Mexican City Of Mexico City - 1366 Words

In 1997, Mexico City was finally allowed to elect their own mayor, which in the past had always been appointed by the President. Because of the way the PRI had ran the government before this, and all the distrustful things that have occurred, the people of Mexico made it very clear that they disliked the PRI. Mexico City produced 50% of the gross income and one the fastest developing areas in the entire country. The first mayors that were elected were leftest opposite of the PRI. The final straw for the PRI was when Salinas was elected president, who was a spoiled child that had never ran for politics before and translated to being a horrible president. From the beginning, Salinas was corrupted and isolated from the larger nation,†¦show more content†¦On New Year’s Eve, the President gets a call saying the Mayas are taking towns. Salinas saw this as an embarrassment to his country. He believed that events like this only occurred in second rate countries, not in his. The rebels and the government come to an unspoken agreement that the Indians form a group with leftstas face pf and called it the â€Å"Subcomandante Marcos†. By the end of his term, Salinas was pleased with himself even if no one else was. Even though the PRI lost its credibility and its hold over the country before the legendary group lost its power, they were able to make huge changes. One example of that would be turning the country in free trade economy. Another one of the many unwise things Salinas did was sign the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA was setup to encourage free trade and investments between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. NAFTA was implemented on January 1, 1994 and it first eliminated a good majority of the tarriffs on exports to and from the US. It’s plan was to do away with all tarriffs on exports from US to Mexico within 10 years. The only exception was that they planned to phase out the US agricultural exports withi n 15 years instead of 10. In that sense, it did accomplish what it was meant to do, however, that agreement was not beneficial for either party. For the Americans, it was taking jobs and forcing