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...normally controlled Salinas lost his temper. He screamed and yelled, then attempted to reach the new President by phone. Zedillo was not answering. Salinas tried ringing lower-level officials in a frantic bid to negotiate. A few called back, but none could help. Finally, in desperation, he dispatched several members of his military guard to his sister's house. Halfway there, the guards were halted on orders of Defense Secretary Enrique Cervantes, who had radioed for them to be stopped...
Minutes later, Salinas broke with a long-standing tradition that requires former Presidents to refrain from publicly criticizing their successors, and telephoned a popular pro-government news program to issue an emotional appeal. Saying nothing about his brother, he denounced the Zedillo government for the ``errors of December,'' an unmistakable reference to his successor's disastrous peso devaluation, which sent the economy into a tailspin. While Salinas' statement transfixed Mexicans with its breach of political decorum, it did little to restore the reputation of the former President...
Some observers believe prosecutors are now investigating a possible thread linking the two assassinations: a complex conspiracy within the ruling party to prevent further reform at the national level. Whether or not that theory is ever proved, President Zedillo has already done more than look honest. In a party where back-room players call many of the shots, he has served notice that he is no pushover for the powers that be in the P.R.I. In a system where acting Presidents refrain from investigating the crimes of their predecessors as a guarantee that their own peccadilloes will not fall under...
...management of the economic crisis has found a way to shake up the party that has ruled Mexico for 66 years, helped break its history of high-handed rule and improved his own image. Although the revelations sent the peso skidding to an all-time low on Friday, Zedillo's willingness to back the inquiry is proving popular with Mexicans long skeptical that promises of reform will ever be fulfilled. In a poll published on Thursday, 68% said they trust Zedillo more now that Raul Salinas is in jail...
...President must tread carefully. While Zedillo's own distance from the political Old Guard makes it easier for him to reform the system, many Mexicans wonder if he is too naive to understand the risks involved in taking on the men in the shadows. Colosio and Ruiz Massieu may have been killed, after all, simply for threatening to reduce the power of the mighty. Zedillo has already gone beyond that by threatening to punish the mighty...