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* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: Unlike the Guadalajara Cartel, they aren't even pretending to be anything more than a drug cartel.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Among the highest echelons of PRI, Cárdenas is the only one genuinely supportive of democratisation without some ulterior motive. It's telling he would have never climbed so high if he weren't a son of the most popular president PRI ever had (and possibly the most popular president of Mexico ever).
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's possible for Cárdenas to force out the free market Technocrats from PRI and then lose the power struggle to the Nationalists, handing PRI over to Echeverría and his puppets.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's possible for Cárdenas to force out the free market Technocrats from PRI and then lose the power struggle to the Nationalists, handing PRI over to Echeverría and his puppets.
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* CorruptPolitician: As he has to navigate the Mexican political system, Paniagua has to engage in corruption to get things done and have people support him.
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* TeamSwitzerland: Following the traditional PRI line, Paniagua supports strict neutrality.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: If he manages to liberalise the economy without liberalising the political system, de la Madrid will be ultimately as authoritarian as PRI presidents before him, even as he publicly proclaims support to democratisation. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], however, as de la Madrid was always concerned with economics first, politics second.
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* NumberTwo: She is this to Cárdenas, supporting his policies and backing his administration.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only known female PRI candidate.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only known female PRI candidate.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: If PRI turns to neoliberalism under de la Madrid or remains authoritarian under Paniagua, Martínez y Hernández leaves it, following Cárdenas as in real life.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Muñoz' rule doesn't really differ from Paniagua's in any meaningful way.
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* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Unlike in real life, Gertz climbed to the top of the DFS, making him one of the foremost police officials in Mexico, already by 1980 - and he can even top this by becoming a President in 1994! This is in stark contrast to real life, where it wouldn't be until the 20th century that he reached higher positions in Mexico's security apparatus, only becoming the Attorney General in 2019.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While real life Gertz did (and does) have moment of controversial repression and misuse of the police for his own benefit, he was never in a position to turn Mexico into a PoliceState like in EGD.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Yes, Gertz might be the most repressive of the presidents, but his rule is the only chance Mexico has to avoid its real life fate after the failed neoliberal reforms. Gertz might turn the police into a second military, but it could be the only way to avoid Mexico descending into drug cartel-driven anarchy and widespread poverty.
* PoliceState: Unsurprisingly for a police chief, if he becomes president, he'll turn Mexico into this. And considering the circumstances of his election, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity it might be even seen positively by the Mexican people]].
* RepressiveButEfficient: A huge part of his legitimacy is that he's capable of restoring some sense of stability and prosperity after the failed neoliberal reforms.
* StateSec: Gertz leads the DFS, formally Mexico's intelligence agency and secret police, which he turned into a paramilitary police unit.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gertz might be extremely authoritarian even by PRI standards, but as he becomes president after de la Madrid's reforms failing, his repression and waves of arrests are popular among the public, who see him as better than the economic oligarchs.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While real life Gertz did (and does) have moment of controversial repression and misuse of the police for his own benefit, he was never in a position to turn Mexico into a PoliceState like in EGD.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Yes, Gertz might be the most repressive of the presidents, but his rule is the only chance Mexico has to avoid its real life fate after the failed neoliberal reforms. Gertz might turn the police into a second military, but it could be the only way to avoid Mexico descending into drug cartel-driven anarchy and widespread poverty.
* PoliceState: Unsurprisingly for a police chief, if he becomes president, he'll turn Mexico into this. And considering the circumstances of his election, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity it might be even seen positively by the Mexican people]].
* RepressiveButEfficient: A huge part of his legitimacy is that he's capable of restoring some sense of stability and prosperity after the failed neoliberal reforms.
* StateSec: Gertz leads the DFS, formally Mexico's intelligence agency and secret police, which he turned into a paramilitary police unit.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gertz might be extremely authoritarian even by PRI standards, but as he becomes president after de la Madrid's reforms failing, his repression and waves of arrests are popular among the public, who see him as better than the economic oligarchs.
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* CapitalismIsBad: Inverted. Colosio is among the neoliberal technocrats within PRI, and as such, supports radical liberalisation of the markets. However, rather than shock therapy, Colosio supports slower process to halt possible oligarchisation, and wishes to further the welfare state to ensure the new system doesn't drop people into poverty.
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* HollywoodSatanism: An infamous real life example. Costanzo is an occultist who "sees the future" thanks to bloody sacrificial riturals, and makes a "soup" by boiling dead animals and people in a ritualistic pot, then drinks it to absorb their power.
