Cardenas, Lombardo Toledano and the PCM: the Comintern and Conflicts in Mexico in 1930s

Abstract

The article examines the interaction and conflicts between the Government of Mexico (represented by President L. Cardenas), the Communist Party, business and social groups and various factions of the labor movement. The analysis is carried out in the context of the influence of the Communist International on its Mexican section. The author shows the evolution of Moscow’s and the Communist Party’s perception of the events in Mexico and demonstrates the role of the Third International and the Profintern in changing the tactics of the Communists, demonstrates a number of consequences of the implementation of the new line.