Ituriel Moctezuma

Ituriel Moctezuma Romero (September 18, 1984) is a Mexican politician and indigenous activist. He is the president of the political party Pacto por Anáhuac, in which he tried to postulate himself as a candidate for President of Mexico during the 2024 elections, without success. He is a direct descendant of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and a member of the Consejo Nacional de Pueblos Originarios y Comunidades Indígenas in Mexico City.

Biography Moctezuma Romero is a descendant of Moctezuma II through Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin and Teresa Francisca de Moctezuma, the emperor's nephew and daughter, respectively. He later became a member of the Consejo Nacional de Pueblos Originarios y Comunidades Indígenas of Mexico City. although he instead promotes a "indohispanidad", a fusion of the Native American and Hispanic cultures. and who "wanted a world where Castilla and Tenochtitlan, Europe and America, could coexist and fuse together their cultures, kingdoms and religions." He acknowledged the existence of conflict of their shared history, although not critical: "if we are going to apologize, there is a lot to apologize for in both sides, but it would be most correct to thank each other instead." He proposes that other descendants of Moctezuma settled in Spain form their own political parties to facilitate it.