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! Other Important Politicians
[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
->'''Full Name:''' Luis Echeverría Álvarez
[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
->'''Full Name:''' Luis Echeverría Álvarez
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[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
[[folder:Ignacio Ovalle Fernández]]
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->'''Full Name:'''
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* ControlFreak: Echeverría is obsessed with keeping tabs on everyone and everything. He's the first president since Lázaro Cárdenas, elected in 1934, to break the tradition of former presidents retiring from politics and public life, to the chagrin of PRI traditionalists.
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de facto leader of the Nacionalista faction within PRI.
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de facto leader of the Nacionalista faction within PRI.
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
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* ControlFreak: Echeverría is obsessed with keeping tabs on everyone ChoosingNeutrality: Ovalle follows tbe Echeverrista policy of distancing from superpowers to safeguard Mexican independence, and everything. He's he even tries to create a bloc of like-minded nations... [[MeetTheNewBoss that will be instead lead by Mexico in their "neutrality"]].
* TheEmpire: Ovalle is probably thefirst PRI president since Lázaro Cárdenas, elected in 1934, to break the tradition of former presidents retiring from politics and public life, to the chagrin of PRI traditionalists.
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power,most concerned with international politics, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules tries to make Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de factoleader of the Nacionalista faction within PRI.
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
a bloc of countries that are neither pro-US nor pro-USSR.
* TheEmpire: Ovalle is probably the
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power,
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de facto
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
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! The Rebellions
!! Scenario I Rebels
[[folder: Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
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->'''Common Names:''' EZLN, Zapatistas
->'''Official Name:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation
->'''Starting Leader:''' Subcomandante Marcos
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
!! Scenario I Rebels
[[folder: Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
->'''Common Names:''' EZLN, Zapatistas
->'''Official Name:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation
->'''Starting Leader:''' Subcomandante Marcos
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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!! Scenario I Rebels
[[folder: Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
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[[folder:Porfirio Muñoz Ledo]]
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->'''Common Names:''' EZLN, Zapatistas
->'''Official
->'''Full Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Subcomandante Marcos
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
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* ChummyCommies: Though they themselves would reject such a label, the EZLN are socialist rebels who wish to protect the poor, especially the often oppressed indigenous populations of Mexico, oppose what they view as negative aspects of Globalization, and support land distribution and democracy.
!! Subcomandante Marcos
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->'''Full Name:''' Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes, he is never seen without his mask on.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
!! Subcomandante Marcos
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->'''Full Name:''' Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes, he is never seen without his mask on.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
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* MeetTheNewBoss: Muñoz' rule is the
!! Subcomandante Marcos
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->'''Full Name:''' Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes,
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
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[[folder: United Magonista Communes]]
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->'''Common Names:''' Magonistas
->'''Official Name:''' United Magonista Communes
->'''Starting Leader:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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[[caption-width-right:350:United Magonista Communes]]
->'''Common Names:''' Magonistas
->'''Official Name:''' United Magonista Communes
->'''Starting Leader:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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[[folder:Alejandro Gertz Manero]]
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->'''Common Names:''' Magonistas
->'''Official
->'''Full Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
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!! Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
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[[folder: Mexican Social State]]
->'''Common Names:''' Nazi Mexico, Fascist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Mexican Social State
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Nazism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Borrego
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->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Party:''' Organization for the National Will (OVN)
->'''Common Names:''' Nazi Mexico, Fascist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Mexican Social State
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Nazism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Borrego
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->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Party:''' Organization for the National Will (OVN)
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->'''Common Names:''' Nazi Mexico, Fascist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Mexican Social State
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Nazism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Borrego
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->'''Party:'''
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[[folder: National Synarchist Union]]
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->'''Common Names:''' Synarchists
->'''Official Name:''' National Synarchist Union
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Abascal
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->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Party:''' National Synarchist Union (UNS)
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
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->'''Common Names:''' Synarchists
->'''Official Name:''' National Synarchist Union
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Abascal
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->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Party:''' National Synarchist Union (UNS)
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
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->'''Common Names:''' Synarchists
->'''Official Name:''' National Synarchist Union
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Abascal
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->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
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[[folder: Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
->'''Common Names:''' Free Jalisco, Jalisco Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco
->'''Starting Leader:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
->'''Full Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
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* TheCartel: While they may claim to be an actual state, in reality they are just a front for the Guadalajara Cartel, to the point of having the same ideology as the Gulf Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
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*
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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* TheDon: One
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and
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[[folder: Gulf Cartel]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gulf Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Starting Leader:''' Adolfo Costanzo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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!! Scenario I Rebels
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->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
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* TheCartel: As the name implies, they are a drug cartel, one of the oldest and most infamous in Mexican history.
