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Presents the status of Catholic Church-state relations in Mexico under the administration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Focus on Salinas' overture to the Catholic Church; Salinas' views on anticlericalism; Controversy sparked by Salinas' promise to modernize the government's relationship with the Catholic Church.

Discusses the views of Carlos Salinas De Gortari, former president of Mexico, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger, a Harvard law professor, on global capital market. Overview of the world financial crisis; Analysis on the financial crisis; Views on free trade, capital and labor; Insights on privatization, regulation and private-public partnership.

Studies the structure of the land market in Mexico under the changing economic conditions heralded by the election of Carlos Salinas de Gortari as Mexican president for the six-year period 1988-94. Favorable effects of inflation control; Economic liberalization; Speculations on the type of legacy that will be left for Salinas' successor.

In the eighties, Mexico vacillated between two political regimes: one, statist, populist, and authoritarian, and the other neoliberal, technocratic, and less authoritarian. The interest of powerful business groups, Mexican and foreign, who adopted neoliberal dogma, was sufficient to install Carlos Salinas de Gortari, via the "new" Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in the presidency in a fraudulent election in 1988. The technocracy, first with the PRI and later with the Partido de Acción Nacional (PAN), grabbed power and retained it, carrying out a coup d'etat ex ante against Andrés Manuel López Obrador to keep him from winning the presidency in 2006. The reason is not hard to understand: this candidacy represented something that the power elites were not willing to concede: that the new regime would be toppled to return to one with more state intervention and protection of national sovereignty, especially in matters of control of energy resources. The dilemma of the two overlapping regimes was resolved, with scams and frauds, from the upper echelons of power, in favor of technocratic neoliberalism, under the control of the right-wing PAN since 2000. The major problem is that the center-left party of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and López Obrador, doesn't seem to be up to the historical challenge that it faces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at the bourgeois democracy and political corruption in Mexico. Topics discussed the controversial victory of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Carlos Salinas de Gotari in the 1988 presidential election over Cuauhtémoc Cardenas of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the victory of Felipe Calderon of PRI oer PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO).

Se trata la reforma del sistema educativo mexicano en el siglo XX con énfasis en la descentralización del sistema durante la década de los 1990s bajo el presidente mexicano Carlos Salinas. Se explica que la descentralización de la educación básica y normal de las autoridades federales a las estatales se efectuó mediante el Acuerdo Nacional para la Modernización de la Educación Básica (ANMEB). Se destacan los desafíos a la descentralización y se proponen medidas jurídicas para superarlos.

Discusses the opposition of Mexican workers to a labor law reform proposal known as the Plan Abascal aimed at privatizing industries and social programs that would increase the control of employers. Arguments of the Institutional Revolutionary Party on the benefits of the labor law reform; Decrease in the number of labor unions during former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari's administration; Background on the reform proposed by President Vicente Fox and Secretary of Labor Carlos Abascal.

Discusses the politics of reform in Mexico. Political strategies that allow policymakers to implement difficult economic reforms; Analysis of the policymaking strategy of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas; His elements of political entrepreneurship.

Presents an analysis of Mexico's corporatist institutions during the administrations of presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari, from 1988 to 1994, and Ernesto Zedillo , from 1994 to 2000. Components of traditional Mexican corporatism; Democratization and corporatism; Efforts to reform corporatism under Salinas; Erosion of corporatism under Zedillo.

Presents information on a study which reviewed several divestment achievements of Mexican government under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Concept of political learning; Privatization of companies in Mexico; Conclusions.

Explores the relationship between national policy, agriculture and population characteristics at regional level in Mexico during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-94). Government credit for agriculture; Federal funding of rural development credit; Factors blamed for the disparities in the impact of policies.

Looks at the 1992 Constitutional Reforms in historical context and the politics of regulating religion in Mexico. How the 1992 legislation fit President Carlos Salinas de Gotari's neoliberal program for modernizing Mexico; Historical patterns of church-state relations in Mexico; Exploration of the events leading to the 1992 reforms; Examination of the actual text of the Ley Reglamentaria.

