Miguel de la Madrid, a former president of Mexico whose derided handling of the earthquake that devastated Mexico City in 1985 was the beginning of the end for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary ...

Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, who struggled to overcome one of the country’s worst economic crises and a devastating earthquake in the 1980s, died on Sunday at the age of 77 You can ...

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Upon leaving office in 1988, after six turbulent years as president of Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid delivered a terse appraisal of his term. “I took a country with great problems,” he said, “and leave ...

Miguel de la Madrid, Mexico’s president as the country struggled through an economic crisis in the 1980s, died Sunday. He was 77. Family members told CNN that the former president died Sunday morning ...

Miguel de la Madrid was President of Mexico through much of the 1980s, presiding over the country's worst economic and debt crisis in living memory. His term in office, from 1982 until 1988, is seen ...

(AP) MEXICO CITY - Former President Miguel de la Madrid, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during an economic crisis and a devastating earthquake, died Sunday at age 77 , the government said. De la ...

The huge 8.1 magnitude quake struck at 7.19am on September 19 1985 and for the next two minutes shook the city’s dilapidated central neighbourhoods. A series of aftershocks culminated in a ...

MEXICO CITY – Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado died on Sunday at age 77, according to Mexican officials and the late leader's personal secretary. De la Madrid led Mexico from 1982 ...

MEXICO CITY – Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during economic crisis and a devasting earthquake, died Sunday at age 77, President Felipe Calderon announced on his Twitter ...