Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2022
1. The term flexibilización (making labor more flexible) refers to modifications in collective labor law with the objectives of increasing productivity and international competitiveness.
2. Alianza Cívica, the largest and most independent observer organization, declared that although irregularities likely affected the distribution of seats in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, they probably did not alter the results of the presidential contest in 1988. See “Las anomalías no alteran el resultado: Alianza Cívica,” La Jornada, 20 Sept. 1994, p. 1.
3. The reform privatized ejido (communal Indian) lands, giving peasants the legal right to hold title to land and therefore the right to sell it, rent it, or use it to form joint ventures with agribusiness.