THE CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM

1958-1970 Characteristics of the period of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

(1964 to 1970). The first
Characteristics of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines' government
the end of his six-year term (1958)
social conflicts
Economic measures favored growth, yes The first conflict he faced was about
that investments are directed towards industry, instead of
field between reactions of its kind, a price increase, residents and medical interns of ISSSTE,
raise the cost of living.
who organized a movement of
There will be expressions of discontent at work.
protest.
they questioned the impact of the presidential elections
The government granted some benefits and
increases, but also used means of
pressure accusing the doctors of
Characteristics of the Adolfo López period
Mateos, president from 1958 to communists, arresting many.

1964 - your response to political movements.

Characteristics of the period of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Suppress any movement that threatens the
(1964 to 1970). In economic matters.
stability.
I continue the participation of the State in the
Repression of political and social movements.
economy.
To the demonstrations of the railway workers.
The tax reforms of 1965 improved the
In San Luis Potosí, the post-electoral problem is
tax burden to take advantage of income.
governor, of Doctor Salvador Nava, left as
They favored public investment
balance to several deceased persons and the candidate
In 1968 there was dynamism in some
arrested and transferred to Mexico City.
sectors in demand for goods and services,
The peasant leader Rubén Jaramillo, who fought for
the Olympics - positive balance for the country
the land distribution in Morelos, to whom the government
in tourist matters.
he had been granted amnesty was murdered on the 23rd of
However, the external debt increased
May 1962, by a group of military personnel.
more than in the previous six-year term.
 THE CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM 1958-
1970
Characteristics of the Adolfo López period Characteristics of the period of

Mateos (1958 to 1964). On the subject Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

economic. (1964 to 1970). Agricultural policy and

Mexico joined the Latin American Free Association worker

Trade, opening
He distributed more land to the peasants than
new markets for our products.
his predecessors: reached 24 million of
He managed to balance the balance of payments, stop the rise in costs of
hectares.
life and advance
The irrigation works intensified.
in the development of industries such as oil, petrochemicals
the steel industry and the He fostered the creation of union forces,
electricity. rewarded the loyalty of the labor movement (in the

They reformed several articles of the constitution regarding 1968 conflict) with the Federal Labor Law
utilization
from 1970, where their rights were expanded.
of natural resources, public services, social security,
taxes, works

Presidente de México (1970-1976)

Since the beginning of his administration, Luis
Echeverría tried to distance himself from his
responsibility in the repression of the movement
student movement of 1968, through a speech of
opening towards university youth; in
especially with those from UNAM. During 1968 and
In 1971, the UNAM budget grew by a
1688 [citation needed], the bureaucratic sector
increased from 600,000 in 1972 to 2.2 million in
1976, employing a large number of graduates
university students of the 60s. In the cabinet there was a
78 % de egresados de la UNAM, inclusive un
líder del 68, llamado Francisco Javier Alejo, fue
THE CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
1958-1970
Repression and Dirty War
On June 10, 1971, a student demonstration took place in
Mexico City in support of the students from Monterrey. These
they were received by a paramilitary group in the service of the state,
called 'The Hawks'. The president ordered the repression against the
same, although she publicly distanced herself from the events and requested the
resignation of the then head of the Federal District Department,
Alfonso Martínez Domínguez. These events were known with the
name of El Halconazo or the Corpus Thursday Massacre.
From 1972 until 1976, he ordered various sabotage actions against the newspaper.
Excélsior, which was directed by Julio Scherer García and
he was carrying out a critical work against his government. Echeverría ordered
so a strategy to censor freedom of expression of
newspaper, achieving it with the Excélsior Crisis of 1976, which derived
in the forced exit of Scherer and his team.
It was called the Dirty War, during which a large number
de personas fueron torturadas y desaparecidas. Durante su gobierno
 THE CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
The crisis with the student movement of
1968

After the presidency

The Special Prosecutor's Office for Social and Political Movements of the Past decided to indict
Echeverría for his alleged responsibility in the massacre of students in the Plaza de the
Three Cultures in Tlatelolco in 1968, the massacre of 1971, and the forced disappearance of
people in the so-called Dirty War of Mexico. On July 2, 2002, it was the first
political official summoned to testify before the Mexican justice system In that same year
an arrest warrant is issued against him, but he obtains an injunction that results in a ruling
of freedom.16
In February 2006, at the age of 84, he was hospitalized for a circulation problem.
blood in the brain. On April 4, 2006, a total of 14 plots were seized.

In 1963, President Kennedy (U.S.) himself

the
they were murdered in front of millions of spectators.

Che Guevara fell into an ambush in

Bolivia and
On June 30, 2006, a federal judge ordered his arrest again for
died in 1967
the massacre of 1968 and he was placed under house arrest due to his condition
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he decreed the absolute freedom of the former president, as well as his exoneration from
the guerrilla had been neutralized, and a
charge of genocide for the referred acts.
ambiente favorable para una amnistía para los
On August 19, 2015, the INAI ordered the Attorney General's Office to
Public Prosecutor's Office (PGR) to deliver public version of the preliminary investigations
PGR/FEMOSPP/002/2002 and PGR/FEMOSPP/011/2002, related to
the events that occurred on October 2, 1968, and June 10, 1971, in the
cuales se consignó por el delito de genocidio a varias personas, incluido al