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But if Salinas' reforms continue to fail to touch ordinary lives, the President may find it difficult to maintain that control. He knows that to expand the pool of Mexicans who benefit from the country's economic development, he needs foreign investment -- and that depends on political stability.
The burden of power has added weight to his taut cheeks, sketched lines under his eyes and erased the spontaneity from his grin. The face of Carlos Salinas de Gortari recalls Mexico's ubiquitous clay masks: one side smiles, free of trenchant thought; the other is a frieze of pained...
Salinas seems to be tugging his country out of a feudal past, yet he is also pulling Mexico back to an era of paternalistic rule by an all-powerful caudillo. Behind the engaging grin, twinkling eyes and computer-like mind is a man obsessed with his public image. "He is...
You want to like him. There is something modern and hopeful about Salinas that separates him from traditional Mexican politicians. His office gives a carefully cultivated impression of efficiency. He expects -- and gets -- results. Decisions come from the top with the expectation that they will be implemented, not debated.
Salinas was to the presidential manner born. His father Raul was Minister of Commerce and Industry in the 1950s and a man who schooled his son early in the uses of power. Carlos' family connections and the Ph.D. he earned at Harvard in political economy and government assured him success...