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Last week the worsening conditions prompted Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to step up his antipollution campaign by shutting down the giant oil refinery at Azcapotzalco in northwestern Mexico City. In operation since 1933, the facility had provided 34% of the city's gasoline and 85% of its diesel...
Unlike his predecessor, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari seems determined to crack down on the drug lords. In the past 21 months, federal judicial police have confiscated 80,000 kilos of cocaine, more than was seized during De la Madrid's entire six...
In October 1987 President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado unveiled Salinas as the P.R.I.'s presidential candidate for 1988, anointing him as crown prince. But his struggle was not over. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the son of a venerated former President, broke with the P.R.I. and ran a populist campaign that drew...
Since taking office, Salinas has worked hard to cement his personal popularity. He makes frequent helicopter trips, known as giras, outside Mexico City, to take the national pulse. Wherever he goes, he renders instant verdicts on pleas for sewers, electricity, roads, hospitals, and is known to follow through on his...
Although he is only one-third through his six-year term, the question of Salinas' successor already pervades Mexican political life. Because the President is barred from re-election himself, his ability to impose his choice on the country is the foundation of the P.R.I.'s lock on power. But...