For the
Echeverria’s takeover, the National Auditorium was elected. In his message, he
declared distancing of the last administration and emphasized the approach to
youth. And as an answer to 68, Echeverria presented a cabinet of young people.
One of the most important goals of the president was about heal wounds of the
68.
Many people
decided to radicalized; Tlatelolco made them think that the better option to
make a revolution was through the weapons and guerrillas. The guerrilla boom
developed the system of control with torture, murders and disappearances.
The new
administration, on 1971, contracted the public investment, and the private
sector reduced its investments.
Echeverria
used Lazaro Cardenas as model, when the Mexican was fashion. On presidential
parties, he offered waters of horchata and Jamaica instead of wine. The
emulation that Echeverria made of Cardenas led him to proclaim the second
agrarian reform.
Luis
Echeverria was the first president that came near to the intellectual people,
before him, just Miguel Aleman demonstrated appreciation to artist.Cosio
Villegas wrote “El sistema politico
mexicano”, on that book appeared the definition of the Mexican government:
absolute monarchy, six-year and hereditary. It denounced the tapadismo, corruption, demagoguery and
qualified the Mexican system as a “Democratic Disneyland”.
Students
announced a manifestation on June 10th but weren’t authorized for
the government. The police ordered to stop the march, but students continued to
protest. Strong and young people attacked the students. The June 10th
became the little October 2nd.
Echeverria announced
at the end of 1970 travel to New York in order to participate in the General
Assembly of the UN and voted in favor of the entry of China. The travel was
followed by the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico.
At the end of
1972, Allende came to Mexico, and Echeverria finished located in a left
position and warned the USA government, even so, Echeverria supported the
socialist government of Allende.
On December
1970, Echeverria created the National Council of Science and Technology.
