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The strategy was not subtle: Zedillo, 42, is appealing to his countrymen's desire for stability and continuity. In the wake of the violent peasant uprising in Chiapas last January, Colosio's assassination has led to a collective sense of unease. Though Zedillo was President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's...
The man Salinas chose as his negotiator was Manuel Camacho Solis, a former mayor of Mexico City who had resigned when he lost out to Colosio in the competition for Salinas' blessing as the presidential nominee. As a consolation, Salinas named Camacho Foreign Minister, then tapped him to represent the...
Chiapas, says a diplomat in the capital, "has forced the government to be more responsive and has had a profound effect on the 1994 electoral year." Salinas introduced a package of reforms that would reduce government control of election funding and press coverage and provide for foreign observers. Opposition critics...
Camacho repeated what he had said on Tuesday, that he had no intention of seeking the presidency. With Salinas' support, he could still get the nomination, but speculation now centers on Ernesto Zedillo, the murdered candidate's campaign manager, and Fernando Ortiz Arana, the president of P.R.I. There are other...
Investors and other businessmen naturally want to see the P.R.I. candidate, whoever it is, win on Aug. 21. That will mean the ratification and continuation of Salinas' free-market policies. But the real test of Mexico's political maturity may be how free and honest the election turns out to...