* 1920 – José López Portillo, Mexican politician, 31st President of Mexico ( d. 2004 )

** José López Portillo takes office as President of Mexico.

* June 16 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico ( d. 2004 )

José López Portillo

* February 17 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico ( b. 1920 )

Nava said: " We were filming in Mexico during the end of the López Portillo presidency, one of the last of the old-fashioned caciques to rule Mexico.

Echeverría designated José López Portillo, his secretary of Finance, as his successor for the term 1976-82, hoping that the new administration would have a tighter control on inflation and to preserve political unity.

During his campaign, López Portillo promised to defend the peso " like a dog ", López Portillo refused to devalue the currency saying " The president who devalues, devalues himself.

" The discovery of significant oil sites in Tabasco and Campeche helped the economy to recover and López Portillo promised to " administer the abundance ".

Mexico increased its international presence during López Portillo: in addition to becoming the world's fourth oil exporter, Mexico restarted relations with the post Franco-Spain in 1977, allowed Pope John Paul II to visit Mexico, welcomed American president Jimmy Carter and broke relations with Somoza and supported the Sandinista National Liberation Front in its rebellion against the United States supported government.

López Portillo also freed political prisoners and proposed a reform called Ley Federal de Organizaciones Políticas y Procesos Electorales which gave official registry to opposition groups such as the Partido Demócrata Mexicano and the Partido Comunista Mexicano.

López Portillo also created the secretaries of Programming and Budgeting, Agriculture and Water Resources, Industrial Support, Fisheries and Human Settlements and Public Works.

* Mauricio González de la Garza, Mexican writer, journalist and composer took refuge in Falfurrias following the publication of his book " Última Llamada ", where he was forced into exile after threats and persecutions suffered under the presidency of José López Portillo.

In the early 1980s, Mexican President José López Portillo suggested that Mexcaltitán, also in Nayarit, was the true location of Aztlán, but this was denounced by Mexican historians as a political move.

He was president after López Portillo.

" He also spent long periods in New York City and on the Mediterranean, until President José López Portillo issued a decree nationalising Mexico's banking system and greatly devaluing its currency overnight.

José López Portillo y Pacheco ( June 16, 1920 – February 17, 2004 ) was the 51st President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.

Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ( UNAM ) before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) in 1959.

López Portillo undertook an ambitious program to promote Mexico's economic development with revenues stemming from the discovery of new petroleum reserves in the states of Veracruz and Tabasco by Petróleos Mexicanos ( Pemex ), the country's publicly owned oil company.

López Portillo undertook actions which were highly controversial with respect to the international banking establishment.

López Portillo was the last nationalist president to emerge from the ranks of the PRI.

López Gutiérrez also solicited support from the liberal government of Guatemala and even from the conservative regime in Nicaragua.

The United States also negotiated a secret arrangement with Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican general and dictator who had been overthrown in 1844.

When asked to recommend someone else, Davis suggested Robert E. Lee, then an army major in Baltimore ; López approached Lee, who also declined on the grounds of his duty.

The elder López also had infuriated the Brazilians by not helping overthrow Rosas in 1852 and by forcing Brazilian garrisons out of territory claimed by Paraguay in 1850 and 1855.

Antonio López also resented having been forced to grant Brazil free navigation rights on the Río Paraguay in 1858.

He also recruited General Bernadino Caballero, a war hero with close ties to López.

Emilio Massera, who was part of the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla from 1976 to 1978, José López Rega, minister of Social Welfare in Perón's government and founder of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (" Triple A "), and General Guillermo Suárez Mason were also members.

Nevertheless, MRTA also engaged in criminal acts ; it resorted to assassinations, such as in the case of General Enrique López Albújar, the taking of hostages and the systematic practice of kidnapping, all crimes that violate not only personal liberty but the international humanitarian law that the MRTA claimed to respect.

In Linares the Segovia Museum " Fundación Andrés Segovia " was established in May 1995 and this birth-town of Segovia, also has a bronze statue in his honour, created by Julio López Hernández and unveiled on 25 May 1984.

López also participated in Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, where she played a victim of rape that later turned lesbian.

He can also been seen as the first " caudillo " or charismatic dictator who used a combination of widespread popularity and threat of violence toward opposition to rule and would be followed by the likes of Antonio López de Santa Anna and Porfirio Díaz.

During this time, he also started working with the political satire and comedy group Los Rayos Gamma, together with journalist Eddie López.