!! Adolfo Costanzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
!! Adolfo Costanzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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* TheCartel: As the name implies, ChummyCommies: Though they themselves would reject such a label, the EZLN are a drug cartel, one of socialist rebels who wish to protect the oldest poor, especially the often oppressed indigenous populations of Mexico, oppose what they view as negative aspects of Globalization, and most infamous in Mexican history.
support land distribution and democracy.
!!Adolfo Costanzo
Subcomandante Marcos
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->'''Full Name:'''Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:'''Costanzo Loyalists
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:'''Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
Independent Socialism
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->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
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* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes, he is never seen without his mask on.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
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!! Scenario II Rebels
[[folder: Union of Socialist States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Communist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Union of Socialist States
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
[[folder: Union of Socialist States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Communist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Union of Socialist States
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:United Magonista Communes]]
->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
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->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
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[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' Catholic Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
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->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' Catholic Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
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->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
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[[folder:
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[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
!!
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->'''Full Name:'''
->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
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!! Scenario III Rebels
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
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->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
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->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
to:
[[folder: National
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->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:''' National
->'''Starting Leader:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
!!
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->'''Full Name:'''
->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:'''
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[[folder: National Action Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
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->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
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->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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[[folder:
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
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[[caption-width-right:350:Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
->'''Common Names:''' Free Jalisco, Jalisco Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Starting Leader:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Ideology:'''
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* TheCartel: While they may claim to be an actual state, in reality they are just a front for the Guadalajara Cartel, to the point of having the same ideology as the Gulf Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
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!! United States Invasion
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
to:
[[folder:
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gulf Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Adolfo Costanzo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
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* TheCartel: As the name implies, they are a drug cartel, one of the oldest and most infamous in Mexican history.
!! Adolfo Costanzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
!! Adolfo Costanzo
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->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
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[[folder: Guadalajara Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
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!! Scenario II Rebels
[[folder:Guadalajara Cartel]]
Union of Socialist States]]
->'''Common Names:'''Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
Communist Mexico
->'''Official Name:'''Guadalajara Cartel
Union of Socialist States
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
[[folder:
->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
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[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
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[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
National Democratic Front]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:'''Yucatán
Catholic Mexico
->'''Official Name:'''Republic of Yucatán
National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
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->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:'''
->'''Official Name:'''
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gumersindo_magana_pdm.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
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!! Scenario III Rebels
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
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->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Action Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
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->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
----
[[/folder]]
!! United States Invasion
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Guadalajara Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
----
!! Scenario III Rebels
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
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->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Action Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
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->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
----
[[/folder]]
!! United States Invasion
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Guadalajara Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
----
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! Mexico
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[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the United Mexican States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United Mexican States, Mexican Salvation Government (United States Invasion)
->'''Starting Leader:''' José López Portillo
->''' Ruling Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party
->'''Starting Faction:''' None
----
!! President (1980-1982)
[[folder:José López Portillo]]
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->'''Full Name:''' José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one really likes Portillo by 1980. PRI's left hates him for his authoritarianism and fondness for pro-free market economists, while PRI's right hates him for not doing enough and failing to make his reforms stick. Even the PRI centre, which Portillo nominally leads, has generally low opinion of the man, seeing him as an unreliable corrupt puppet.
* CorruptPolitician: Portillo's administration continues to be plagued by corruption scandals, and while the man himself never got implicated, he's viewed as responsible for his ministers and their shortcomings.
* EvilReactionary: Portillo refuses to reform the system in any meaningful way, although it's debatable how much say he has in the matter.
* MachoLatino: Portillo supports an image of himself as the manliest of all men, regularly having the party propaganda show videos of him swimming, boxing etc.
* Nepotism: Portillo is known to hand out even the highest posts to his family and friends.
* PuppetKing: Ever since the 1978 crisis and subsequent purge of his government, Portillo has been a glorified puppet of former president Echeverría.
* TheStarscream: Attempted to solve the 1978 crisis on his own via introducing free market reforms, stepping over the entire PRI planning apparatus. Needless to say, it went extremely poorly, nearly costing PRI its dominance after nearly 50 years in power, and he had to be bailed out by his friend, former president Luis Echeverría. Seeming Portillo as unreliable, Echeverría then "clipped his wings" by taking over the PRI in all but name.
