41.   The drag on the U.S. caused by the Mexican crisis prompted Congress to look twice at adding Chile to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

42.   The group also failed to foresee the Mexican crisis, and once it broke out, could not agree what to do.

43.   The Mexican crisis two years ago gave the Clinton administration similar confidence in quick government action.

44.   The Mexican economic crisis, not NAFTA, created the trade deficit.

45.   The Mexican crisis illustrates the way such crises can undermine confidence in emerging markets and, in turn, in their creditors including the United States, she said.

46.   The Mexican crisis might also be a factor.

47.   The Mexican crisis which caused interest in the region to wane has also made it more difficult for those banks to generate underwriting fees.

48.   The Mexican crisis, which caused interest in the region to wane, has also made it more difficult for those banks to generate underwriting fees.

49.   The Mexican crisis no longer looks systemic.

50.   The resulting vacuum, largely the product of American electoral politics and the Mexican financial crisis, has quickly been filled by countries like Brazil and Argentina.