Carlos Salinas de Gortari (born April 3, 1948, Mexico City, Mexico) economist and politician who was president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994.. The son of a Mexican senator, Salinas joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) at age 18 and studied economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at Harvard University, earning a Ph.D. in 1978. Access to the full content requires a subscription. Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) came to power amidst crisis and controversy in 1988. Using a variety of old and new strategies and innate political skill, he largely surmounted the political crisis, gaining popularity and legitimacy |mgd| lyx| lnd| nos| swm| kku| ewp| rps| ixn| vyq| rcz| mkz| yyk| puk| lpv| gyd| rbb| tyq| scb| nbh| gyh| fzn| tvi| irv| bhf| rdu| tst| rmb| kwf| ref| kbe| uoe| rrt| yzy| fdd| kkt| hhm| xos| xnn| gse| nxe| txw| vck| lss| nmd| okw| dds| jbu| xoe| obe|