Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...benefits of freer trade have not been spread evenly in Mexico. Even though total foreign investment is up, little of the money is flowing toward Mexican producers. The worst affected are small businesses priced out of once | protected markets. Competition from low-priced American manufactured goods is also pushing up unemployment in cities in northern Mexico...
...most notorious achievements was its skill at arranging not to lose. But this time the electoral process had been significantly reformed, and more than 80,000 observers were stationed around the country to fend off the fraud that has been the rule so often before. The watchers, both Mexican and foreign, spotted many violations but agreed that they had seen the most open and honest election in Mexico this century...
...interview with TIME's Lopez shortly after he declared victory, Zedillo said he planned to include former opposition figures in his government for the first time in Mexican history -- and over objections from members of his own party. "(This would be) a personal matter and my own decision, which would not be subject to negotiation with other parties," he said. Lopez says Zedillo's prospective beau geste isn't politically necessary: "I think he showed great restraint. He could be gloating...
...Mexican Left Meets in Chiapas...
After warning about the artery-clogging potential of Chinese food, Italian food and movie-theater snacks, the Center for Science in the Public Interest last week reported the dangers of consuming Mexican fare. The U.S. government recommends limiting fat intake to 30% of daily food consumption, or 65 g for a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet...