Analysis of the Mexican Economy

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how eduardo valle, former aide to jorge carpizo, allegedly links government officials and drug traffickers to the assassination of presidential candidate colosio.
• Explains that mexican investors took close to $11 billion dollars out of mexico in a few days in december 1994. political turmoil caused the collapse of the peso, requiring $20 billion bailout from the u.s.
• Explains that a houston company exporting to mexico will find some difficulty selling its goods due to the unfavorable exchange rate. if the mexican businesses expect that the peso will devalue further, they may purchase big ticket items now.
• Opines that mexico's economic austerity program is setting the stage for a solid and sustainable recovery from the recent financial crisis.
• Analyzes how economic, political crisis shadows zedillo's first national address.
• Analyzes dean, d., mexico doing right things to turn itself around, houston chronicle.
• Describes marcos' communique to the national conference for peace.
• Explains whalen's newsletter assassins in mexico, which provides litigation management, cross-border due diligence, and communications strategy with respect to mexico and other emerging markets.
• Explains that mexico was the site of some of the earliest and most advanced civilizations in the western hemisphere.
• Explains that the mexican church became wealthy through gifts and bequests that could be held in perpetuity. the peninsulares held the highest colonial offices in both the civil and church administrations.
• Explains that the government favored the rich owners of large estates, increasing their properties by assigning them communal lands that belonged to the native americans.
• Explains how mexico's expropriation laws, including the national railways, and the soil rights of oil companies, affected the mexican oil industry. the good neighbor policy of the united states was dominant in mexican politics.
• Explains that mexico's economy grew at a healthy annual pace from 1970 to 1974, but growth decreased markedly and inflation rose substantially.
• Explains the mexican population is composed of three main groups: the people of spanish descent, the native americans, and the mixed spanish and native american ancestry, or mestizos.
• Explains that mexico consists of 32 administrative divisions—31 states and the distrito federal (federal district). the national executive power is vested in a president, who must be mexican-born.
• Explains that mexican culture is a rich, complex blend of native american, spanish, and american traditions.
• Explains mexico's economic achievements are the result of a vigorous private enterprise sector and government policies.
• Explains that the mexican legislature ratified nafta in 1993, creating the largest free-trade zone in the world.
• Describes how the zapatista national liberation army (ezln) captured four towns in the southern mexican state of chiapas and demanded better treatment for poor indians.
• Explains that former mexican police commander fernando de la sota rodalleguez was a paid informant for the u.s. central intelligence agency in mexico city from 1990 to 1992.
• Analyzes how mexico's social and civic institutions are crumbling under the pressure of drug-related lawlessness and corruption, factors that are making mexico a very dangerous place even for members of the ruling elite.
• Explains that subcommandante marcos is the enigmatic spokesperson and highest army commander of the zapatista national liberation army.