He became a political activist and got involved in several workers' rights struggles, leading to imprisonment by the federal government in the infamous Lecumberri Penitentiary. Castillo was one of the first among leading left-wing politicians to express dismay at the dictatorial nature of Soviet-bloc governments, starting a movement towards a social democracy-based left wing and away from a Moscow-based left leaning opposition in Mexico.
heberto, castillo, martínez, august, 1928, april, 1997, mexican, civil, engineer, political, activist, castillo, born, ixhuatlán, madero, veracruz, received, bachelor, degree, civil, engineering, from, national, autonomous, university, accomplished, engineer, . Heberto Castillo Martinez August 23 1928 April 5 1997 was a Mexican civil engineer and political activist 1 Heberto CastilloCastillo was born in Ixhuatlan de Madero Veracruz and received a bachelor s degree in civil engineering from the National Autonomous University An accomplished engineer he taught several courses at the UNAM and at the National Polytechnic Institute wrote several textbooks and invented the tridilosa He became a political activist and got involved in several workers rights struggles leading to imprisonment by the federal government in the infamous Lecumberri Penitentiary Castillo was one of the first among leading left wing politicians to express dismay at the dictatorial nature of Soviet bloc governments starting a movement towards a social democracy based left wing and away from a Moscow based left leaning opposition in Mexico During his lifetime he co founded three political parties the Mexican Workers Party Partido Mexicano de los Trabajadores PMT the Mexican Socialist Party Partido Mexicano Socialista PMS and the Party of the Democratic Revolution Partido de la Revolucion Democratica PRD In his last years in politics he became a staunch critic of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas and crucially voluntarily withdrew from the presidential race in 1988 to support the unified candidacy of Cuauhtemoc Cardenas He died on April 5 1997 at the age of 68 in Mexico City and received the Belisario Dominguez Medal of Honor postmortem that same year References edit Sam Dillon 7 April 1997 Heberto Castillo Martinez 68 Leftist Political Leader in Mexico The New York Times p B 9 Retrieved 22 August 2020 External links edit in Spanish The Heberto Castillo FoundationPreceded byGriselda Alvarez Ponce de Leon Belisario Dominguez Medal of Honor1997 Succeeded byJose Angel Conchello Davila Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heberto Castillo amp oldid 1180094812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
