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Analyzes how Mexico's technocrats mishandled the peso and brought about its crash in December 1994. The peso's devaluation by former finance minister Jaime Serra Puche; Former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari; NAFTA; President Ernesto Zedillo; His economic emergency plan; New finance minister Guillermo Ortiz; What it will take to make the emergency plan work.

Asserts that Mexico's long-awaited economic takeoff is nowhere in sight. The sweeping free-market reforms that have left Mexico in low gear; Effect of the March 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio; Why the winner of the August 21 presidential election will have an economic policy like that of outgoing President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

Comments on the global effect of last week's assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio in Tijuana, Mexico last week. Why Mexico was a model for backward countries; Why they may conclude that economic reform brings violence in its wake; Basis of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's reforms; The real lesson from Tijuana for African and Asian leaders.

Focuses on political violence in Mexico. The uprising in southern Chiapas state by Zapatista National Liberation Army rebels, squelched by the army last week; How even a localized guerrilla war endangers Mexico's precious new image; Comment by Roderic Camp of Tulane University on things the Mexican government has tried to keep hidden; President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; More.

Comments on Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's selection of Luis Donaldo Colosio, 43, as his party's next presidential candidate. The view of critics that he had found a way around the country's ban on a second term; Colosio's comment on reforms.

Cites winners and losers in the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Winners include President Bill Clinton, who almost overnight was transformed from feckless blabbermouth to fearsome dealmaker. Other winners: President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, jobs, business, free trade; Losers: unions, Ross Perot; Details.

Speculates on where the Mexican miracle of economic recovery went astray. How President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has done everything the experts counseled to bring a moribund economy back from the throes of a debt crisis and won high praise from abroad; How the praise is out of tune with the Mexican reality of being close to recession; What has hurt Mexico's growth prospects; The critical problem involving the Mexican peso; What will give Mexico a boost.

Speculates whether an ugly story about Mexican President Carlos Salinas has been revived in an effort to derail NAFTA. The story, dealing with the death of Salinas' childhood nanny; Details.

States Mexico's stock market plunged when US budget director Leon Panetta declared the North American Free Trade Agreement to lower trade and investment barriers is `dead' in Congress. President Bill Clinton rushed to disclaim Panetta's remarks; Mexico's economy nearly dead in the water; Economic growth not keeping pace with population growth; Anxiety over Clinton's insistence on renegotiating parts of NAFTA; Exposing President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's fragility.

Reports that Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari asked some leading 30 Mexican businessmen to aid the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Amount he wanted to be donated; New contribution limit.

Considers the chances of legislative approval for the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the United States. Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gotari's ecstatic reaction to the conclusion of negotiations on this measure; Belief that the proposal will run into trouble in the US Senate.

Reports that a string of mid-morning explosions demolished a working-class neighborhood in Guadalajara, Mexico. Details of the search for the cause of the blasts; Role of Pemex, the powerful government-owned oil company; Actions taken by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

Discusses how Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has transformed his nation's economy with a dramatic program of free-market reform since taking office three years ago. Why he is taking heat from Americans; Salinas' challenges at home todemocratize the political system; Additional excerpts of Salinas' interview with `Newsweek.'

Describes difficulties Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari faces in pushing for a U.S.-Mexico free-trade pact that could one day create an integrated North American market. Wrestling with traditional Mexican suspicions of North American exploitation; Promise that nationalized oil will stay off-limits to American companies; Convincing Congress and American investors he can maintain political stability. INSET: Reform at two different rhythms..

Columnist Robert J. Samuelson discusses Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari's proposed free-trade agreement between the United States and Mexico. Greater trade does not automatically create good will; Simple message; Objections; Answers to objections.

Discusses the Inauguration of Carlos Salinas de Gortari as president of Mexico and the problems he faces, including economic problems, a shaky mandate and power struggles.

Reports on the furor in Mexico over the country's never-ending election and charges of inflated vote counts to get the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, into office. Meanwhile, PRI leadership is under attack from within for being too weak. Charges; Inside attacks.

Cites news items related to politics. Visit of writer Susan Sontag to Saravejo to direct a play entitled "Waiting for Godot"; Publication of the murder of a 13-year-old nanny by four-year-old Carlos Salinas in Mexican periodicals "Excelsior" and "El Universal"; Pope John Paul II's statements on the need to value human life and moral truths during his visit to the U.S.; Ruth K. Webb Elementary School's adoption of an Afrocentric curriculum.

