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57-542: It preceded the Solidarity Encounter Party , established as its replacement in 2019 and granted national party status in 2020. The Social Encounter Party was founded in 2006 by Dr. Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes , a pastor of a Neo-Pentecostal church that supported Felipe Calderón in the 2006 presidential election . It had previously been a "national political grouping", which does not receive public funding. The party made many of its early successes in

114-558: A back-to-back championship. On 29 November 2008, Blanco scored his first goal with Santos, a penalty in the second leg of the championship quarter-finals against San Luis. In October 2009, Blanco announced he would not be renewing his contract with Chicago Fire and would instead sign with Veracruz of the Ascenso MX beginning in January 2010. However, after 6 months with Veracruz he left for Irapuato . Led by Blanco, Irapuato won

171-471: A closely contested election, narrowly defeating Maricela Velázquez of the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In a subsequent vote recount Blanco was confirmed the winner of the municipal presidential race. As municipal president, Blanco struggled with accusations about his residency in the city, allegations that he had accepted a bribe to run for office, and even murder. None of these allegations ever went anywhere. In June 2016, he left

228-434: A former collaborator of Graco Ramirezs, sued Blanco for hiring several members of his family and friends, including: his half-brother Ulises Bravo, sister-in-law Liu León Luna, uncles Carlos Juárez López, Jaime Juárez López, and Armando Shajid Bravo López, and a close friend named Baltazar Jonathan Alegría Mejía. All receive salaries that range from MXN $ 45,000 to $ 60,000 (US$ 2,300 to $ 3,100) per month. The suit says their hiring

285-467: A national level but remains strong locally. Crime rose significantly, with a 680% increase in cases of extortion, 375% increase in kidnappings, and 41% increase in murders. More than eighty women were killed in 2019, 22 of which were classified distinctly as femicide . Additionally, a tax debt of MXN$ 302,230 (US$ 15,800) from his time as a footballer was pardoned by the federal Tax Administration Service , raising questions of corruption. Roberto Soto Pastor,

342-465: A tribute game in 2014 against Israel at the Estadio Azteca, which symbolized his official retirement from international football. Mexico went on to win the match 3–0. Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time, as well as one of the best penalty takers of all time, having scored 71 out of 73 penalties in his career, giving him a 97.26% success rate from

399-563: Is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies . He also served as the Governor of Morelos from 2018 to 2024 under the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia , and as the municipal president of Cuernavaca , Morelos . As a footballer, Blanco was known for his attacking ability and played most of his career as a deep-lying forward and his last years as an attacking midfielder . Blanco

456-549: Is a state-level political party in Mexico . The party president is Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes . It is supposed to be the functional replacement for the Social Encounter Party , a Christian-oriented, social conservative party which lost its registration after failing to attract sufficient vote share in the 2018 general election . All the structure that is participating today is Encuentro Social ... Basically

513-417: Is a violation of Código Penal de Morelos, Artículo 276 (Morelos penal code, Article 276) which prohibits nepotism . President Andrés Manuel López Obrador personally called Blanco out for nepotism in a meeting on 11 October. The governor denies allegations of nepotism. On 8 January 2020, Arias Consultores released a poll that describes the best and worst governors. Sinaloa governor Quirino Ordaz Coppel

570-454: Is an imitation of the "Archer" celebration created by former Atletico de Madrid striker Kiko Narvaez . In a 2005 interview with Mexican newspaper El Universal , Blanco explains that while watching a Spanish league game accompanied by his teammate Germán Villa , both players agreed to celebrate their next goal by imitating the "Archer" gesture. In the end, only Blanco did it, and jokingly reprimanded Villa for not keeping his word. However,

627-465: Is chosen best, while Puebla governor L. Miguel Barbosa Huerta was declared the worst. Cuauhtemoc Blanco was second-to-last at No. 31. He was previously married to Marisela Santoyo from 1996 to 2003, with whom he has a son, Cuauhtémoc Jr., born the same year of their wedding. After their separation in 2000, Blanco had an affair with Liliana Lago, which produced a daughter, Bárbara, born in 2002. In 2015, Blanco married Natalia Rezende. The couple have

