SALINAS' COLOMBIA VISIT ENDS; ACCORDS SIGNED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP98-01394R000200090009-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 17, 1989
• Content Type: REPORT

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Salinas' Colombia 'Visit Ends; Accords Signed
PA1307011989 Mexico City Red Nacional 13 lmevision
Television in Spanish 1300 GMT 12 Jul 89
[Report by Javier Solorzano and Raul Rodriguez from
Bogota?recorded]
[Text] President Carlos Salinas de Gortari concluded a
visit to Colombia which lasted a little over 24 hours. The
president participated in many activities there, and the
Colombian press published many reports on the visit.
While touring the streets of Bogota, President Salinas de
Gortari greeted the Colombians and his greetings were
enthusiastically returned. The president also met with
the country's intellectuals, who said it was a meeting of
minds for reflection. There is great admiration and love
for Mexico in Colombia, and it is evident in the contacts
between the two nations. This was the prevailing atmo-
sphere during the president's luncheon with intellectuals.
The luncheon was one of the most interesting points of
his visit, aside from meetings with President Virgilio
Barco. At the end of the visit, the two presidents signed
a nine-point agreement, and a declaration on the historic
visit, given the current status of Mexican-Colombian
relations.
Mexico wants to change its image abroad, particularly in
Latin America. Mexico wants to integrate itself with
realism, without rhetoric, and is internally modernizing
itself in every sector. Within this process, the central
point of its political evolution is its abidance by the law,
respect for the voters' will, and acceptance of free
election results. All of this was stated by the Mexican
president during talks with foreign reporters in Bogota,
where he was asked what the common denominator was
of his first state visits to Latin American countries,
meaning Venezuela and Colombia, which concluded this
evening.
President Salinas de Gortari ended a busy, but produc-
tive state visit to Bogota. He and Virgilio Barco signed
10 specific agreements, including a plan to increase their
bilateral cooperation and economic activities, technical
and scientific cooperation in the energy and mining
sectors, exchange and cooperation in the coal sector,
cooperation in the prevention and control of drug abuse
and trafficking, and technological and cultural coopera-
tion.
Today's activities included a lengthy meeting between
the two presidents at Narino Palace. It was a friendly
meeting during which the two reasserted that progressive
and balanced cooperation is one of the loftier goals in the
region, given Latin America's acute problems. Both
presidents also condemned terrorism; and confirmed
that political 'solutions, accompanied by an intensive
development program, represent the optimum solution
for Central America.
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PAN Wins Baja California Governorship
PA1107145689 Mexico City Red Nacional 13 1mevision
Television in Spanish 1305 GMT 11 Jul 89
[Text] The State Electoral Commissions [CEE] of Baja
California and Michoacan announced results of the 2
July elections. It was confirmed that PAN [National
Action Party] candidate Ernesto Ruffo won the gover-
norship of Baja California. In the local deputies election
in the 15 electoral districts in Baja California, 13 have
been counted, resulting in 7 seats for PAN and 6 for the
Institutional Revolutionary Party [PRI]. The two dis-
tricts still to be counted are the Second and Third
Districts in Mexicali.
The CEE in Michoacan reported that 16 of the 18
districts there have been counted. The PRI won in 10
districts and the Democratic Revolutionary Party won in
the 6 remaining districts. The two districts yet to be
counted are the 13th in (Chichipan) and the 14th in Los
Reyes.
It should be noted that the elections in Baja California
and Michoacan have been the most hotly contested in
the country. It should also be noted that no party
obtained a majority in the state legislative bodies in
either of these regions. There will be a need for negotia-
tions and coordination to carry out any major govern-
ment programs in these areas.
The 2 July elections ended the era when election results
were overwhelming and absolute victories. Today, the
diversity of political parties is a challenge that must be
met responsibly and efficiently. The elections in Micho-
acan and Baja California have made it apparent that this
is an era of political pluralism, perfected democracy, and
a time for coordination and negotiation in the country.
As of today, all parties will have to make alliances in the
new national political arena.
Election Impact Noted
PA1207174489 Mexico City THE NEWS in English
8 Jul 89 p 2
[Text] The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),
Mexico's ruling political group since its founding by
President Plutarco Elias Calles 60 years ago, claims to be
experiencing a significant moment in history.
Rafael Rodriguez Barrera, general secretary of the PRI's
National Executive Committee, announced Friday in
Durango that his party "continuously renews itself
because life in Mexico is characterized by constant
changes."
In a separate but closely related development in Mexico
City, Tourism Secretary Carlos Hank Gonzalez affirmed
Friday that the PRI is not being splintered from within.
He added that the National Action Party's (PAN) tri-
umph in Baja California "is painful for PRI militants but
challenging and a source of new strength, as it will
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