[[/folder]]
!! Presidents (1982-1988)
[[folder:Cuahtémoc Cárdenas]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Revolucionaria
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* CapitalismIsBad: Cárdenas is a firm believer in this, believing capitalism will keep Mexico subordinate to the US and is inherently antagonistic to democracy.
* ChummyCommies: Cárdenas is a democratic socialist who supports establishing greater liberties and expanding social security, along with weakening the oligarchs by establishing cooperatives and furthering land reform.
* GoodOldWays: In a twisted sense, Cárdenas is more traditionalist than the centrist Paniagua, as technically, he calls for the ideals of the Mexican Revolution to return rather than to develop a new system, like de la Madrid does. His reforms are generally continuation of the reforms of his father, which PRI slowed down or halted in the 4 decades since his father's presidency.
* InternalReformist: Cárdenas promises to reform PRI by establishing democratic primaries and rooting out the extremely prevalent corruption.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Cárdenas jr. takes greatly after his father, the legendary revolutionary general Cárdenas sr., both visually and personality-wise. Additionally, Cárdenas jr. promises to restore revolutionary ideals established by his radical father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Javier García Paniagua]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Javier García Paniagua
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Nacionalista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* GoodOldWays: Paniagua is the 1982 candidate most concerned with maintaining the status quo. That said, however, he has his own plans for progress, even if these are in line with the ideals of the Institutional Revolution.
* InternalReformist: To a markedly smaller extent than the other candidates, but Paniagua is also willing to reform the system to maintain prosperous Mexico and keep PRI in power. As a result, in order to have a successful presidency and cement his power, Paniagua has to align with either the de la Madrid's Technocrats or the Cárdenas' Revolutionaries without becoming too dependent on them, in order to displace Echeverría's loyalists from the Centrist faction and become the undisputed leader of PRI.
* ALighterShadeOfGrey: While Paniagua performs many questionable actions and works towards perpetuating authoritarian PRI rule, his endgame is to isolate Echeverría and save Mexico from his plans on total surveillance.
* MasterComputer: Paniagua hopes to finish economic reform by implementing a limited automated economy, allowing the state to plan at large while keeping smaller businesses operational. This is what causes him to fall out with Echeverría, who wants the state to automate completely, allowing the state (and, by extension, PRI) to maintain total oversight over the people and subordinate every aspect of government possible to technology.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Paniagua represents the Nacionalista faction, the centrist faction that represents the majority of PRI.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Paniagua's allies vary greatly, united in their opposition to Echeverría and both far-left and far-right extremism - which doesn't mean that suddenly labour union leaders will get along with richest businessmen or Catholic conservatives with progressives.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miguel de la Madrid]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Tecnocratista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* BoringButPractical: While Cárdenas has to have his Democratic Current faction take over PRI and Paniagua engages with a long and difficult fight to remove Echeverría's influence in the party, de la Madrid simply destroys Echeverría's continued influence by abandoning state planning in favour of free market, making Echeverría's influence in state institutions suddenly much more insignificant and breaking away his hold over state-owned companies via privatization.
** This extends to his rule - if de la Madrid succeeds in his goals and transforms Mexico into a functional free-market country, there will be nothing remarkable about the implemented system, as it will mostly copy the systems of Western Europe and the US. It will also mean rapid economic growth and rise in human development.
** Subverted, at least the practical part, if de la Madrid fails, as the very same boring and unremarkable reforms suddenly ensure a tiny fraction of the population gets to control vast majority of the economy, turning the government into a mouthpiece for the oligarchs.
* EmperorScientist: De la Madrid is a competent economist and is quite open about his desire to turn Mexico into an apolitical technocracy. Ideology has no place in his government, qualification for the job is the only thing that matters.
* FullCircleRevolution: Due to the extent of corruption in Mexico, it is perfectly possible for de la Madrid's free market reforms to simply replace the ruling bureaucratic class with an economic oligarchic class, often even composed of the very same people. At best, that would mean nothing would change, but more commonly, this will lead to a rapid drop in human and economic development for most of Mexico.
* InternalReformist: De la Madrid is the candidate capable of most changing Mexico, although not necessarily for the better. While Paniagua wants to maintain the course and Cárdenas hopes to restore the old ideals of the Mexican Revolution, de la Madrid wants to completely overhaul the economical and societal order in Mexico by pursuing radical free-market reforms.
