Mayor Sets Sights on Presidency Again

Mexico City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, an icon to the nation’s left, says he is nearing a third run for the presidency. “I am ready for the presidential candidacy,” he was quoted as telling the daily Reforma. The declaration was no surprise. Cardenas is the dominant figure of his Democratic Revolution Party and one of Mexico’s most respected--if not always successful--politicians. The son of revered President Lazaro Cardenas, who served in the 1930s, Cardenas lost a fraud-marred presidential election in 1988 and finished third in 1994. In 1997, he became the first elected mayor of Mexico City in 60 years.