Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI for short, is like a super-long-running team in Mexico. It started way back in 1929, even before your grandparents were born! This team was so powerful that it was in charge of Mexico for a really, really long time.

Think of it like having the same class teacher for your entire school life, and then some! They changed their name a few times, like a superhero getting new costumes, before finally becoming the PRI.

For many, many years, the PRI was the only team that seemed to win in Mexico. They were like the star players who always got to be president. It was like if only one team could ever play in the Super Bowl!

They had different ways of making sure they stayed in power. Sometimes they were really good at making people happy, and other times, things weren't so fair. It was a complicated game they played.

The PRI was the boss of Mexico for 71 years in a row, from 1929 to 2000. That's longer than your parents and even your grandparents have been alive! Then, they got to be president again for another six years, from 2012 to 2018. Imagine a game of tag that lasted for 71 years and one team never got 'it'! This made Mexico very stable, but sometimes people wanted other teams to have a chance too.

Even though the PRI was in charge for so long, Mexico changed a lot. Sometimes the PRI made good things happen, like building new schools and roads. But sometimes, people weren't happy because things weren't always fair, and not everyone got a fair chance.

Eventually, other political teams started to get more popular, and in 2000, the PRI wasn't the president anymore. They still play the game, but now there are more teams competing!