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...Real Revolution? For the A.D. view, I talked freely for an hour and a half with the Secretary General of Acción Democrática, Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, former cabinet minister. The cops have been looking for him for 27 months. Ruiz Pineda changes his residence every three days and goes out only at night, but he keeps in touch with the whole organization, sends and receives some 20 letters a day and frequently addresses meetings. Recently 80 policemen surrounded the house where he was staying, but he and a few friends shot their...
...Ruiz Pineda contended that A.D. has learned much and will do better next time it is in power. When will the next time be? And will it be evolution or revolution? "The government will decide," answered Ruiz Pineda. "If they continue to deny us liberties, if they continue to hold all the power, then it must be revolution...
...yells of 70,000 partisans volleyed and thundered across Mexico City's Olympic stadium. When the tumult died down, a small man spoke into the mike. "Accepting the candidacy of the Party of Revolutionary Institutions (PRI), I understand fully the grave responsibility of this nomination," said Adolfo Ruiz Cort...
Mexicans understood too. Interior Minister Ruiz Cortínez had been nominated by the official party convention as the government's candidate to succeed President Miguel Alemán. In present-day Mexico, that assures election. Barring death or accident, Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez will...
With the nomination of Ruiz Cortínez, the solid citizens of PRI's leadership swung away from the flashy playboyism of handsome Miguel Alemán. Greying, frail and 58, with a strong facial resemblance to Boris Karloff (his nickname is Cara de Calavera-Skullface), Ruiz Cortínez is a far cry from the magnetic type traditionally admired by Mexicans. Said a political reporter last week, "Mexico is now going to get a Coolidge...