Mexico - Partido de la Revolución Democrática

Party of the Democratic Revolution / PRD

Last modified: 2005-04-02 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, January 15, 2002

• Presentation of PRD
• PRD emblem
• PRD flag variants

• Political parties
• Mexico

In 1988, the National Democratic Front was created around the presidential candidature of Cuauthemoc Cardenas Solorzano. This coalition grouped the democratic wing of the PRI, the Socialist Left and the Social Left. In 1989, on the basis of this alliance, the PRD was created. It is a center-left movement, which claims to carry on the work of Lazaro Cardenas, who nationalized the petrol industry and took land measures. Cuauthemoc Cardenas, the son of Lazaro Cardenas, is now the first elected mayor of Mexico City.
Ivan Sache, 31 Jul 97, quoting Courrier International

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, June 25, 2001

Like many of the Mexican political parties logos, the PRD's is featured by the party name's initials: PRD bellow an ideogram known as "Sol Azteca" (Aztec Sun). The achievement in black over a yellow field.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, January 12, 2002

There are, and there have been through its history, many variants on PRD flags, it usually depends either, on the flag-maker or the moment the party is happening. Three are the most used variants, all of them based on the emblem:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, June 25, 2001

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, January 15, 2002