Mexico Recent History
The hegemony of the PRI The successors of Cárdenas were able to continue the work of industrialization of the country while minimizing, thanks to the political and social control achieved through the dominant party, the negative effects of rapid economic growth. The party, reorganized and renamed in 1946 Partido revolucionario institucional (PRI), consolidated its monopoly on the political life of the country, while the presidency of the Republic alternated between its right and left representatives. In the 1950s and 1960s…