BY DAVID LUHNOW
MEXICO CITY?Former Mexican president Miguel de la Madrid, who inherited a virtually bankrupt country and forced Mexico's closed economy to open to the outside world, died on Sunday at age 77.
President Felipe Calder?n's office confirmed the death, which was attributed to lung disease. Mr. de la Madrid was a longtime smoker and had been hospitalized with emphysema for months.
A graduate of Harvard, Mr. de la Madrid was the first of Mexico's modern technocratic presidents, coming after two consecutive populist presidents? Lu?s Echeverria and Jos? L?pez Portillo?who spent lavishly and left the country saddled with debt.
In August 1982?a ...
BY DAVID LUHNOW
MEXICO CITY?Former Mexican president Miguel de la Madrid, who inherited a virtually bankrupt country and forced Mexico's closed economy to open to the outside world, died on Sunday at age 77.
President Felipe Calder?n's office confirmed the death, which was attributed to lung disease. Mr. de la Madrid was a longtime smoker and had been hospitalized with emphysema for months.
A graduate of Harvard, Mr. de la Madrid was the first of Mexico's modern technocratic presidents, coming after two consecutive populist presidents? Lu?s Echeverria and Jos? L?pez Portillo?who spent lavishly and left the country saddled with debt.
In August 1982?a ...
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