After the 1910 Revolution, the Mexican political system relied on tactics of repression, manipulation, and coercion to control the actions of the opposition. In 1968 the government faced a movement that could not be controlled with the same tactics. The student movement of 1968 represented a change in the political system in which those who felt repressed expressed their discontent, despite government repression. Luis Echeverria, the president of the student movement, faced political turmoil and instability during his presidency; he instituted reforms that were considered “left-wing” in his day. Although Echeverria did so because he felt the need to reform the political party from within, the political climate following the student uprising unwittingly led to the end of the PRI regime. The 1968 student movement began with police intervention after a clash between two rival high schools culminated in violence. Students began to band together to protest the unnecessary violence used by the police, and the police continued to crack down on every student protest. Initially the movement had no ideological basis; the movement's cohesion was based on the violence they all suffered. Soon the movement began to develop its ideological unity. The protesters focused on the upcoming Olympics, which will be held in Mexico, to convince the government to meet the protesters' demands. President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz began to question whether the government would be able to control the movement before the 1968 Olympics. The clash between students and the government culminated in Tlatelolco on October 2, 1968, two weeks before the Olympic Games. The students had planned a peaceful demonstration, but the government... middle of paper... maintained cohesion; it was beginning to develop factions within itself. These “left” factions that were developing within the party would be the ones that ultimately caused the fall of the PRI regime. Works Cited Echeverria, Pedro V. "Movimiento Estudiantil Mexicano De 1968: ¿qué Pasó En Yucatán, ¿cómo LoInterpretó La Prensa?" Revista Latina De Comunicacion Social 13 (1999): 1-17. 1999. Network. 22Oct. 2011. .Hellman, Judith Adler. "The Regime of Echeverria". Mexico in crisis. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1983. 187-215. Print.Hellman, Judith Adler. "The Student Movement of 1968." Mexico in crisis. New York: Holmes and Meier, 1983. 173-86. Print.Watt, Peter. "Mexico's Dirty Secret War." General Index of Synchrony. Sincronia, 2010. Web. 20 Oct. 2011. .