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Mar 22, 2024 · José López Portillo (born June 16, 1920, Mexico City, Mexico—died February 17, 2004, Mexico City) was a Mexican lawyer, economist, and writer, who was president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López Portillo attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Chile.
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José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈlopes poɾˈtiʝo]; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.
- José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco, 16 June 1920, Mexico City, Mexico
- Luis Echeverría
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Recently declassified documents have exposed former Mexican president José López Portillo as a CIA asset. The revelations are a reminder of his ignominious contributions to Mexico’s brutal “dirty war” against left dissent during the Cold War.
José López Portillo was president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López Portillo took office at a time when Mexico first began undergoing a series of political and economic crises, beginning a long cycle of problems extending to the 1990s.
José López Portillo, who as president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 brought his nation to the brink of economic collapse, died yesterday. He was 83 years old. Medical officials said Mr. López...
Feb 18, 2004 · Former President Jose Lopez Portillo, who led a free-spending, corruption-ridden oil boom only to watch its collapse plunge Mexico into one of its worst financial crises, died Tuesday night.
The death of former President José López Portillo on February 17 unleashed a torrent of public rage and bitter obituaries in the Mexican press.