López de Legazpi established a settlement there on June 24, 1571 and he also ordered the construction of the walled city of Intramuros.

Cámpora represented the left wing, while López Rega represented the right wing ; under López Rega's influence, Isabel Perón also favored the right wing, and were thought of by the left as the entorno.

The 2006 capture in Spain of Triple A death-squad overseer Rodolfo Almirón ( then also in charge of López Rega's and Isabel Perón's personal security ) shed further light on the extent of Triple A involvement.

Francisco Antonio García López ( 1943 – 1995 ), also known as Toño Bicicleta ( or Tony Bicycle in English ), was a Puerto Rican criminal famous for escaping from jail several times.

López also alternated as artist on the Ernie Pike series with Hugo Pratt, Jorge Moliterni and José Muñoz.

This not only rendered any possibility of truce or peace nearly impossible but also stipulated that the war was to continue until the current government ceased to be, which meant the death of López.

In 1886 he again assumed the presidency ; his successor, the undistinguished Hermógenes López, was also understood to be under his influence.

Madero set up shop in San Antonio, Texas, and quickly issued his Plan of San Luis Potosí, which had been written during his time in prison, partly with the help of Ramón López Velarde.

Antonio López de Santa Anna proclaimed the Plan of Casa Mata, to which later joined Vicente Guerrero and Nicolás Bravo.

In 1834, Ignacio Echevarría and José María Tornel drafted the Plan of Cuernavaca, which permitted Antonio López de Santa Anna to disregard the laws protecting church property, exile Valentín Gómez Farías, reopen the university, and dissolve the tribunal that was set to convict Anastasio Bustamante for the assassination of Vicente Guerrero.

Acuitlapilco, Agua Amarga, Agua Bendita, Alta de Laja Azul, Baja de Laja Azul, Chiltepec de Hidalgo, Cochisquila, Colonia Adolfo López Mateos, Colonia el Potrero ( El Potrero ), Colonia Guadalupe, Cruz de Piedra, Cuentla, El Cedrito, El Picacho, El Potrerito ( El Potrero ), El Reynoso, El Telar, Huayanalco, Ixtlahuaca de Villada, La Cercada, La Conchita, La Galera, La Laguna, La Providencia, La Rosa, Las Jaras, Las Mesas, Las Trojes, Las Vueltas, Llano Grande, Loma de Acuitlapilco, Los Fresnos, Meyuca de Morelos ( Meyuca ), Monte de las Vueltas, Piedras Anchas ( Primera del Monte ), Plan de San Francisco, Potrero Redondo, Primera de Analco, Primera de San Miguel ( La Punta ), Primera de Santa Ana, Primera de Zacanguillo ( Santo Niño Doctor ), Primera del Monte ( La Presa ), Puerta del Carmen, San Fernando, San José del Progreso ( San José ), San Luis ( Colonia Hidalgo ), San Martín el Salto, San Pedro, Santo Niño, Segunda de Analco ( La Presa ), Segunda de San Miguel ( El Cerrito ), Segunda de Santa Ana, Segunda de Zacanguillo, Segunda del Monte ( La Presa ), Tecolotepec, Teocotitla, and Zacatones ( San Felipe de Jesús )

Several royalist military leaders joined the Plan of Iguala and so did some retired insurgent leaders, including Nicolás Bravo and Ignacio López Rayón.

Antonio López de Santa Anna proclaimed the Plan of Casa Mata and was later joined by Vicente Guerrero and Nicolás Bravo.

In December 1822, Generals Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria wrote and signed the Plan of Casa Mata.

Lieutenant Colonel Antonio López de Santa Anna, for example, endorsed the Plan de Iguala in Japala on May 29, 1821.

In December 1822, Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria signed the Plan de Casa Mata on February 1, 1823, as a start of their efforts to overthrow Emperor Agustín de Iturbide.

A liberal reformer, a republican and a federalist, he was the leader of a revolution in support of Benito Juárez's Plan de Ayutla in 1854, which led to the deposition of Antonio López de Santa Anna from power and the beginning of the political era in Mexico's history known as La Reforma.

When Antonio López de Santa Anna resigned the presidency because of the Plan de Ayutla, a junta of representatives named Carrera interim president to replace him.

He, Antonio López de Santa Anna and other rebels signed the Plan de Tacubaya against Bustamante on 28 September 1841.