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...percent of the vote in elections--usually through bribes and electoral fraud. It was tentatively reported that Salinas had captured only 41.8 percent of the vote. Cuauthemoc Cardenas, the candidate of a leftist coalition, received 34.9 percent of the vote, and the right-wing National Action Party's Manuel Clouthier gained 16.4 percent of the population's favor...
...lever to induce guilt in curators, if not dealers (who by now are guiltproof). But quite a few excellent painters and sculptors who happen to be Hispanic or black regard "minority" shows as a form of ghettoization. And some of the best, such as the sculptors Robert Graham and Manuel Neri, are virtually invisible -- or are not widely thought of as Hispanic...
...July 6 election that will choose the country's leader for the next six years, is certain to prevail. But the P.R.I.'s 59-year monopoly of political power is being challenged as never before, by Cardenas and also by the right-wing National Action Party (P.A.N.), led by Manuel Clouthier. Says Political Scientist Jorge Castaneda: "No matter what form the democracy of this country will take, the next government will have to take the opposition into account...
...greater familiarity with Bush may work to his disadvantage. He has been tainted by the Iran-contra affair and questions about his involvement with Panama's Manuel Noriega. "We're all waiting for the other shoe to fall," says Geri Elich, elementary-school librarian and a Republican. In fact, most people dislike Bush more than they favor Dukakis. Says Prineville Mayor Wally Boe: "People aren't enthusiastic about Bush. They haven't been exposed enough to become unenthused with Dukakis...
...this same audience that visits Miami and thinks every Cuban living there will steal all their valuables. It is this same audience that looks at the antics of Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and says, "That's what Latin Americans are supposed to do. We've seen this stuff in the movies...