Emiliano Ramos

Emiliano Vladimir Ramos Hernández (born March 28, 1979 in Cancún, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican left-wing politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)[1] who served in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico during the LIX Legislature.

Political career

In the late 1990s Ramos Hernández joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in his native Quintana Roo. He has served as under-secretary of youth of the PRD among other positions inside his party. He occupied a seat in the lower house of the Mexican Congress during the LIX legislature.

He is currently studying law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Anti-globalization

He has been an active protester against globalization since 2001 and a notable activist against the FTAA. Ramos Hernández attended the 2001 and 2003 protests against the World Economic Forum held in Cancún, he also attended the anti-FTAA summit held in Cuba in December 2002.

In 2005 he gained notoriety supporting President Hugo Chávez during an event held in Caracas few days after the 2005 diplomatic crisis between Mexico and Venezuela had begun.

References
  1. Raul Tortolero, "Bolivarian and Alter-Globalist Youth Groups in Mexico’s PRD" Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine Hispanic American Center for Economic Research. Retrieved January 20, 2011


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.