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...Mexico was to have the first free election of its history in July, 1946, it would be up to President Manuel Avila Camacho to enforce it. In his annual message to Congress he had made an equivocal promise to implement the people's will. But the President would have to introduce new electoral procedure, clearly tell the P.R.M. to keep its hands off the ballot boxes, and perhaps even insure a fair count by strict, nonpartisan supervision before his promise became fact...
...this Cincinnatus, gesturing plough-ward, sent Mexican politics into a storm of conjecture. As long as Cárdenas stayed in the Cabinet of President Manuel Avila Camacho, he would be endorsing the Administration and its political machine. Outside, ploughing or not, he would be free to throw his weight around in next year's presidential election...
...term (1934-40), Cárdenas influenced the presidential election, but did not impose a candidate on the nation. Now Avila Camacho reportedly was trying to impose Miguel Alemán, former Minister of the Interior. Mexicans concluded that Cárdenas' hatred of imposition might be the key to his resignation...
...storm of public criticism. Rivals within the Mexican foreign service, notably Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambassador to the U.S., had long been gunning for 6-ft., spruce Ezequiel, sometimes called "the black Narcissus" because of his darkish skin and elegant attire. Other political opponents may have undermined him with President Avila Camacho, hoping to head him off as a candidate in next year's presidential election...
President Avila Camacho announced last week that he was about to reorganize the Mexican Army. The plan would involve retiring some 500 generals...