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de la Madrid Hurtado

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[duh lah muh-drid her-tah-doh, de lah mah-threeth oor-tah-thaw] / də lɑ məˈdrɪd hərˈtɑ doʊ, dɛ lɑ mɑˈðrið urˈtɑ ðɔ /

noun

  1. Miguel 1934–2012, Mexican political leader: president 1982–88.


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President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado took note of the "panic" provoked by the second shock, but assured Mexicans that "the damage was much less than the first."

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Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado declared in a speech Feb. 21 that his government can tighten its belt no further and that it is time for some "sacrifices" from international bankers.

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Unlike his predecessor, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari seems determined to crack down on the drug lords.

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Warned President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado: "Mounting debt, protectionism and currency problems seriously threaten the domestic stability of nations trying to secure democratic systems."

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Instead, the border operation was the Reagan Administration's way of trying to force the Mexican government of President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado to step up its hunt for the missing agent.

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