Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was born to an upper-middle-class professional Catholic family of colonial Hispanic origin in the city of Colima, capital of the state of the same name on Mexico's ...

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 ...

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 1985 file photo, former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid applauds during the opening of the newly constructed press center for the 1986 World Cup soccer tournament in ...