Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Raul Salinas de Gortari In recent weeks, Mexicans were glued to their televisions to watch a tale of drugs, corruption and murder. It was a “telenovela”, one of Latin America’s countless soap operas. But, unlike most, this one, on the upstart Azteca channel, had heard of politics: to be exact, of the intrigue around ex-president Carlos Salinas de Gortari and his brother Raul Salinas de Gortari. It even started with the murder of an attorney-general, have
acerca de la novela escrita por Enrique Serna; El seductor de la patria. En primer lugar se hablará acerca de Santa Anna en México, ya que esta novela es una novela histórica basada en la vida de Antonio López de Santa Anna. Posteriormente, nos enfocaremos un poco en Enrique Serna, en cómo su ideología o su estilo influyeron para la realización de esta novela histórica y de igual forma, habrá una pequeña sinopsis del libro. Finalmente, mi perspectiva antes y después de la lectura y si de alguna manera
political culture. In the same article, it is noted that Carlos Hank Gonzalez (mastermind of EPN’s run for president) says: “A politician that is poor is a poor politician”, which is causing several mind-shifts on politics. It is important to note that 8 out of the 10 corrupt Mexicans in the list are or where part of the PRI. Among those names you can find Carlos Romero Deschamps (Pemex workers union leader and a PRI member), Raul Salinas de Gortari, Andrés Granier (former PRI governor of Tabasco), Tomás
John Frezza US History In his article The Uncomfortable Truth About NAFTA: It’s Foreign Policy, Stupid published November 1993, Paul Krugman breaks down the North American Free Trade Agreement and arguments the opposition brings to the table. These arguments include NAFTA affecting the number of jobs in the United States, helping or hurting the environment, potential benefit, wage decrease for unskilled workers and foreign policy. When it comes to jobs being impacted by NAFTA, Paul Krugman argues
Agreement (NAFTA) took effect January 1, 1994. It is a trade agreement between all three of countries of North America, which are The United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, the Mexican President, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and former U.S. President George H. Bush spearheaded the agreement. Relationships between the countries were already on good terms, especially between The United States and Canada. Five years before NAFTA went into effect they signed the
Itúrbide’s autocratic rule of Mexico displeased many individuals, which led to his deposition by Antonio López de Santa Anna. Santa Anna drafted Mexico’s new constitution, the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824, which declared Mexico as a federal republic with 19 states and four territories. Santa Anna served as a conservative president of
In order to understand the implications of the drug war one must understand its origin. In the late 1960s there was an increase in recreational drug use in the United State. At the time when recreational drug use rised in United States and around the same time recreational drug use became fashionable among young, white, middle class Americans (Thirty Years, 2014). The social stigmatization previously associated with drugs had lessened as their use became more mainstream (Thirty Years, 2014). Drug
Agreement (CUSFTA). With CUSFTA coming into its junior year, President Bush was getting ready to launch another trade agreement involving the United States and Mexico. With talks already under way between President Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas De Gortari outlining the agreement. Canada was beginning to conjure up fears within its own administration that this new trade agreement between the United States and Mexico might cause CUSFTA to take a back seat. These fear-mongers main campaign point
INTRODUCTION From the Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) to the National Action Party (PAN) to the Party of Democratic Revolution (PRD), Mexico has had many political parties in the past and present but many have questioned the fact that how has PRI manage to stay in power and maintain its place as the dominant party in the past. In this short research paper I am going to be talking about Partido Revolucionario Institutional (PRI) and Mexico. I want to discuss the history of PRI and how it
On 1 January 1994, as Mexico was celebrating the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), masked rebels seized control of parts of the southern state of Chiapas. The Mexican army quickly pushed these rebels, who were mostly indigenous Mexicans, back into the jungles whence they came, but not before the rebellion in Chiapas gained the attention of the world. As time progressed, these rebels did not go away. They identified themselves as the Zapatista Army for National Liberation