Word: ordaz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...walked all the way to Guatemala-700 miles-in 36 days. He went on to cover a lot of ground as Mexico's 59th President. Last week, in his sixth-and final-state-of-the-nation address before surrendering his sash of office to Gustavo Díaz Ordaz in December. López Mateos trotted through the impressive record. It took almost three hours, and most of the speech dealt with Mexico's booming prosperity which has become the marvel of other envious Latin American governments...
...first mention of Diaz Ordaz as the P.R.I, candidate, the Communist weekly Politica printed a grotesque cover photo of him, with the caption: "He will not be President." Though most far-leftists within the P.R.I, are still against him, some who had bitterly opposed Lopez Mateos, have decided to play it cool and support the more conservative Diaz Ordaz...
...Diaz Ordaz' relations with the U.S., Washington regards him as a friend but an independent one-which is just where most other recent Mexican Presidents have stood...
...tapado?"-Who is the hooded one? In other words, what man was the all-powerful Party of Revolutionary Institutions (P.R.I.) secretly choosing to be the country's next President? Last week the guessing was over. The P.R.I.'s choice is Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 52, Secretary of Government in the Cabinet of incumbent President Adolfo López Mateos. Diaz Ordaz' title obscured his real importance. As a combination Interior Minister and Home Secretary, he is López Mateos' right-hand...
Guided Democracy. Barring accidents or acts of God, the rest is foreordained. Next week Diaz Ordaz will be formally nominated at the party convention; he will then "campaign" for six months, showing himself from the back of an open truck in every important town. In elections next July, against two or three hapless opposition candidates, he will win the presidency with some 80% of the popular vote. On Dec. 1, 1964, he will take office from President López Mateos...