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NAME Luis Echverria Alvarez
Presidential
Period 1970-76
Born January 17, 1922
Inicio sus estudios en su ciudad natal, donde también
continuó la secundaria y la preparatoria. Estudió en la
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), de
donde egresó como abogado. Como estudiante;
Echeverria fundó el grupo Mundo Libre
Early Life and
Juvenil de México y la revista México y la
Education Universidad.
Political party Institutional Revolutionary party.
Echeverría joined the faculty of the National Autonomous University of
Mexico in 1947 and taught political theory. He rose in the hierarchy of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and eventually became the private
secretary of the party president, General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada.
Echeverría served as Interior Secretary under President Gustavo Díaz
Ordaz from 1964 to 1970. He apparently maintained a hard line against
student protesters throughout 1968. Clashes between the government and
protesters culminated in the Tlatelolco massacre in October 1968, a few
days before the 1968 Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City. In a
separate incident, he ordered the transfer of 15% of the Mexican military
to the state of Guerrero to counter guerrilla groups operating there. He
became president in 1970. He is accused of irresponsible government
spending, increasing inflation, and cronyism — which is symbolized by
appointing his good friend and eventual successor José López Portillo as
Political Finance Minister — violent devaluations of the peso, from 12.50 MXP per
Career dollar in 1954 to 20 per dollar in late 1976, as well as for rising debt.

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Once Echeverría became president, he embarked on a far-reaching

program of populist political and economic reform, nationalizing the
mining and electrical industries, redistributing private land in the states of
Sinaloa and Sonora to peasants, opposing American "expansionism,"
supporting the leftist Chilean leader Salvador Allende, condemning
Zionism, allowing the Palestine Liberation Organization to open an office
in the capital, and imposing limits on foreign investment, and extending
Mexico's patrimonial waters to 200 miles (370 km). He also created a
Economic special commission to destroy Mexico's forests, believing they were of no
Policy economic benefit, using that land for agriculture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Echeverría
http://www.economia.com.mx/luis_echeverria_alvarez.htm
Source http://www.superseventies.com/singles.html
(WWW)
Top 5 songs ABC-The Jackson 5(1970), Just my Imagination-The Temptations(1971),
playing at the Lets Get It on-Marvin Gaye (1973), Play that funky music-Wild Cherry
time (1976) American Pie-Don Mclean(1972)

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NAME Jose Lopez Portillo
Presidential
Period December 1 1976-November 30, 1982
Born July 16 1920
Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1995, López Portillo
married his long time mistress, the Yugoslavian-born actress Sasha
Montenegro. They had two children but separated years later. He was the
Early Life and brother of late Mexican novelist Margarita López Portillo. Was a writer,
Education teacher and lawyer.
Political party Instituitional Revolutionary Party

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Began his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) 
in 1959. He held several positions in the administrations of his two 
predecessors before being appointed to serve as finance minister under 
Luis Echeverría, a close friend, from 1973 to 1975. His administration was 
marked by corruption scandals and the collapse of Mexico’s currency in 
Political his final year in office. López Portillo became notorious for graft and 
Career nepotism

He reformed Mexico’s tax structure, greatly increasing the government’s

revenues. López Portillo undertook actions which were highly
controversial with respect to the international banking establishment. One
of his last actions as president, announced during his annual State of the
Nation address on September 1, 1982, was to order the nationalization of
Economic
Policy the country's banking system.
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm
Source http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572343/jose_lopez_portillo.html
(WWW) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_López_Portillo
Top 5 songs Dancing Queen-Abba(1977), Staying Alive-Bee Gees(1978), I will
playing at the Survive-Gloria Gaynor(1979), Another brick wall- Pink Floyd(1980),
time Jessie’s Girl- Rick Springfield(1981)

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NAME Miguel de la madrid Hurtado
Presidential Period December 1 1982-November 30 1988
Born December 12, 1934

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Miguel de la Madrid graduated with a bachelor's degree in Law
from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and
received a master's degree in Public Administration from the John
F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in the
United States. He worked for Mexico's central bank and lectured in
law at UNAM before securing a position at the Secretariat of
Early Life and Finance in 1965. Between 1970 and 1972 he was employed by
Education Petróleos Mexicanos, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company
Political party Institutional Revolutionary Party
In 1976 he was chosen to serve in José López Portillo's cabinet as
secretary of budget and planning. He won the elections that took
place on July 4, 1982, and took office the following December. He
is a member of Collegium International, an organazation of leaders
with political, scientific, and ethical expertise whose goal is to
provide new approaches in overcoming the obstacles in the way of
a peaceful, socially just and an economically sustainable world. He
was a market-oriented President, and his time in power was one of
the most difficult periods of the country because of his
predecessors' policies, as well as the decreasing demand for oil. his
administration's mishandling of the infamous 1985 earthquake in
Mexico City damaged his popularity for initially refusing
international aid, and it placed Mexico's delicate path to economic
recovery on an even more precarious situation, as the destruction
Political Career also extended to other parts of the country

He introduced liberal economic reforms that encouraged foreign

investment, and widespread privatisations of outdated state-run
industries and reduction of tariffs, a process that continued under
his successors, which immediately caught the attention of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international
Economic Policy observers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_la_Madrid
Source (WWW)
Billie Jean-Michael Jackson(1983), Footloose-Kenny
Loggins(1984), We are the World-USA for Africa(1985), Say
Top 5 songs playing you Say Me- Lionel Ricie(1986), Livin on a Prayer-Bon Jovi
at the time (1987)

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NAME
Presidential Period 1988-94
Born

Early Life and

Education
Political party

Political Career

Economic Policy
Source (WWW)

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Top 5 songs playing
at the time

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NAME
Presidential Period
Born

Early Life and

Education
Political party

Political Career

Economic Policy
Source (WWW)
Top 5 songs playing
at the time

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NAME
Presidential Period
Born

Early Life and

Education
Political party

Political Career

Economic Policy
Source (WWW)
Top 5 songs playing
at the time

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NAME
Presidential Period
Born

Early Life and

Education
Political party

Political Career

Economic Policy
Source (WWW)

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Top 5 songs playing
at the time

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