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684-670: Is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time. Blanco was born in Mexico City , in the district of Tlatilco , but grew up in Tepito . Born to Faustino Blanco and Hortensia Bravo, he was named after the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc , in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle". Blanco started his career with América in 1992, where he won various awards, both team-based and individual, and had various loan stints with Necaxa , Spanish club Real Valladolid , and Veracruz . In 2007, he joined

741-432: The 2004 Apertura season with Veracruz , where they ended up winning their group, but were defeated in the playoffs by UNAM . Blanco was a popular player during his time there. In May 2005, Blanco won his first club championship as a player, leading Club América to its tenth league title, when Club América defeated U.A.G. by an aggregate score of 7–4 (1–1, 6–3). In the next three consecutive years between 2005 and 2007, he

798-618: The Chicago Fire , with a loan stint with Santos Laguna for the 2008 Apertura championship . In 2010, he returned to Mexico to trek throughout various teams, joining Veracruz again, Irapuato , Dorados , and Puebla-based teams Lobos BUAP and Puebla , where he retired with the latter in 2015. The following year, he came out of retirement to officially end his career with América. Having played most of his career in América, with 333 appearances and 135 goals, Blanco has become an idol to

855-429: The Governor of Morelos but PES, also part of the coalition, argued Blanco was the better choice for the coalition's candidate. In December 2015, it was determined there would be an internal election to see who would become the candidate for the coalition. On 28 January 2018, Juntos Haremos Historia presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Blanco would be the coalition's candidate after winning

912-576: The Liga MX . On 21 April 2015, he played in the Clausura's Copa MX final against Guadalajara , coming off the bench. Puebla went on to win the cup, and sent Blanco off as a champion in what was supposed to be the final game of his career. On 22 February 2016, a month into his political career, it was announced that Blanco would participate in an official Liga MX match during the Week 9 of Clausura 2016 for

969-739: The National Electoral Institute , the electoral authorities of the country. For MORENA, the alliance was facilitated as a result of Óscar González Yáñez , the PT gubernatorial candidate in the State of Mexico, withdrawing from the race and endorsing MORENA candidate Delfina Gómez Álvarez . At first, there was speculation about the possibility of a front grouping all the leftist parties: MORENA, PRD, PT and Citizens' Movement (MC). However, Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected any kind of agreement due to political differences, especially after

1026-570: The 2000–01 season. However, he suffered a broken leg while on international duty which kept him out of the side for six months. Blanco returned to Valladolid for another loan spell the following season, but he struggled with homesickness and regaining his form. He had a knack for scoring great goals in La Liga, with most notable, a free-kick against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium . He returned to Mexico and spent

1083-533: The 2011 Clausura, but the team failed to advance to the Primera División , losing to Tijuana in the promotional final . In December 2011, Blanco joined Dorados de Sinaloa of Liga de Ascenso . During Apertura 2012 , Blanco won the Copa MX with Dorados. Despite Blanco announcing he would retire after the end of 2012, he changed his mind and played for another six months with Dorados. However, after

1140-962: The 2018 gubernatorial elections by a landslide, becoming the first former footballer to win a state governor election in Mexico. He began his term as Governor on 1 October 2018. His greatest challenges as governor are finding adequate funding for the state university (UAEM) and resolving the high incidence of crime in the state. Only three months into his term, he was already faced with marches denouncing his administration. On 13 February 2019 Blanco formally charged his predecessor, Graco Ramirez , with organized crime, operations with resources of illicit origin, and tax fraud. One year into his governorship, people began to doubt Blanco's administration. Politically, he disputed with Morena and PT , partners in Juntos Haremos Historia that got him elected. He promoted PES , which has been dissolved on

1197-681: The Chicago Fire official website claimed that Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the Prehispanic Tlatoani Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc , "in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage". Blanco is considered one of the most influential figures in recent Mexican footballing history. Tom Marshall of ESPN states "the battles, brawls, golazos , insults, intensity and passion with which Blanco [...] lived both on and off

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1254-449: The INE about the open participation of 15 registered religious ministers in six district assemblies and Christian organizations, barred from political activity under the law. The result was a marathon session of the INE's General Council on September 5, 2020, which resulted in the board approving the registration of the new PES as a political party on a 6–5 vote; the majority voted to annul only