* PuppetKing: It's very easy for de la Madrid to fail in his goals and turn himself into a puppet for a new class of economic oligarchs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Secret President (1985-1988)]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Mario Moya Palencia
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Nacionalista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* MeetTheNewBoss: Moya's rule is basically Echeverría's, and he has zero chance at changing that. His only purpose is to purge politicians disloyal to Echeverría and prepare Mexico for an Echeverría candidate in 1988.
* PuppetKing: Moya is only put into power as a result of Cárdenas losing the power struggle with Echeverría, with Echeverría unable to actually take the office of president due to term limits. He has no backing of his own and only does what Echeverría wants him to.
[[/folder]]
!! Presidents (1988-1994)
[[folder:Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández]]
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->'''Full Name:''' Ifigenia Martha Martínez y Hernández
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Revolucionaria
----
* ChummyCommies: Martínez y Hernández is a radical socialist that supports greater democratisation and more rights for the workers and indigenous people alike.
[[/folder]]
! Other Important Politicians
[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
->'''Full Name:''' Luis Echeverría Álvarez
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
----
* ControlFreak: Echeverría is obsessed with keeping tabs on everyone and everything. He's the first president since Lázaro Cárdenas, elected in 1934, to break the tradition of former presidents retiring from politics and public life, to the chagrin of PRI traditionalists.
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de facto leader of the Nacionalista faction within PRI.
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
[[/folder]]
! The Rebellions
!! Scenario I Rebels
[[folder: Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1024px_ejrcito_zapatista_de_liberacin_nacional_flagsvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
->'''Common Names:''' EZLN, Zapatistas
->'''Official Name:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation
->'''Starting Leader:''' Subcomandante Marcos
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
* ChummyCommies: Though they themselves would reject such a label, the EZLN are socialist rebels who wish to protect the poor, especially the often oppressed indigenous populations of Mexico, oppose what they view as negative aspects of Globalization, and support land distribution and democracy.
!! Subcomandante Marcos
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/subcomandante_marcos_ezln.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes, he is never seen without his mask on.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: United Magonista Communes]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_partido_liberal_mexicano.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:United Magonista Communes]]
->'''Common Names:''' Magonistas
->'''Official Name:''' United Magonista Communes
->'''Starting Leader:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
!! Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomas_cruz_lorenzo_magonist.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mexican Social State]]
->'''Common Names:''' Nazi Mexico, Fascist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Mexican Social State
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Nazism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Borrego
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/salvador_borrego_creole.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Party:''' Organization for the National Will (OVN)
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Synarchist Union]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1920px_union_nacional_sinarquista_1_svg.png]]
->'''Common Names:''' Synarchists
->'''Official Name:''' National Synarchist Union
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Abascal
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/salvador_abascal_syn.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Party:''' National Synarchist Union (UNS)
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_jaliscosvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
->'''Common Names:''' Free Jalisco, Jalisco Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco
->'''Starting Leader:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheCartel: While they may claim to be an actual state, in reality they are just a front for the Guadalajara Cartel, to the point of having the same ideology as the Gulf Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miguel_angel_felix_gallardo_jalisco.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gulf Cartel]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1280px_crtel_del_golfo_logo.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Gulf Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Starting Leader:''' Adolfo Costanzo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheCartel: As the name implies, they are a drug cartel, one of the oldest and most infamous in Mexican history.
!! Adolfo Costanzo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adolfo_constanzo_gulf.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
!! Scenario II Rebels
[[folder: Union of Socialist States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Communist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Union of Socialist States
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdm_logosvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' Catholic Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gumersindo_magana_pdm.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
!! Scenario III Rebels
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heberto_castillo_pps.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Action Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pablo_emilio_madero_pan.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
----
[[/folder]]
!! United States Invasion
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Guadalajara Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
----
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
! Mexico
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_mexicosvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the United Mexican States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United Mexican States, Mexican Salvation Government (United States Invasion)
->'''Starting Leader:''' José López Portillo
->''' Ruling Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party
->'''Starting Faction:''' None
----
!! President (1980-1982)
[[folder:José López Portillo]]
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[[caption-width-right:156:]]
->'''Full Name:''' José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one really likes Portillo by 1980. PRI's left hates him for his authoritarianism and fondness for pro-free market economists, while PRI's right hates him for not doing enough and failing to make his reforms stick. Even the PRI centre, which Portillo nominally leads, has generally low opinion of the man, seeing him as an unreliable corrupt puppet.
