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Reports on efforts by the U.S. to help Mexico solve its financial crisis in 1995. Loan guarantees to prop up the Mexican peso; Analysis of pertinent topics and relevant issues; Implications for international economic relations. INSETS: Executive order.;Why Clinton bailed out the bailout..

Analyzes the lobbying efforts by pro-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) coalition members to save the Mexican peso. Strategies in the targeting of legislators from border states; Reactions by Hispanic business leaders; Reactions by anti-NAFTA coalition unions; Plans of pegging the peso's value to a strong currency. INSET: THE KNIGHTS OF NAFTA RIDE AGAIN.

Reports on the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on its first year of implementation. Increase in United States exports and direct foreign investment; Faster increase in U.S. imports from Mexico than exports to both countries; Areas of concern among economists; Creation of jobs in car manufacturing companies.

Comments on the role of the United States in the economic crisis in Mexico. International trade policy; Establishment of a free-trade zone from Alaska to Argentina; Setback in the United States-Mexican trade; Chronic deficits.

Reports on the rebellion in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. Bomb threats by the rebels; National identity crisis; Rebels' charges against President Carlos Salinas of bypassing the poor; Reassessment of Mexico as a stable trading partner by foreign investors; Salinas' vow to spend the $6 billion budget surplus on emergency projects and tax breaks; Political changes brought about by the rebellion.