21.   In a written statement, Summers pledged continue support for developing countries while making no mention of the Mexican crisis.

22.   In addition, the worst of the Mexican financial crisis has passed, restoring demand for American products.

23.   In his printed testimony released before the hearing, Summers made no specific mention of the Mexican crisis.

24.   In Washington, Treasury and Federal Reserve officials refused to discuss the Mexican crisis.

25.   It also survived amid a run on bank assets and heavy pressure for the Argentine peso to be devalued during the Mexican crisis.

26.   Latin America has already begun to rebound from the Mexican crisis of a year ago.

27.   Mutual funds that specialize in emerging markets, hard hit by the Mexican financial crisis, are attracting new money.

28.   Other big Latin American stock markets in Brazil and Argentina were also down, in part due to the Mexican crisis.

29.   Sales in South America were hurt, however, by the Mexican economic crisis.

30.   Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., announced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the Mexican financial crisis on Thursday.