Just like a Shakespearean story about the collapse of powerful men, this video narrates the impressive rise and fall of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Elected amid charges of electoral fraud, he became the architect of the Free Trade Treaty ...See moreJust like a Shakespearean story about the collapse of powerful men, this video narrates the impressive rise and fall of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Elected amid charges of electoral fraud, he became the architect of the Free Trade Treaty and the champion of a more liberal economic policy and privatizations, which brought him acclaim at home and beyond the country's borders. But finally, he had to suffer the turnarounds that took place during his term: the guerrilla uprising, political murders and shortly after his time, the grave financial crisis for which he was largely blamed, not to mention the incarceration of his brother who was accused of murder. Written by
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