Please note that the exact name of the PFCRN is Partido del Frente Cardenista de Reconstrucción Nacional and not Revolución Nacional as stated in the Request for Information. General information on the PFCRN is contained in Political Parties of the Americas 1980s to1990s, available in regional documentation centres. You will also find information on the PFCRN, on its political affiliations and on assassinations of two of its leaders in Responses to Information Requests MEX28411.E of 10 December 1997, MEX27351.E of 14 August 1997, MEX19449.E of 27 January 1995, MEX19450.E of 27 January 1995, MEX16818.F of 9 March 1994 and MEX11101 of 19 June 1992 and their attachments available in regional documentation centres.

Mexico: A Country Guide reports that

The PFCRN was formed as the Socialist Workers Party (PST) in 1975 and was renamed the PFCRN in 1988 upon joining the FDN. Its opportunistic adoption of the Cárdenas name has successfully confused voters into thinking that it is the party of Cuauhtémoc Cardenas [current mayor of Mexico City]. It declined to join the PRD and won 4.4 percent of the 1991 vote, based almost solely on the strength of its name. The PFCRN, directed by Rafael Aguilar Talamantes, has been labeled marxista-salinista by its critics for being an unabashed ally of the government while at the same time maintaining its populist image (1992, 43).

The PFCRN peacefully supports the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) since it "fully agrees with the Zapatists' demands" (EFE, 7 Feb. 1994).

Despite many attempts, the Research Directorate was unable to reach PFCRN officials within the time constrainst for this Response to Information Request. No information could be found on the PFCRN in Hidalgo and on Teodulo Martinez Vergara.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

EFE [Madrid]. 7 February 1994. "Cardenist Front Declares its Peaceable Support for the EZLN." (BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 11 Feb. 1994)

Mexico: A Country Guide. 1992. Edited by Tom Barry. Albuquerque: The Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center.

Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA). Yearly. Annual Reports: General Concerns and Brief Country Reports.

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1993-1998.

Latin American Regional Reports: Mexico and NAFTA Report [London]. 1997-1998.

Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.

Mexico NewsPak [Austin, Tex.]. 1994-1998.

NACLA Report on the Americas. Jan.-Feb. 1997. Vol. 30. No. 4. "Contesting Mexico".

The Other Side of Mexico [Mexico City]. 1996-1998.

Electronic Sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, Lexis/Nexis, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).

One oral source could not be reached for this Response to Information Request.