Mexican Fascist Party Partido Fascista Mexicano | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Guillermo Pous Manuel Calero[1] |
| Founder | Gustavo Sáenz de Sicilia[2][3] |
| Founded | 1922; 103 years ago (1922)[4] |
| Dissolved | 1923; 102 years ago (1923) |
| Succeeded by | Confederación de la Clase Media |
| Headquarters | Xalapa,Veracruz,Mexico |
| Membership |  400 (early 1923est.) |
| Ideology | Fascism Authoritarian conservatism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Slogan | "Orden y Justicia" |
TheMexican Fascist Party (Partido Fascista Mexicano) was a very minor political party founded inMexico City[contradictory] in December 1922 byGustavo Sáenz de Sicilia. Officially based uponItalian Fascism, the party members drafted a manifesto entitledManifiesto del Partido Fascista Mexicano a la Nación.[4][5][6]
The party was formed largely in opposition to the effects of theMexican Revolution by urban and rural middle-class supporters who opposedsocialism and agrarian reform who saw fascism as an alternative.[5] The party's base of supporters were largelyconservative,Catholic, andantirevolutionary.[5]
The organization was established inXalapa,Veracruz,[contradictory] approximately one month following theMarch on Rome, much to the displeasure of local politicians.[4]
In an interview withCarleton Beals in February 1923, Sáenz de Sicilia claimed the party had amassed 100,000 members.[4][7] This claim was exaggerated as membership for the party peaked at approximately 400 in early 1923.[4]
Guillermo Pous, director of theSindicato Nacional de Agricultores, was named leader of the party in April 1923.[4] The party published a document entitledPrincipios fundamentales del Fascismo Nacional Mexicano dated April 3, 1923, that better defined the party's goals and principles.[4] Manuel Calero was named the presidential candidate representing the party for the1924 general election. However, members of the Mexican Fascist Party, including Pous, rapidly joined the National Political League, which supportedÁngel Flores [es] for president. The party rapidly became inactive and dissolved.[4]
An Italian ambassador in 1923 stated, "This party was not anything other than a bad imitation of ours and did not possess the causes of origin and the finalities of it. It, in fact, assumed the aspect of a political movement tending to gather in the whole country oldconservative andCatholic forces dispersed by the revolution, and to form, in this way, a party clearly opposed to the actual government."[6]
