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Mexico nationalizes banks as Lopez Portillo acts
Mexico nationalized its banking system and closed banks amid sweeping exchange controls. President Jose Lopez Portillo said bankers had removed billions from the country and ordered foreign currency declared or turned in. The move, amid mixed reactions, aimed to assert national solidarity while critics warned of economic risk.
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