1994 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1994 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President - Carlos Salinas de Gortari until November 30, Ernesto Zedillo

Events

• January 1 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada and the United States goes into effect
• January 1 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation goes public in response to NAFTA
• August 11 – Hurricane John starts in southern Mexico
• August 21 – Presidential elections
• October 11 – Hurricane Rosa kills four in Nayarit and Durango
• December – economic crisis in Mexico with the peso losing a third of its value
• December – The Fobaproa is applied in response to the economic crisis
• December – El Barzón is created in response to the economic crisis

Popular culture

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Sports

• July 5 – Mexico loses 1-3 versus Bulgaria and is eliminated from the Football World Cup 1994

Music

Film

• June 6 – The XXXVI edition of the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film takes place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City
• El callejón de los milagros of Jorge Fons
• Bienvenido-Welcome of Gabriel Retes
• Dos crímenes of Roberto Sneider
• Hasta morir of Fernando Sariñana
• El jardín del edén of María Novaro
• La reina de la noche of Arturo Ripstein
• Mujeres insumisas of Alberto Isaac
• Dulces compañías of Oscar Blancarte
• Un volcán con lava de hielo (short) of Valentina Leduc
• El árbol de la música (short) of Sabina Berman & Isabel Tardán
• Del otro lado del mar (short) of Marcela Arteaga

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

• Dos mujeres, un camino, on Televisa
• Marimar, on Televisa
• Volver a empezar, on Televisa

Notable deaths

• March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio (43), candidate to the Presidency of Mexico
• September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (48), politician