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North's pioneers drive Mexico's modernization. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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August 10, 1994
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1994 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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MONTERREY, Mexico _ A decade ago, Monterrey bulldozered its charming, 300-year-old plaza. Down went the traditional gazebo. Up rose an oblong column stretching 22 stories into the air. Called ``The Guiding Light of Commerce,'' it throws laser beams into the sky at night.
Monterrey's rush to modernize is mirrored in cities across Mexico's booming northern tier, where brash entrepreneurs and reformist politicians are creating a startling new vision of what Mexico's future might hold.
Separated by distance and history from old centers of power in Mexico City, this rising generation of leaders is forging a different Mexico, a new frontier that is beginning to dominate the ...
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