1311-558: The MVP award with one assist and one goal, a game in which he only played 46 minutes. The MLS All-stars won 3–2. On 19 November 2008, it was announced that Santos Laguna signed Blanco on a loan to play only for the Apertura 2008 championship , after the injury of their Ecuadorian striker Christian Benítez . Blanco was formally presented to the press the next day, wearing the number 9 jersey, and stated that he looked forward to giving Santos

1368-533: The PES gubernatorial candidate in the state of San Luis Potosí compared homosexuality to drug trafficking and violence . Likewise, it opposed abortion and pornographic magazines. Other proposals made by the PES included shifting the collection of value-added tax to the states instead of the federal government and consolidating it with income tax . Solidarity Encounter Party The Solidarity Encounter Party ( Spanish : Partido Encuentro Solidario , PES)

1425-428: The PES participated with a candidate aspiring for the presidency , as the party formed a coalition with left-wing National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and Labor Party (PT). The parties nominated Andrés Manuel López Obrador as their presidential candidate. On 24 June 2017, the PT approved to stand for election in 2018 in an electoral alliance with MORENA; however the coalition was not officially registered before

1482-608: The PES, mentioned that "the only possibility of real change in our country is the one headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador" and that his party had decided to be "on the right side of history." Results and dissolution The results for the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition were strong; López Obrador was elected president in a landslide victory, as well as winning five of the nine state governorships (one of them for PES candidate Cuauhtémoc Blanco in Morelos ), and

1539-590: The Social Democratic Party and dismissed the secretary of the city council, Roberto Yañez Moreno, which marked the beginning of a dispute between Blanco and the party. In March 2017, he joined the Social Encounter Party (PES). For the 2018 general elections , the National Regeneration Movement proposed having Senator Rabindranath Salazar Solorio as the candidate under the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia for

1596-584: The Year awards in 2007. Blanco was the 2007 Goal of the Year winner, for his goal against Real Salt Lake . Blanco was the second-highest paid player in Major League Soccer, after LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham , earning $ 2.7 million a year. Once again, he was a finalist for the MVP of the year award. On 24 July 2008, in the All-Stars Game against West Ham United , Blanco won

1653-453: The alliance electing the winning presidential candidate— Andrés Manuel López Obrador —and the PES winning 35 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and seven in the Senate , its standalone performance was poor. The PES itself failed to attract three percent of the vote in the elections for president, federal deputies, and senators, which under Mexican law prompted the loss of its federal registry and

1710-560: The appointment of a liquidator by the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) to dispose of the national party's assets. The Social Encounter Party challenged the result and lost, leading to its dissolution on September 3, 2018. In March 2019, the TEPJF rendered a final verdict upholding the party's dissolution. Hours later, Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes announced the registration of a new national political group under

1767-455: The ball between his feet and jumps through the defenders – releasing the ball in the air and landing with it under control as he leaves the opposition players behind. The trick is easy to perform but is eye-catching and has been incorporated as a special skill into the FIFA series of football video games . Blanco himself has accepted on Mexican television and to the press that his goal celebration

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1824-623: The club that started his career, Club América. It would allow him to officially end his career, while playing for the club. On 5 March, Blanco started the match wearing a number 100 jersey, and played 36 minutes for América at the Estadio Azteca in a match against Morelia , before being replaced by Darwin Quintero . During the match, Blanco demonstrated his signature move, the Cuauhtemiña , and had two shots on goal, one of which hit

1881-555: The club's supporters and an important figure in the history of the team. Blanco made his debut in the Mexican Primera División in 1992 at the age of 19 with América. He won his first Golden Boot with 16 goals in the Winter 1998 season for Las Águilas . He was loaned for Winter 1997 and Summer 1998 at Necaxa , in which he scored 13 goals in 28 appearances. Blanco was later loaned to Real Valladolid of La Liga for

1938-421: The coalition between MORENA, the PT and the PES was formalized under the name Juntos Haremos Historia (English: Together we will make history). Following the signing of the agreement, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was appointed as a pre-candidate for the three political formations. It was a partial coalition that promoted López Obrador as a presidential candidate and, with respect to the legislative elections: MORENA

1995-466: The coalition resulted in the election of 55 federal deputies and 7 senators belonging to the party. However, the party failed to attract three percent of the vote in the elections for president, federal deputies, and senators, which under Mexican law prompts the loss of its federal registry and the appointment of a liquidator by the INE to dispose of the national party's assets. The PES and New Alliance Party ,

