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...assassination was hardly unusual. Drug trafficking has led to a spate of killings. However, in Mexico much of the violence is the work of corrupt police officials, who often operate under the guise of stepped-up narcotics enforcement. Despite President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's official condemnations of political corruption, complaints about savage human-rights abuses in Mexico have increased dramatically since he took office in 1988. In a report released in Mexico City two weeks ago, the Dominican Center for Human Rights declared that more than 100 summary executions took place during the first 14 months of Salinas' administration...
Mexico's activist President, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has cut tariffs and lifted other barriers to open his country's sheltered economy. Now he seems ready to take his boldest step of all. Bush Administration officials disclosed last week that Mexico will consider negotiating a free-trade agreement with the U.S. Though the Government has agreed to a similar pact with Canada, reaching an accord with Mexico may prove much tougher. Mexicans fear the arrangement would threaten their autonomy, while American workers are worried that it could trigger a flood of cheap labor into the U.S. Even so, a free...
...invasion was a particularly unhappy event in Mexico, where President Carlos Salinas de Gortari had cemented a cordial relationship with Washington, based in part on U.S. promises to respect Latin American sovereignty. Now the byword in Mexico City is restraint. A spokesman for Salinas said last week ties remain "mature, stable and good" and the two countries had "agreed to disagree" on Panama...
...first visit to Washington since he took office last December, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari wanted to do more than exchange pleasantries with the Bush Administration. As it happened, he was able to cap his three-day trip with a flourish last week when he and President Bush signed an agreement to promote free trade and investment between the two countries. At a White House signing ceremony, Bush hailed the pact as evidence of "the special relationship" between the U.S. and Mexico...
...Administration's caution may have been reinforced by the presence of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, who was in the White House Tuesday morning to meet with Bush. As the coup unfolded, Bush briefed Salinas on the developments; not surprisingly, the President did not do the same for General Dmitri Yazov, the Soviet Defense Minister, who visited the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon...