Colosio's turn: Mexico. (Luis Donaldo Colosio wins Independent Revolutionary Party nomination for president in 1994) From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 4, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has governed Mexico for most of the 20th century, has named Luis Donaldo Colosio to head its ticket in the 1994 general election. Colosio, a former senator from Sonora, is a protege of current president Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

AFTER months of speculation, Mexico's ever-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) on November 28th named its candidate for the presidential election due in August: Luis Donaldo Colosio, a 43-year-ol...