican political veteran Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, who founded the country's main left-wing party, has died aged 92, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday. A three-time presidential candidate, Cardenas was the first elected Mexico City mayor and co-founded the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) with former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. He was "a man of firm principles, who transformed the political life of our country," Sheinbaum......

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