Nationalist Front of Mexico

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Nationalist Front of Mexico
Frente Nacionalista de México
AbbreviationFNM
PresidentJuan Carlos López Lee
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
IdeologyPanhispanism
Patria Grande
Reconquista
Neo-fascism
Third Position
Social conservatism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-semitism
Homophobia
Political positionFar-right[1]
Colours  Green   Gold   Black
Party flag
Website
http://www.nacionalistas.mx/
https://www.facebook.com/siguealfrente/

The Nationalist Front of Mexico (Spanish: Frente Nacionalista de México), formerly known as the Organization for the National Will (Spanish: Organización por la Voluntad Nacional) and the Mexicanist Nationalist Front (Spanish: Frente Nacional Mexicanista),[1] is a Mexican nationalist movement and political party.

The organization declares its opposition to all forms of violence and states that its primary goal is to win Mexicans' approval and adherence to their nationalist points of view, that liberal segments of the Mexican political circles regard as controversial.[2]

History

Since its formation in 2006, the Nationalist Front of Mexico claims it was formed by people from different political tendencies, social positions and cultural backgrounds who fight legally and peacefully for the national renewal of their country and the unity of the Mexican nation.

In 2012, The party was renamed to the Nationalist Front of Mexico. succeeding its previous name; The Organization for the National Will.

The FNM has yet not been able to register with the National Electoral Institute for elections, and thus cannot nominate candidates for Presidential or legislative elections.

Ideology and policies

The organization considers Agustín de Iturbide to be the legitimate founding father of the Mexican nation.

The head of the group Juan Carlos López Lee has disputed that the Nationalist Front is fascist, while acknowledging that the group nonetheless shares in the intellectual currents that are the heirs to fascism and National Socialism.[3]

Reincorporation of territories and Hispanism

The organization opposes foreign culture and influences, and it despises the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, in which Mexico lost half its territory that now forms part of the southwestern United States. The platform regarding the opposition to the treaty states:

We reject the occupation of our nation in its northern territories, an important cause of poverty and emigration. We demand that our claim to all the territories occupied by force by the United States be recognized in our Constitution, and we will bravely defend, according to the principle of self-determination to all peoples, the right of the Mexican people to live in the whole of our territory within its historical borders, as they existed and were recognized at the moment of our independence.[4] [5]

— The Nationalist Front of Mexico

Similarly, it promotes the reincorporation of Central America to Mexico, claiming that concerning immigration, the modern Central American republics were founded by "self-serving landlords" and since they have separated from Mexico, and that free movement of people between them must come as a result of a political union.[4][6]

Juan Carlos regarding Hispanism, Would also claim that "The Iberian-speaking world is powerful enough to become a regional block in itself. It’s up to us if we want to complain all our lives or do something to rescue the future", and that Iberoamerican pluriculturalism brings unity upon Hispanic countries. while also claiming that multiculturalism upon Hispanic countries is still an issue and a reason for illegal immigration and racism among Hispanics.[6]

Economic policy

The Nationalist Front proposes a distributist economy, socialization and the Third-Positionist ideology. The group also wants Mexico to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[7]

Environmental policy

The FNM wants to abandon and reject the use of some or all fossil fuels and deregulating the use of renewable fuels, They also encourage private investments for environmental causes and advocate for stricter laws on environmental matters.[8][7]

Judicial system

The party seeks a full reform of the Mexican judiciary system and public security which in this case, the party wants the reinstatement of the death penalty that was abolished in 2005 to target pedophiles, serial killers, kidnappers, torturers and drug traffickers and others. They claim that the death penalty will reduce the climate of insecurity in the country.[9][7]

They also wish to transform prisons and penitentiaries into work centers for the benefit of the country and the inmates themselves.[7]

Political activities

In recent years, the group has gained notoriety for honoring Maximilian I of Mexico and conservatives of the 19th century such as Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía Camacho.[2][6]

Supporters of the Nationalist Front of Mexico and other protesters in Mexico City, 2010.

Members have also held protests in various Mexican cities to demand a solution to the Haitian and Central American migrant crisis that was affecting Mexico. Back in 2016, a Nationalist Front spokesman called on the Mexican government to stop issuing transit documents to Haitian migrants due to human rights and security concerns.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "La nueva ultraderecha latinoamericana (1992-2018)" [The New Latin American Far-right (1992-2018)]. Marxismo Critico (in Spanish). 26 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Astillero". La Jornada (in Spanish). 2014-06-30.
  3. ^ Camacho, Zósimo (6 December 2020). "Mexico: se activan los sociedades secretas de la ultraderecha". Contralínea (in Spanish). "Somos nacionalistas, no fascistas, aunque sí nos adscribimos a las corrientes que son herederas del fascismo, el nacional-socialismo"
  4. ^ a b "Programa de los 25 puntos" [25-point program]. Official website (in Spanish). 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ "After American Studies". Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera. July 20, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c admin (2021-12-22). ""Nationalists are the true rebels, the true revolutionaries, the ones who work for the sake of mankind, the defenders of true plurality." - interview with Juan C. Lopez Lee of Frente Nacionalista de México". Portal 3droga.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  7. ^ a b c d "Plataforma ampliada" [Extended Platform]. Official website (in Spanish). 18 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Aviso legal". Frente Nacionalista de México (in Mexican Spanish). 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. ^ "Dudas frecuentes". Frente Nacionalista de México (in Mexican Spanish). 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  10. ^ "U.S., Mexican governments helping Haitian migrants enter country, lawmaker says". Fox News Latino. 2016-10-11.

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