Thanks to the nature of its political system, Mexico has had a long history of political corruption. Yet recent changes in the patterns of corruption and broader political changes have seemingly altered the equation. Anger over rampant corruption under President Carlos Salinas contributed to the stunning electoral defeat of the PRI in July 1997, while the outcome, the PRI's loss of majority control of the Chamber of Deputies, will add to the structural pressures that have mounted in recent years against institutionalised corruption. This article explores these trends. It sets out the historical and theoretical foundations of corruption in Mexico, examines changes in the incidence and patterns of corruption, and discusses the impact of recent political changes on this aspect of the system. Though cautiously optimistic regarding the impact of Mexico's political breakthrough on efforts to deal with the problem of corruption, the essay concludes on a cautious note, highlighting the difficulties other Latin American countries have encountered in strengthening the rule of law and reining in corruption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the constitutionality of the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA) settling of trade disputes before binational panels. According to the article, the issue is whether the panels violate Article III of the U.S. Constitution by undermining U.S. courts. Amendments to Article III are suggested by the author in order to achieve the goals of transnational adjudication. The agreement was signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and aims at strengthening friendship and cooperation among the member nations, creating employment opportunities, and improving living and working conditions.

Discusses the transformation of Mexico under the leadership of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and its impact on United States-Mexican relations. Comparison between Mexico's transformation with that of the Soviet Union; Economic reforms, prospects for political liberalization and implications of the free-trade agreement; Recommendations for US policy.

Addresses the situation of Protestant denominations in Mexico during the administration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Protestant explosion in Latin America; Role of Protestantism in Mexican culture; Clash of Catholicism and Protestantism; Mexico's restoration of full diplomatic ties with the Vatican; Religious impact of Mexico's constitutional amendments.

Examines the tax reforms implemented in Mexico under the administrations of Luis Echeverria Alvarez and Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Focus on the economic, ideological and political conditions behind the successful tx reforms; Mexico's tax system before 1970; Tax reform under Echeverria's populist regime; Tax reform under Salinas' pro-business administration; More.

Examines the social welfare policies of successive Mexican governments from 1976 to 1993. Definitions and functions of social welfare provision; Efficacy of social welfare provision; Political mediation and the government's programs; Social policy of President Carlos Salinas.

El artículo habla de la crisis económica en México, el conflicto en Chiapas, y la destrucción del sueño neoliberal. Aceso a información necesaria para hacer un análisis económico es difícil conseguir, si no imposible, a causa de la propaganda oficial estatal. Uno de los éxitos del Presidente Carlos Salinas fue el control de la inflación. La guerra en Chiapas aún es más peligroso, particularmente después de las elecciones, y el comisionado para la Paz y la Reconciliación en Chiapas, Jorge Madrazo, renunció su puesto por causa del conflicto entre los dos lados

El artículo habla de la crisis en Chiapas, México y como afecta la democracia del país. En 1988, el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) dio a conocer la Declaración de la Selva Lacandona, en que explicó las causas del movimiento, principalmente las demandas de trabajo, tierra, alimentación, salud, y educación, entre otras razones. También, declaró guerra contra la dictadura del jefe iligítimo, el Presidente mexicano Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Aunque el estado de Chiapas tiene varios recursos naturales, como la agricultura, petróleo, y ganadería, es el estado más pobre del país, que padece de altos niveles de analfabetismo y bajos niveles de recursos para sistemas de salud.

El artículo habla de la relación confusa entre la Iglesia y el Estado Mexicano. Una reforma que hizo el Presidente Carlos Salinas al artículo 130 de la Constitutión, separó el poder de la jerarquía católica y el gobierno mexicano. Sin embargo, una unión entre el gobierno y la Iglesia significaría un gran apoyo para el Presidente. La Iglesia siempre fue una fuerza poderosa en el gobierno y, para crecer en la política, fue importante aliarse con ella. Recientemente, se acusaron al obispo y a los sacerdotes de instigar a los indígenas a luchar contra la realidad en que viven.

