 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo López Portillo akasiya basa muna December 1982, upfumi hwenyika hwakanga hwaparara. Akasarudza Miguel de la Madrid somumiriri wePRI, wokutanga munhevedzano yezvemari kutonga nyika, technocrat uyo akatendeukira kumashure kumitemo yevanhu kuti aite shanduko dze neoliberal, zvichiita kuti nhamba yemabhizimisi ehurumende inoderera kubva ku1155 kusvika ku412 chete. Pashure pokutadza kubhadhara zvikwereti muna 1982, vanokweretesa vakanga vasingadi kukweretesa Mexico uye izvi zvakaguma nokuderedza kukosha kwemari kuti vawane mari yokushandisa. Kudengenyeka kwenyika muna September 1985, umo hurumende yake yakashoropodzwa nokuda kwokupindura kwayo kunononoka uye kusina kunaka, yakawedzera nhamo kuzvinetso. Somugumisiro wedambudziko racho, misika yevatema inopiwa nezvinhu zvakabiwa kubva munharaunda yehurumende yakaoneka. Mwero wokuderera kwemari wakapararira wakaramba uchitambudza nyika yacho, uchirova mwero wakakwirira zvikurusa muna 1987 pa159,2. 