Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devotion to minority causes has made him popular in the 18th District, which is 43% black and 31% Mexican American. Leland speaks out on global issues as well and knows how to capitalize on his flamboyance. "There's always the risk of going off the edge," says California Democrat Leon Panetta, "but Mickey has learned where the line is." During the House debate on extension of the Voting Rights Act, he was stunningly effective at arguing for preservation of the bilingual provisions by speaking Spanish on the floor. Leland has also attracted national attention for his four meetings with...
...P.R.I, left little doubt that it intends to preserve its firm grip on Mexican politics. One example of adroit political maneuvering could be seen in the town of Juchitán (pop. 110,000), whose predominantly Indian population had grown increasingly sympathetic to the militant leftist coalition COCEI, which has energetically implemented popular civic reforms. The P.R.I, did not take any legal action last spring when the COCEl reinstalled a radical peasant, Leopoldo de Gyves, as mayor of Juchitán. But as the elections approached, the ruling party began to assert its power. Government-run Oaxacan newspapers ran spurious...
...perfect phrase be found? Each place they travel through and everyone they meet cleverly parodies the familiar stock and trade characters from modern literature or American culture. There is the requisite crass army officer in mirrored glasses, the lecherous academic whose greatest interest is his research assistant, and Mexican gauchos who find truth in their chile and peyote under the stark desert sky. Excerpts from the family's reading materials are interspersed among the Gavottes many encounters making Blue Pastoral a mocking survey of contemporary writing as well. The selections include a poor translation of Les Mauvaises Herbes, pamphlets...
Just as remarkable as PAN's victories was the fact that the PRI allowed them to occur. To his credit, President De la Madrid had instructed officials to keep the elections clean and to let the results stand. Said Heberto Castillo, head of the small leftist Mexican Workers' Party: "It is a positive note for the free play of democracy...
...Madrid seemed to hold out the possibility of further opening up the political system, allowing other minority parties greater power. Welcome as that reform would be, it seemed unlikely to threaten the PRI's dominance of Mexican politics. Of the country's 23.6 million voters, approximately 74% supported the PRI in the last national election. Emboldened by their victories, PAN supporters have already set their sights on another state contest: the Sept. 4 elections for the governorship of Baja California Norte...