* CorruptPolitician: Portillo's administration continues to be plagued by corruption scandals, and while the man himself never got implicated, he's viewed as responsible for his ministers and their shortcomings.
* EvilReactionary: Portillo refuses to reform the system in any meaningful way, although it's debatable how much say he has in the matter.
* MachoLatino: Portillo supports an image of himself as the manliest of all men, regularly having the party propaganda show videos of him swimming, boxing etc.
* Nepotism: Portillo is known to hand out even the highest posts to his family and friends.
* PuppetKing: Ever since the 1978 crisis and subsequent purge of his government, Portillo has been a glorified puppet of former president Echeverría.
* TheStarscream: Attempted to solve the 1978 crisis on his own via introducing free market reforms, stepping over the entire PRI planning apparatus. Needless to say, it went extremely poorly, nearly costing PRI its dominance after nearly 50 years in power, and he had to be bailed out by his friend, former president Luis Echeverría. Seeming Portillo as unreliable, Echeverría then "clipped his wings" by taking over the PRI in all but name.
[[/folder]]
!! Presidents (1982-1988)
[[folder:Cuahtémoc Cárdenas]]
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[[caption-width-right:156:]]
->'''Full Name:''' Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Revolucionaria
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* CapitalismIsBad: Cárdenas is a firm believer in this, believing capitalism will keep Mexico subordinate to the US and is inherently antagonistic to democracy.
* ChummyCommies: Cárdenas is a democratic socialist who supports establishing greater liberties and expanding social security, along with weakening the oligarchs by establishing cooperatives and furthering land reform.
* GoodOldWays: In a twisted sense, Cárdenas is more traditionalist than the centrist Paniagua, as technically, he calls for the ideals of the Mexican Revolution to return rather than to develop a new system, like de la Madrid does. His reforms are generally continuation of the reforms of his father, which PRI slowed down or halted in the 4 decades since his father's presidency.
* InternalReformist: Cárdenas promises to reform PRI by establishing democratic primaries and rooting out the extremely prevalent corruption.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Cárdenas jr. takes greatly after his father, the legendary revolutionary general Cárdenas sr., both visually and personality-wise. Additionally, Cárdenas jr. promises to restore revolutionary ideals established by his radical father.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Javier García Paniagua]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/javier_garcia_paniagua.png]]
[[caption-width-right:156:]]
->'''Full Name:''' Javier García Paniagua
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Nacionalista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* GoodOldWays: Paniagua is the 1982 candidate most concerned with maintaining the status quo. That said, however, he has his own plans for progress, even if these are in line with the ideals of the Institutional Revolution.
* InternalReformist: To a markedly smaller extent than the other candidates, but Paniagua is also willing to reform the system to maintain prosperous Mexico and keep PRI in power. As a result, in order to have a successful presidency and cement his power, Paniagua has to align with either the de la Madrid's Technocrats or the Cárdenas' Revolutionaries without becoming too dependent on them, in order to displace Echeverría's loyalists from the Centrist faction and become the undisputed leader of PRI.
* ALighterShadeOfGrey: While Paniagua performs many questionable actions and works towards perpetuating authoritarian PRI rule, his endgame is to isolate Echeverría and save Mexico from his plans on total surveillance.
* MasterComputer: Paniagua hopes to finish economic reform by implementing a limited automated economy, allowing the state to plan at large while keeping smaller businesses operational. This is what causes him to fall out with Echeverría, who wants the state to automate completely, allowing the state (and, by extension, PRI) to maintain total oversight over the people and subordinate every aspect of government possible to technology.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Paniagua represents the Nacionalista faction, the centrist faction that represents the majority of PRI.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Paniagua's allies vary greatly, united in their opposition to Echeverría and both far-left and far-right extremism - which doesn't mean that suddenly labour union leaders will get along with richest businessmen or Catholic conservatives with progressives.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miguel de la Madrid]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miguel_de_la_madrid.png]]
[[caption-width-right:156:]]
->'''Full Name:''' Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Tecnocratista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* BoringButPractical: While Cárdenas has to have his Democratic Current faction take over PRI and Paniagua engages with a long and difficult fight to remove Echeverría's influence in the party, de la Madrid simply destroys Echeverría's continued influence by abandoning state planning in favour of free market, making Echeverría's influence in state institutions suddenly much more insignificant and breaking away his hold over state-owned companies via privatization.
