Word: echeverria
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party conference earlier this month, the P.R.I. leadership did its best to snuff out the troublemakers. In an unusual attempt to demonstrate party unity, De la Madrid was joined on the dais by two former Presidents, Luis Echeverria and Jose Lopez Portillo, both of whom have been widely discredited. Warned P.R.I. President Jorge de la Vega: "Those who do not want to respect the will of the immense majority of party members should renounce our party and seek affiliation with other political organizations." In response, the Mexico City daily Jornada editorialized last week: "The leaders of the party pretend that...
Most of Mexico's political frustration is now directed at outgoing President Lopez Portillo. When he took office in 1976, the urbane Mexican leader was seen as the right man to correct the errors of his left-leaning predecessor, Luis Echeverria Alvarez. The charismatic President speedily pushed Echeverria's henchmen out of office, restored international business confidence in Mexico with pro-business rhetoric and a pledge of conservative fiscal policies, and promised the Mexican people an administration of "abundance." Lopez Portillo aimed to create millions of jobs, open up the country's political system to limited dissent...
Another way to break dependency on the United States, Fuentes believes, is to further develop relations with other Third World nations by diversifying trade and developing greater political ties. Such efforts began with the last president, Luis Echeverria, and have been intensified under current President Lopez Portillo. Most recent attempts have been statements defending Cuba and agreements with Venezuela to provide 30-percent oil credit to Central American and Caribbean oil-importing nations...
...boasts the region's highest per capita income ($1,650), the country ran up a formidable $650 million trade deficit last year, mainly because of spiraling oil bills. The result has been declining growth, rising food prices and increased labor unrest. Warns Economist Angel Rodríguez Echeverria: "Unless we resolve our economic problems, Costa Rica could become vulnerable to the troubles of other Central American countries...