2052-547: The crossbar from the outside of the penalty box. The match was eventually won by América 4–1. Blanco represented Mexico from 1995 to 2010 (with a special appearance in 2014). He was capped 120 times and scored 38 goals. Blanco is the only Mexican to have won Confederations Cup awards, being awarded the Silver Ball and Silver Boot at the 1999 Confederations Cup after a first-place finish on home soil, until Oswaldo Sánchez 's Golden Glove award in 2005. In 2010, he became

2109-964: The decision. The party's registration was ratified by the TEPJF after it denied a challenge by the National Action Party to the INE decision on a 6–1 vote in October 2020. In the 2021 Mexican legislative election , PES achieved less than the 3% of the vote needed to keep its registry as a valid national party, so it lost its registry once again, as it previously did under the guise of the Social Encounter Party. The party lost its official national registration on August 30, 2021. It maintains registration in some states for subnational elections. Cuauht%C3%A9moc Blanco Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo ( Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok ˈblaŋko] ; born 17 January 1973)

2166-512: The elections in the State of Mexico, when the candidates of the PRD and MC continued with their campaigns refusing to support the candidate of MORENA. At the end of November 2017, the leaders of MORENA and the PES announced that they were in talks to form a possible alliance. In this sense, Hugo Eric Flores said, "We don't negotiate with the PRI, we have two options, go alone or with MORENA." On December 13,

2223-405: The first Mexican to score at three World Cup tournaments , a feat later equalled by Rafael Márquez and Javier Hernández , appearing in the 1998 , 2002 , and 2010 editions of the tournament. Blanco made his debut with the senior national team under Bora Milutinovic in a friendly match against Uruguay on 1 February 1995. Blanco has played for Mexico at three World Cups ; he was part of

2280-536: The highest scoring players in the Confederations Cup with nine goals, three in 1997 and six in 1999 . In the selection for the final 23-man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, then national team coach Ricardo La Volpe left Blanco out of the team. While the ostensible reason given was that Blanco was frequently injured and not in good form, some people considered this to be a consequence of

2337-606: The match, he announced his retirement from international football. With the return of Javier Aguirre as coach, Blanco returned to the national team in May 2009. He played in all the games throughout the Hexagonal of the World Cup Qualifying. Since then, Blanco has become an important factor in Mexico's team regaining form and confidence. On 10 October 2009, Blanco provoked the first opposition own goal and scored

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2394-423: The name Partido Encuentro Solidario , using the same initials and relying on the political infrastructure and party base developed by its now-defunct predecessor. State- and district-level assemblies were held throughout 2019 and early 2020 to meet the federal registration requirements, with 263 district assemblies having taken place by November 2019. Despite meeting the registration requirements, concern arose at

2451-413: The nominee process against Senator Rabindranath Salazar Solorio. On 11 March 2018 he formally registered to become candidate for Governor of Morelos and on 2 April 2018, he was separated from his post as municipal president of Cuernavaca, succeeded by Denisse Arizmendi Villegas , in order to formally participate in the gubernatorial elections. Polls indicated he was in the lead. On 1 July 2018, he won

2508-501: The other party to lose its registry after the 2018 elections, challenged the results to no avail and on 3 September 2018, the party was dissolved as it had not reached the 3% of the national vote. PES was reborn as the Solidarity Encounter Party ( Partido Encuentro Solidario ), using the same initials, and granted preliminary recognition to participate in the 2021 Mexican legislative election on September 2, 2020. The PES tended to include many strands of Christian humanist thought and

2565-432: The pitch, he left a deep imprint on the Mexican game and a colorful story painted by the kind of character arguably lacking at present." In January 2015, Blanco registered as a Social Democratic Party candidate for the municipal presidential elections of the city of Cuernavaca , the capital of the Mexican state of Morelos , and was formally nominated two months later. In the 2015 legislative elections , he won in

2622-482: The previous year's constant bickering, due to on-going personal problems between coach and player. Blanco became part of the squad that played the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup , scoring one penalty goal, and the 2007 Copa América , where he scored 2 goals also from penalty kicks. On 13 September 2008, he earned his 100th cap for his country in its 2–1 World Cup qualifier victory over Canada at Tuxtla Gutiérrez , coming on with only 15 seconds left in regulation time. After

