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When MATTHEW MARTINEZ (D., Calif.), an affable ex-Marine who represents a swath of suburban Los Angeles, attended the White House luncheon for Mexican President ERNESTO ZEDILLO last November, he had something that President Clinton wanted: a potential vote for the fast-track trade bill. And Clinton had something Martinez wanted: power to approve the $1.4 billion Long Beach freeway extension, blocked by environmentalists and historic preservationists for two decades. When a Clinton lobbyist approached him, Martinez was ready: "Why should I vote for fast track when it's like pulling teeth to get anything from [the President]?" Martinez recalls...
When Matthew Martinez (D., Calif.), an affable ex-Marine who represents a swath of suburban Los Angeles, attended the White House luncheon for Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo last November, he had something that President Clinton wanted: a potential vote for the fast-track trade bill. And Clinton had something Martinez wanted: power to approve the $1.4 billion Long Beach freeway extension, blocked by environmentalists and historic preservationists for two decades. When a Clinton lobbyist approached him, Martinez was ready: "Why should I vote for fast track when it's like pulling teeth to get anything from (the President)?" Martinez recalls...
...President Zedillo had sacked his interior minister following a December massacre in Chiapas carried out by local leaders of his own party. That was not enough to stem the crisis created by spiraling crime and political violence as traditional elites panic in the face of moves toward democratization. While there is no immediate threat to his rule, questions remain as to whether Zedillo can stop the country?s slide into turmoil. It could be a long week for Mexico?s president; one of many in a long, hot year...
What can be done about it? Mexico finally has an organized-crime law on the books, allowing wiretapping and seizure of criminal property. And last month Zedillo proposed stringent new anticrime measures that make it easier to fire bad cops. But in an interview last week with TIME, Attorney General Jorge Madrazo Cuellar, a former human-rights ombudsman with little prosecutorial experience, conceded that "Mexico needs a new culture of legality." He plans to announce sweeping new provisions for international participation in the recruiting and training of all Mexican federal police, not just elite antidrug cops. But Madrazo's immediate...
MEXICO Ernesto Zedillo Carlos Salinas (10) 3 years