During President Luis Echeverría 's administration , the Mexican government tried to win back the country 's legitimacy through populist , leftist-oriented programmes . Most things that could possibly be connected to the counterculture or to student protests were sidelined on public airwaves by the powers that be , who feared a repeat of the student protests of 1968 , an event the new government denounced . But most Mexican rock bands sang and criticized the administration in general and , more specifically , corruption , poverty and persistent social inequalities that had taken place through Mexican history
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Rock music in Mexico