POLITICS IN MEXICOPOLITICS IN MEXICOLUIS ESTRADALUIS ESTRADA

lmestrad@weber.ucsd.edulmestrad@weber.ucsd.eduSpring quarter 2005Spring quarter 2005

Oil Prices, 1947-2003Oil Prices, 1947-2003

Inflation monthly Inflation monthly rates, 1981-1994rates, 1981-1994

Political Debacle of the Political Debacle of the PRIPRI

77.9 74.3

90.4 88.8 86.0

73.6

50.3 48.8

36.9

93.6a

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20.0

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40.0

50.0

60.0

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1946 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000

YEAR

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Miguel de la MadridMiguel de la Madrid

Cuahtemoc Cardenas Cuahtemoc Cardenas and the PRDand the PRD

Carlos SalinasCarlos Salinas

Constitutional Constitutional Reforms, 1920-2000Reforms, 1920-2000

2 2 1 9 8 9 91 8

711 11 11

15 13

28

17

36

82

59

2

168 11

21

211

17

39

73

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Zedillo

President

Num

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Reforms Articles Reformed

1994: The year of the 1994: The year of the breakdownbreakdown

Presidential Election of Presidential Election of 19941994

Governors Gov. 'resigned' Oppositiona

resigned' per Year (avg.) GovernorsEmilio Portes Gil 1928 - 1930 7 3.5 -Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1930 - 1932 9 4.5 -Abelardo L. Rodriguez 1932 - 1934 5 2.5 -Lazaro Cardenas 1934 - 1940 19 3.2 -Manuel Avila Camacho 1940 - 1946 11 1.8 -Miguel Aleman 1946 - 1952 16 2.7 -Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 1952 - 1958 9 1.5 -Adolfo Lopez Mateos 1958 - 1964 3 0.5 -Gustavo Diaz Ordaz 1964 -1970 2 0.3 -Luis Echeverria 1970 - 1976 9 1.5 -Jose Lopez Portillo 1976 - 1982 6 1.0 -Miguel de la Madrid 1982 - 1988 6 1.0 -Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1988 - 1994 17 2.8 3Ernesto Zedillo 1994 - 2000 4 0.7 13

President

NUMBER OF STATE GOVERNORS NOT COMPLETING THEIR TERMS IN GIVEN PERIODS*

Period