2679-512: The relevant assemblies, which still left the party over the minimum requirements of members and assemblies. Lorenzo Córdova Vianello , the head of the institute, called the involvement of religious ministers in party events "a direct and grave violation of the Constitution ". INE councilor Ciro Murayama expressed dismay at the vote, highlighting that the secular state had been damaged and "the legacy of [Benito] Juárez emerges damaged" from

2736-547: The second goal in a 4–1 victory over El Salvador to help Mexico clinch a spot in the 2010 World Cup . On 17 June 2010, he scored a penalty in the 78th minute of the 2–0 win against France at the World Cup's second round of group stage matches in South Africa . With this goal he became the first Mexican to score a goal in three World Cup tournaments and the third-oldest goalscorer in World Cup history. Blanco played

2793-418: The spot. His brash, aggressive, and confrontative playing style is reflected both on and off the field, pulling ingenious plays and being combative against the press, players, and coaches alike. Blanco is also remembered for the Cuauhtemiña , or Blanco Trick, which he performed notably at the 1998 World Cup . In the trick, when two or more opposition players are trying to take the ball from him, he traps

2850-514: The squad at France 1998 , Korea-Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010 . He was also a member of the team that won the Confederations Cup in 1999 where he was the tournament's leading scorer with six goals, including the winning goal at the Estadio Azteca against Brazil in the final. He was awarded the "Silver Shoe" and "Silver Ball" for outstanding player of the tournament. Blanco holds the record along with Brazilian Ronaldinho as

2907-724: The state of Baja California . In 2007, it supported the successful candidacy of José Guadalupe Osuna Millán of the PAN , but in 2013, it allied with the PRI in Baja California instead, which led it to elect a state deputy to a district in Tecate and four council members in Tijuana . In July 2014, it obtained federal registry. After doing so, eight of its nine political assemblies were nullified, as bribes were given to attendees. The party

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2964-439: The structure from 2014 is the same people that are doing the job. There are no changes in the ideology of the party. Alejandrina Moreno, national coordinator of the PES, on the organization of the new party In 2018, the Social Encounter Party , in its second federal election, ran as part of the Juntos Haremos Historia alliance with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and Labor Party (PT). However, despite

3021-494: The tournament ended, he did not renew his contract and was released from the team in June 2013. Blanco signed for Lobos BUAP for the Apertura 2013 Liga de Ascenso season . After one year with the club, he did not renew his contract with BUAP and was released from the club at the end of the season, in which the club failed to qualify for the play-offs. After considering retirement, Blanco signed with Puebla for one last season in

3078-740: Was assigned to choose candidates in 150 federal electoral districts and 32 districts to the Senate; PT was assigned to choose 75 deputies and 16 senators, and the PES was assigned to choose 75 deputies and 16 senators. The alliance has received criticism as it was a coalition between two leftist parties (MORENA and the PT) with a formation related to the evangelical right (PES). In response, the national president of MORENA, Yeidckol Polevnsky , mentioned that her party believes in inclusion, joint work to "rescue Mexico" and that they will continue to defend human rights, while Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, national president of

3135-529: Was awarded the MVP. He scored his final goal during the championship final against Pachuca in 2007. On 2 April 2007, Blanco ventured on to Major League Soccer in the United States and signed with Chicago Fire . He was welcomed by 5,000 fans at Toyota Park as he conducted interviews with the media, signed autographs and greeted with fans. He was later voted as a finalist for both the MVP and Newcomer of

3192-453: Was generally socially conservative , and Flores has stated that it was a "family" party . The Baja California state party used a stylized ichthys in its logo, which was not used by the national organization. The party characterized itself as the "party of the family". It opposed same-sex marriage and was responsible for reforms to the Baja California constitution in 2008 that established marriage as "between one man and one woman". In 2015,

3249-428: Was primarily composed of Evangelical Christians, though it has declared itself as "not religious" in character. The 2015 legislative elections was the first election where PES participated at a federal level. It managed to obtain eight proportional representation seats in the Chamber of Deputies as a result of obtaining 3.3 percent of the vote. The 2018 Mexican general election was the first general election where

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