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After almost two years at the helm, Salinas can claim some success. On the economic front, he has launched a campaign to reduce Mexico's bloated statist economy and attract foreign investment that has earned high marks from Mexican businessmen and international lenders. But in throwing the country open to...
Veteran P.R.I. officials concede that there is "a contradiction" between the rapid renovation of Mexico's economy and the slow pace of political change. Opposition politicians on both right and left go further, accusing the P.R.I. of outright electoral abuses. Various international human rights groups and local activists cite a...
Salinas' message on economics has been tough talk backed by tough action. He has restored business enterprises largely to private hands, most notably by selling off the national airline and Cananea, the nation's largest copper mine. The national telephone company and Mexico's 18 banks have also been put...
The growing trade in goods manufactured in Mexico or assembled at factories ! along the U.S. border, known as maquiladora plants, is likely to rise even more if Salinas succeeds in his boldest gambit yet: signing a free-trade agreement with the U.S., a topic that is expected to dominate talks...
Salinas' economic drive has meant redefining some crucial relationships. By extending a friendly handshake to Bush, he has shifted away from prickly concerns about a gringo economic invasion and set U.S.-Mexican relations on a steadier course. Conversely, his approach to Mexico's perennial lawlessness has been firm, from tracking...