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Alemán Inaugurated — Pro-Business PRI Model

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Miguel Alemán Valdés inaugurated a new PRI model that prioritized industrialization, infrastructure (highways, dams, UNAM campus), and private investment over agrarian reform. His presidency established the technocratic PRI tradition. Corruption became institutionalized under Alemán — the term 'alemanismo' became synonymous with corruption among subsequent generations.

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