** This extends to his rule - if de la Madrid succeeds in his goals and transforms Mexico into a functional free-market country, there will be nothing remarkable about the implemented system, as it will mostly copy the systems of Western Europe and the US. It will also mean rapid economic growth and rise in human development.
** Subverted, at least the practical part, if de la Madrid fails, as the very same boring and unremarkable reforms suddenly ensure a tiny fraction of the population gets to control vast majority of the economy, turning the government into a mouthpiece for the oligarchs.
* EmperorScientist: De la Madrid is a competent economist and is quite open about his desire to turn Mexico into an apolitical technocracy. Ideology has no place in his government, qualification for the job is the only thing that matters.
* FullCircleRevolution: Due to the extent of corruption in Mexico, it is perfectly possible for de la Madrid's free market reforms to simply replace the ruling bureaucratic class with an economic oligarchic class, often even composed of the very same people. At best, that would mean nothing would change, but more commonly, this will lead to a rapid drop in human and economic development for most of Mexico.
* InternalReformist: De la Madrid is the candidate capable of most changing Mexico, although not necessarily for the better. While Paniagua wants to maintain the course and Cárdenas hopes to restore the old ideals of the Mexican Revolution, de la Madrid wants to completely overhaul the economical and societal order in Mexico by pursuing radical free-market reforms.
* PuppetKing: It's very easy for de la Madrid to fail in his goals and turn himself into a puppet for a new class of economic oligarchs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Secret President (1985-1988)]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mario_moya_palencia.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Mario Moya Palencia
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Nacionalista
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
----
* MeetTheNewBoss: Moya's rule is basically Echeverría's, and he has zero chance at changing that. His only purpose is to purge politicians disloyal to Echeverría and prepare Mexico for an Echeverría candidate in 1988.
* PuppetKing: Moya is only put into power as a result of Cárdenas losing the power struggle with Echeverría, with Echeverría unable to actually take the office of president due to term limits. He has no backing of his own and only does what Echeverría wants him to.
[[/folder]]
!! Presidents (1988-1994)
[[folder:Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández]]
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ifgenia_martinez_y_hernandez.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Ifigenia Martha Martínez y Hernández
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) - Revolucionaria
----
* ChummyCommies: Martínez y Hernández is a radical socialist that supports greater democratisation and more rights for the workers and indigenous people alike.
[[/folder]]
! Other Important Politicians
[[folder:Luis Echeverría]]
->'''Full Name:''' Luis Echeverría Álvarez
->'''Party:''' Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
----
* ControlFreak: Echeverría is obsessed with keeping tabs on everyone and everything. He's the first president since Lázaro Cárdenas, elected in 1934, to break the tradition of former presidents retiring from politics and public life, to the chagrin of PRI traditionalists.
* TheGhost: Both in game and in a meta sense - Echeverría never appears in person in any position of power, as he nominally retired from politics after his presidency in 1976. He, however, de facto rules Mexico as a ShadowDictator, and removing him from power is a major task for all 1982 presidents.
* MasterComputer: Echeverría believes technological progress is the way forward, rather than abandoning the PRI way of doing things. As a result, he supports total automation of Mexican economy, along with using an all-encompassing computer network to keep the entire nation under surveillance.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: For all of Echeverría's flaws, he supports land reform and supports emancipation for indigenous Mexicans. Considering the land reform upset influential landowners while the indigenous Mexicans are a disenfranchised group with little-to-no power, this can be only explained as at least partially genuine concern for the disadvantaged.
** Additionally, although that might be simply attempt at PR, Echeverría adopted left-wing populist rhetoric and has always supported social and economic programmes to aid the poor.
* ShadowDictator: Echeverría operates an extensive network of allies and puppets, bringing many institutions under his thumb, in addition to being de facto leader of the Nacionalista faction within PRI.
* VisionaryVillain: Echeverría believes his plans for creating an all-controlling computer system is what's best for PRI and Mexico.
[[/folder]]
! The Rebellions
!! Scenario I Rebels
[[folder: Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1024px_ejrcito_zapatista_de_liberacin_nacional_flagsvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]
->'''Common Names:''' EZLN, Zapatistas
->'''Official Name:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation
->'''Starting Leader:''' Subcomandante Marcos
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
* ChummyCommies: Though they themselves would reject such a label, the EZLN are socialist rebels who wish to protect the poor, especially the often oppressed indigenous populations of Mexico, oppose what they view as negative aspects of Globalization, and support land distribution and democracy.
