Mexican right-wing group to host CPAC summit targeting US support

Mexico’s governmental close is gearing up for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) successful February, wherever fledgling parties anticipation to garner much enactment from the United States.

This year, CPAC and the enactment México Republicano (Republican Mexico) are holding a acme entitled “Mexico Facing the Fentanyl Crisis and Narcoterrorism” connected Feb. 5 and 6, with the hopes of attracting a ample assemblage of Mexican and U.S. politicians.  

The radical has sent invitations to U.S. authorities officials, including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, among others.  

CPAC was founded successful the United States 5 decades agone and roseate to greater prominence successful the 2010s erstwhile Donald Trump gave a code that helped motorboat his governmental career. 

The league brings unneurotic right-wing ideologues and has attracted respective Latin American and European far-right governmental attendees successful the past, specified arsenic Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Its power successful Mexico, portion growing, remains confined to a tiny ellipse of right-wing voices alternatively than a broader movement.

CPAC is held annually successful February successful the United States, successful summation to traveling conferences hosted successful countries specified arsenic Japan, Australia, Argentina, Mexico and this year, Colombia. (CPAC)

Representatives from Mexico’s PRI and PAN parties person confirmed their attendance, alongside erstwhile governors from bluish Mexico, national and authorities legislators and leaders of blimpish governmental parties and civilian nine organizations.

The league is taking spot astatine a defining infinitesimal for the U.S.-Mexico relationship, fixed the United States’ caller involution successful Venezuela and the upcoming renegotiation of the USMCA escaped commercialized agreement.

Is México Republicano an authoritative enactment successful Mexico?

México Republicano, a far-right enactment that openly promotes Trumpist ideology, has been moving to go a formally recognized governmental enactment since 2023. 

Its rank has agelong been a adjacent protagonist of CPAC, and, successful November, the radical received CPAC’s endorsement during the Circle Retreat and Gala CPAC 2025 astatine Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion successful Florida.

In November, México Republicano’s president, Juan Iván Peña Nader — a erstwhile functionary during the authorities of Felipe Calderón — said the enactment was moving against the timepiece to clasp the required assemblies to determination guardant with its enactment registration. 

“They necessitate 20 assemblies: we’re going to bash 25… We person until the past time of February,” Peña Nader told the paper Milenio.  

The determination follows the resignation of erstwhile politician Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez arsenic the organization’s secretary.  

Upon Oliva’s departure, helium reportedly told newspapers that the enactment lacked the fiscal resources required to beforehand its governmental ambitions.  

Peña Nader responded to his claims by saying México Republicano “has capable funds to signifier what it needs to organize.”  

“The contented is however overmuch and however to walk it. It’s precise costly and precise complicated; we person to marque specific, effectual moves,” helium added.  

Another ultraconservative enactment successful bluish Mexico, “México Tiene Vida” (“Mexico Has Life”) — commonly referred to arsenic Vida — precocious reported it was close to achieving the thresholds required to gain ceremonial designation arsenic a nationalist governmental party, with a reported 220,000 radical registered with the organization. 

With reports from Milenio and Proceso