Muy buenas noches: Mexico, Television, and the Cold War

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259 Index Photos and tables are indicated by page numbers in italics. abc News, 186, 191 Academia San Carlos, 168 Acevedo, Marta, 200 Adenauer, Konrad, 47 advertisers and advertising, 9–10, 12, 15, 19–20, 34–36, 58, 174, 186, 210. See also commercials Agence France-Presse (French Press Agency), 69, 113 Aguirre, Manuel Bernardo, 205 Aguirre Jiménez, Francisco, 182 airtime, taxation of, 28, 179–80 Aldrin, Edwin (Buzz), 139, 141, 141 Alemán Valdés, Miguel: and Acapulco tourism development, 96; and adoption of commercial television model, 7, 9; broadcast of fourth informe, 1–4; and Día de la Independencia, 44; and establishment of television in Mexico, 1–4, 6–7; and freedom of the press, 42–43; and O’Farrill Sr., xxiii; passing of party leadership, 43–44; political, economic, social, and cultural changes under, 23–26, 29; and railway strikes of 1958–59, 56; as television diplomat , 79–80, 227n1; visit to Washington dc, 79–80, 227n1 Alemán Velasco, Miguel: and corporate news division, 135–36, 173, 183–84, 185; on “fair and balanced” news coverage, 232– 33n68; as head of Dirección General de Información y Noticieros , 40; and nationalization debate, 207; and pri, xxiv; and Space Race, 110–12, 135–36, 137, 139, 141; and Tlatelolco massacre fallout, 179–80; and 24 horas, xxxvi, 40 260 Index el alunizaje. See Apollo 11 Amorós, Roberto, 37, 59, 61–63 ap. See Associated Press Apollo 11, 134–42, 137, 140–41, 233n75 Apollo 13, 136 Armstrong, Neil, 139, 141, 233n75 Arredondo Ramírez, Pablo, xxviii Associated Press (ap), xxvi, xxx, 69, 113–14 attribution of news stories, 112–14 Ayala, Lolita, 83, 200–201, 202, 214–15 Azcárraga, Emilio, 117 Azcárraga, Luis, 8 Azcárraga, Raul, 8 Azcárraga Jean, Emilio, 186, 215 Azcárraga Milmo, Emilio: at Aztec Stadium opening, xxi–xxii; and Cañedo, 196; and corporate news division, 135, 173; and hegemony on national level, 209; and pri, xxiii, 175, 209; and refusal of Spanish-language monopoly in U.S., xxviii; and technological advances, 22; and tele-traditions , 33; and Telesistema Mexicano, 38, 188–89; and World Cup, 22, 191 Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Emilio: and consolidation into Telesistema Mexicano, 12; and corporate news division, 183–84, 185; death of, 187–88, 206, 209–10; and establishment of television in Mexico, 2–3, 5–6, 8; on his own radio and television prominence, xxi; master plan of, 34; in newscasts, 37–38; and regional markets expansion, 21 Aztec Stadium. See Estadio Azteca Barragán, Marcelino García, 157–59, 161 Basilio, Norma Enriqueta, 164–66, 165 Batallón Olímpia, 170 Batista, Fulgencio, 53, 64, 66–68, 70–72, 80, 83, 86 Bay of Pigs invasion, 105, 110, 128–30, 143, 208, 232n53, 232n54 Becerra Celis, Luis, 17 Becerril, Porfirio, 122 Belmont, Antonio, 117 Bennett, Rawson, 116 Berumen, Patricia, 200 Betancourt, Ernesto, 53, 66 Beteta, Ramón, 205 Bracero Program, 27, 103 Brazilian-Mexican relations, 195–96. See also World Cup of 1970 bribes, 42. See also corruption las brigadas, 167 Brundage, Avery, 163 Brunet, Meade, 4 Buchanan, Walter C., 122 bullfighting, 116–17, 144 Index 261 business and capital enterprises news coverage, 34 cable television, 20 Cablevisión, 20 Cabrera, Angel, 47, 160, 199 Café matutino. See Su diario Nescafé Campo Militar Número Uno, 151, 158, 160 Campos, Rosa María, 200 Cañedo, Guillermo, 196 Cantillo, Eulogio, 66 Cárdenas, Lázaro: and Alemán Valdés, 23; first televised image of, 6; and Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicaciones of 1940, 84; as television diplomat, 81–82, 86–93, 102–3, 105; undermining López Mateos, 91–93, 103; visit to Cuba, xxxiv, 54, 81–82, 86–93, 102–3, 105, 228n23 Carlos, John, 234–35n19, 234n7 Carrandi Ortiz, Gabino, 33, 111, 135 Casas Alemán, Fernando, 43 Castellanos, Rosario, 200 Castellot, Gonzálo, 10–11, 39 Castro Ruz, Emma, 68–69 Castro Ruz, Fidel: and Bay of Pigs invasion, 129–30, 208; as champion of democracy, 55, 225n10; and Cuban Missile Crisis, 130, 133, 208; and Cuban Revolution, 53–55, 64–66, 65, 68–78; and López Mateos, 110; and Mexican student movements, 149, 208; motivating Mexican youth, 149; named prime minister of Cuba, 98; as television diplomat , 80, 86–91, 98, 102 Castro Ruz, Lidia, 68–69, 72 cbs News, 2, 64–65, 186, 200 ceimsa (Compañía...