El artículo habla de las relaciones entre la Iglesia Católica y el Estado en México. En 1992, el presidente mexicano Carlos Salinas dijo que hubo una necesidad de consolidar la reforma de la libertad de creencias. Sin embargo, el presidente reafirmó que la reforma requirió prudencia y responsabilidad para no abrir heridas. Para la Iglesia y los cristianos, los nuevos retos incluyeron mantener una conciencia lúcida y críticas de las creencias centrales frente a la realidad del país.

El artículo habla de la relación entre la Iglesia Católica y el Estado en México. En la historia mexicana, la independencia de instituciones estatales siempre era de mucha importancia. Sin embargo, la única institución que tenía el poder de influir al nivel nacional era la Iglesia Católica. En 1991, el Presidente Carlos Salinas anunció que quería modernizar esta relación y, luego, por ejemplo, prohibió que las iglesias interviñieran en la educación pública.

Focuses on civil unrest in Mexico. January 1994 uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) on five towns and an army barracks in Chiapas; Credibility crisis of the administration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Popular rejection of violence and political resilience on both sides of the conflict; Fixed deadline for clean elections; Significance of democratization on the country.

Examines the privatization of ejidos in Mexico as part of President Carlos Salinas de Gotavi's economic reform policy. Use of three emic discourse models to evaluate the privatization policy. Defense for the Salinas reforms; Notions of `selling' and `selling out' in property and political terms; Notions of `Mexican' and `Spanish' attitudes towards free trade and capitalism; Critique of Salinas reforms.

Presents an interview with Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Mexico's reforms or Salinastroika; Economic integration with the United States; Advantages for the US in the free trade agreement; Service program called Solidarity; Answering charges of political fraud; Improving human rights; Pollution penalties.

Argues that there is no reason to believe that the almost century-long process of economic integration between Mexico and the United States would halt without some kind of formal trade agreement. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; US President George Bush; President-elect Bill Clinton; What Mexico got from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); What Mexico wants from a free trade agreement; A progressive social compact; More.

Discusses the domestic origins of Mexico's position on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), focusing on the internal forces and changing national conditions that brought President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to his present pro-free-trade stance. Mexico's ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI); Institutional transformation of one-party rule and Mexico's new politics; Laying the institutional bases for protectionism; The transformation of corporatist politics; More.

Discusses Mexico's recent Presidential elections. New President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Challenge to the ruling Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI); National Democratic Front candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas; National Action Party (PAN) candidate Manuel Clouthier; Charges of corruption; Mexican economy; The campaign; Mexico's 54th Congress; Reform of the PRI; Performance of outgoing President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado.

Presents a vision of a large number of Mexicans who are struggling to open the way for democracy and discusses the relations that are being developed between Mexico and the United States. Propeganda campaign by Mexican government and Carlos Salinas; Economic adjustment taking place since 1982; Placing burden of adjustment on the shoulders of workers and major social groups; More.

The article focuses on the consequences of the Chiapas insurrection on Mexico and the U.S. The U.S. political establishment appears to have adopted a policy of damage control to limit the political costs of the Chiapas insurrection against the government and economic policies of statesman Carlos Salinas. Under this policy, the government of Mexico is being treated almost as if it were a part of the U.S. domestic scene. Or perhaps it reflects the U.S. gratitude for Salinas's impressive achievements, such as the unilateral opening of the Mexican domestic market, the privatization of some of the most important sectors of the Mexican economy, all sorts of Constitutional modifications designed to suit foreign interests, and the transformation of Mexico into an exclusive paradise for U.S. and Canadian investors by the North American Free Trade Agreement. All earlier warnings regarding the dangers of continuing the current IMF and World Bank economic policies in Mexico and the rest of Latin America have been ignored by the U.S. administration.

Discusses the policies of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari towards enhancement of international economic relations of Mexico. Concentration on renegotiation regarding the country's external debt; Agreements with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for approval of the stabilization and restructuring program; Debt negotiations and economic relationship with the United States.