!! Subcomandante Marcos
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/subcomandante_marcos_ezln.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente
->'''Party:''' Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
* TheFaceless: Much like in real life, and like other Zapatista subcomandantes, he is never seen without his mask on.
* TheHeavy: As his title of Subcomandante (Subcommander) implies, Marcos is not the actual leader of the EZLN. While he is their military leader and spokesman, he answers to the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee Central Command.
* TokenMinority: Inverted and downplayed. While there are plenty of non-Mayan Mexicans who support the EZLN, Marcos is one of the few non-Mayan leaders, being the son of Spanish immigrants, making him the Token Majority.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: United Magonista Communes]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_partido_liberal_mexicano.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:United Magonista Communes]]
->'''Common Names:''' Magonistas
->'''Official Name:''' United Magonista Communes
->'''Starting Leader:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
!! Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tomas_cruz_lorenzo_magonist.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Tomás Cruz Lorenzo
->'''Party:''' Mexican Liberal Party (PLM)
->'''Ideology:''' Independent Socialism
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mexican Social State]]
->'''Common Names:''' Nazi Mexico, Fascist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Mexican Social State
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Nazism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Borrego
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/salvador_borrego_creole.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Borrego
->'''Party:''' Organization for the National Will (OVN)
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Synarchist Union]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1920px_union_nacional_sinarquista_1_svg.png]]
->'''Common Names:''' Synarchists
->'''Official Name:''' National Synarchist Union
->'''Starting Leader:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
!! Salvador Abascal
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/salvador_abascal_syn.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Salvador Abascal
->'''Party:''' National Synarchist Union (UNS)
->'''Ideology:''' Neo-Fascism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_jaliscosvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco]]
->'''Common Names:''' Free Jalisco, Jalisco Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco
->'''Starting Leader:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheCartel: While they may claim to be an actual state, in reality they are just a front for the Guadalajara Cartel, to the point of having the same ideology as the Gulf Cartel.
!! Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miguel_angel_felix_gallardo_jalisco.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
->'''Party:''' Jalisco Independence Party (PJI)
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheDon: One of the founders, and current leader, of the Guadalajara Cartel.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gulf Cartel]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1280px_crtel_del_golfo_logo.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Gulf Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Official Name:''' Gulf Cartel
->'''Starting Leader:''' Adolfo Costanzo
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
* TheCartel: As the name implies, they are a drug cartel, one of the oldest and most infamous in Mexican history.
!! Adolfo Costanzo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adolfo_constanzo_gulf.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Adolfo de Jesús Costanzo
->'''Party:''' Costanzo Loyalists
->'''Ideology:''' Drug Cartel[[note]]Corporate Oligarchy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
!! Scenario II Rebels
[[folder: Union of Socialist States]]
->'''Common Names:''' Communist Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' Union of Socialist States
->'''Starting Leader:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
!! Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Full Name:''' Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
->'''Party:''' Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
->'''Ideology:''' Eurocommunism[[note]]Independent Socialism[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdm_logosvg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' Catholic Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Gumersindo Magaña
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
!! Gumersindo Magaña
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gumersindo_magana_pdm.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Gumersindo Magaña Negrete
->'''Party:''' Mexican Democratic Party (PDM)
->'''Ideology:''' Emergency Government[[note]]Authoritarian Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
!! Scenario III Rebels
[[folder: National Democratic Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PPS Mexico, PRD Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
!! Heberto Castillo
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heberto_castillo_pps.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Heberto Castillo
->'''Party:''' Popular Socialist Party (PPS)
->'''Ideology:''' Left-wing Populism[[note]]Social Democracy[[/note]]
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder: National Action Front]]
->'''Common Names:''' PAN Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' National Democratic Front
->'''Starting Leader:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
!! Pablo Emilio Madero
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pablo_emilio_madero_pan.png]]
->'''Full Name:''' Pablo Emilio Madero
->'''Party:''' National Action Party (PAN)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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[[/folder]]
!! United States Invasion
[[folder: U.S. Forces Mexico]]
->'''Common Names:''' USFM, U.S. Forces Mexico
->'''Official Name:''' United States Forces Mexico
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Guadalajara Cartel]]
->'''Common Names:''' Guadalajara Cartel, The Federation
->'''Official Name:''' Guadalajara Cartel
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Republic of Yucatán]]
->'''Common Names:''' Yucatán
->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Yucatán
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[[/folder]]
