Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these ambitious social goals have been fulfilled. Instead, Mexico has become one of the world's most stratified and unequal societies. Ironically, much of the blame for Mexico's failure to achieve its constitutional goals must be placed on the unique political instrument that is supposed to embody the ideal of the permanent revolution: the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the P.R.I...
...Mexican Presidents usually swing away from the direction of their predecessors, in an effort to appease whatever faction was left most dissatisfied by the previous administration. Echeverria, for example, was considered a conservative before assuming office; but he launched a leftist "democratic opening" to defuse the mounting pressure for social and economic reform that had exploded into riots and bloodshed during Diaz Ordaz's regime. López Portillo, in contrast, has worked hardest at wooing disaffected conservatives who were angered by Echeverria. But he has also sought to create new opportunities for opposition political parties?without, of course, threatening...
Meanwhile, the hacendados (estate owners), who once were undisputed masters of million-acre game preserves and cattle ranches, have been displaced from the top of the social pyramid by a new elite of rich cosmopolitan entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. Mexico City's Bernardo Quintana, for example, built the capital's famous subway system and now handles construction projects all over Latin America. Another highly successful family is that of Garza Sadas of Monterrey, whose investments in tourism and Grupo Industrial Alfa, an industrial conglomerate, are estimated to be worth $1 billion...
...checkered ascent through calculated boudoir encounters and forays into stage, films and radio un til she meets, seduces and marries Juan Perón (Bob Gunton) and comes to wield an awesome share of his dictatorial power. The idea of using Guevara as a moral commentator and social conscience is quintessentially farcical, but Patinkin pours Brechtian acid into the role...
...little speech. I was used to many games from my complex leader; this one was beyond my comprehension-until the revelation of Nixon's taping system suggested a possible motive: the President wanted me unambiguously on record as supporting the operation lest the hated "Georgetown social set" seek to draw a distinction between him and me as they had on Cambodia. Be that as it may, Nixon returned from the bathroom and without another word signed the "execute" order...