Salinas at midterm. (Mexico President Carlos Salinas de Gortari)

From: National Review | Date: February 3, 1992| Author: Strother, Robert S. | Copyright information

Salinas de Gortari is halfway through a six-year term. He economic achievements have made him one of the most popular Mexican political leaders in many years. When he assumed office, inflation was at an annual rate of 159%. It is now under 20%.

THREE YEARS ago Carlos Salinas de Gortari was being denounced as a usurper whose claim to the Mexican presidency was based on a blatant election fraud perpetrated by his Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). That is forgotten now. At...

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