Mexico election 1988 narcos. General elections were held in mexico on july 6 1988. Cecilia rosario was a mexican politician of the pri party and one of the campaign managers of the pri candidate for the 1988 mexican presidential elections. Carlos salinas de gortari referred in the credits as the president elect was the president of mexico from 1988 to 1994.
Even though the elections are extremely controversial and some maintain that salinas won legally the expression se cayo el sistema the system crashed became a colloquial euphemism for electoral fraud. A member of the pri his victory in the 1988 elections was a result of interference from the guadalajara cartel. In the chamber of deputies election the institutional revolutionary party won 260 of the 500 seats as well as winning 60 of the 64 seats in the senate election.
The candidates brother sent her to meet with drug trafficker miguel angel felix gallardo who had obtained computer predictions of the elections results which predicted a massive defeat for the pri. Since 1929 the pri was dominated by an ideology that has been baptized as revolutionary nationalism this ideology having emerged from the revolution had a centrist profile and it sought to fulfill the promise of social justice education health home work culture for mexicans. Despite this in order to get a favourable rating from the united states to establish a trade deal that would benefit the mexican businessmen who were his political donors he authorized the arrest of guadalajara cartel leader miguel angel felix gallardo in.
Explaining the history of mexican politics and rigged election of 1988. On election day july 6 1988 the system crashed and when it was finally restored carlos salinas was declared the official winner. And that seemed like something that needed to be covered in season two along.
There was a very significant election in 1988 which began one of mexicos most corrupt political administrations. What really happened in the 1988 mexican election. It was the lowest for a winning candidate since direct elections were introduced for the presidency in 1917.
A facade of reform by andrew reding. The narco president wins by electoral fraud exhibit a. Although the level of corruption shown in narcos depiction of the 1988 election is staggering in its blatantness this is actually fairly true to.
Mexico season 2 episode 8 recap. Excerpted from the world policy journal fall 1989 mexico under salinas. Former mexican president reveals 88 presidential election was rigged by ginger thompson the new york times mexico city.
President miguel de la madrid governed mexico for most of the 1980s through one of its most painful economic crises a devastating earthquake and a period of diplomatic tensions with the united states. As one observer put it for the ordinary citizen it was not the computer network but the mexican political system that had crashed. So far from god so close to the united states popular mexican expression 1988.
Carlos salinas de gortari was declared the winner with the ministry of interior saying he had received 507 of the vote.