Looks at the United States inquiry into Citibank's professional relationship with Raul Salinas de Gortari, the eldest brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas. Question of whether Citibank laundered drug money for Raul Salinas; Focus on the laws which make it a crime for financial institutions to knowingly accept money earned through criminal activity; Charges which face the elder Salinas.

Focuses on Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, elected as Mexico's new president in late 1994. How the 42-year-old Yale-educated economist could inherit a chillier relationship with the United States than his predecessor, Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Political assassinations and kidnappings that are eating away at the ruling PRI party's stability and popularity; Zedillo's many challenges.

Reports on the corrupt practices of the Salinas family of Mexico, published in `Maclean's' by Sallie Hughes. November 1995 arrest of Paulina Castanon, sister-in-law of former President Carlos Salinas, while trying to withdraw $115 million from a Swiss bank; February 1995 imprisonment of Raul Salinas for frustrated murder; Charges of treason facing the former President Carlos Salinas.

Looks at another scandal involving the family of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari as Paulina Castanon, Salinas' sister-in-law, was arrested on November 24, 1995 as part of a money-laundering case. Her husband, Raul Salinas; Mario Ruiz Massieu; How public outrage is rebounding on current President Ernesto Zedillo; Question of whether Carlos Salinas is in Canada.

Discusses the trials and tribulations of the Salinas clan of Mexico. The misdeeds of Raul Salinas, brother of the former president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas; Raul Salinas' troubles with the law and how his case has yet to produce results; Mexicans accustomed to their media and politicians discovering conspiracies and then unsurprised when these amount to nothing; Carlos Salinas breaking his silence in the fall of 1995.

Reports on Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's measures which laid the foundation for the improvement of the country's environmental services market. Inefficiency of the country's national water and wastewater treatment network; Economic and social measures to open up Mexican markets; Establishment of the 100 Cities Program; Foreign companies which won environmental services contracts.

El artículo presenta un análisis de la crónica como género periodístico, con énfasis en la situación del periodismo en América Latina. En opinión del autor, el mayor reto como escritor de crónicas es mantener un equilibrio entre el lenguaje y la narración. El autor hace referencia a los trabajos del cronista puertorriqueño Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá, de la brasileña Carol Pires y del nicaragüense Carlos Salinas.

El artículo presenta un perfil del economista y político mexicano Carlos Salinas. El autor ofrece una reflexión personal del desarrollo ideológico de Salinas a través de anécdotas, desde su época de estudiante de la Escuela de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma de México hasta los años posteriores a la presidencia de México.

The article focuses on Andrés Manuel López Obrador, leading candidate to succeed President Vicente Fox in Mexico. Many observers have described him as a leftist. His policies are similar to those of the Institutional Revolutionary Party before former president Carlos Salinas. Public work initiatives launched by the candidate include the refurbishment of the historic center of the city and inauguration of the University of Mexico City. One of the goals of Obrador for the country is to stimulate economic growth.

The article profiles television (TV) news anchor Jorge Ramos of the network Univision. Topics include his advocacy on behalf of Hispanic Americans and undocumented immigrants in the U.S., a feud between Ramos and 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Ramos's interviews with politicians including former Cuban President Fidel Castro, former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and U.S. President Barack Obama. The role of Univision in the TV network Fusion is noted.

Discusses Mexico City's food, shopping, and new traffic and air-pollution control laws. New President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; Where to exchange money; Leon Trotsky's house and other tourist attractions; Mexico City mayor Manuel Camacho Solis.

Contends that a common market between Mexico and the United States will worsen Mexico's economic and environmental plight. How the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would work; Promises made by Mexican leader Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI); Why the promises are false.

Presents an interview with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari in which he reveals his plans for making Mexico a powerhouse. North American free trade agreement (NAFTA); Why trade between Canada and Mexico is so negligible; Areas in which trade will increase; Educational reform in Mexico; Influence of events in Eastern Europe; Sources of capital for Mexican expansion; Hemispheric free trade; More.

Discusses the state of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Talks between Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President George Bush; Mr. Bush's relationship with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gotari; Details of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (EAI).