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Rosario Robles
María del Rosario Robles Berlanga (; born 1956) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. She also was substitute Head of Government of the Federal District ("Mayor of Mexico City") when Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigned from the post to run for the Mexican presidential election, in 2000. She was the first female Mayor of Mexico City. Rosario Robles is currently involved in one of the biggest racketeering scandals: La Estafa Maestra (Master scam). The master scam is the name of a journalistic investigation conducted by the Mexican ''Animal Politico'' news service in association with the Mexican civil society organization Against Corruption and Impunity. Published on September 5, 2017, the investigation unveiled a system of 128 ghost companies through which the Mexican Federal Government diverted more than 400 million dollars through a network of money diversions that involved 11 state agencies, eight publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Mexican Presidential Election
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 2 July 2000. Voters went to the polls to elect a new president of Mexico, president to serve a single six-year term, replacing President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, who was ineligible for re-election under the Constitution of Mexico, 1917 Constitution. The election system ran under plurality voting; 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, Chamber of Deputies (300 by the first-past-the-post system and 200 by proportional representation) for a three-year term and 128 members of the Senate of Mexico, Senate (three per States of Mexico, state by first-past-the-post (two first-past-the-post seats are allocated to the party with the largest share of the vote, and the remaining seat is given to the first runner-up) and 32 by proportional representation from List of political parties in Mexico, national party lists) for six-year terms. The presidential election was won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change (Mexico), Allia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonel Godoy
Leonel Godoy Rangel (born June 5, 1950 in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán) is a Mexican lawyer, politician, and former Governor of Michoacán. He is a former president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Political career Leonel Godoy began his political career in his native Michoacán serving in various positions during the governorship of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 1997. In 1997 he joined the cabinet of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas's government in the Federal District. Godoy has also served in the cabinets of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Federal District) and Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (Michoacán). Godoy hails from the coastal region of Michoacán. Godoy was elected to the Senate as a joint PRD-PT-CD candidate, representing the state of Michoacán, in the federal election held on July 2, 2006. In June 2007 he was elected by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) as candidate for governor of Michoacán According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of The Democratic Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRD was formed after the contested general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule. As of 2020, the PRD is a member of the Va por México coalition. Internationally, the PRD is a member of the Progressive Alliance. The members of the party are known colloquially in Mexico as ''Perredistas''. History Early origins Break from the PRI (1986–1988) The PRD has its origins with the leftist members of the PRI, Institutional Revolutionary Party. The PRI had dominated Mexican politics since its founding in 1929. In 1986, a group of PRI members – including Ifigen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalia García Medina
Amalia may refer to: People *Amalia (given name), feminine given name (includes a list of people so named) *Princess Amalia (other), several princesses with this name Films and television series * ''Amalia'' (1914 film), the first full-length Argentine film * ''Amalia'' (1936 film), an Argentine remake of the 1914 movie * ''Amália'' (film), a 2008 Portuguese film biography of singer Amália Rodrigues * ''Amalia'' (TV series), a South African television series *Amalia Sheran Sharm, one of the main protagonists in Wakfu (TV series) ''Wakfu: The Animated Series'' is an anime-influenced French animated television series produced by Ankama Animation, based on the video game '' Wakfu''. The first season of 26 episodes began airing on 30 October 2008, and new episodes would co ... Places *Amalia, New Mexico, US *Amalia, North West, South Africa Other uses *Amalia (novel), ''Amalia'' (novel), an Argentine novel written by José Mármol *Amalia (Schubert), D 195, Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Mexico
Events of 2019 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and includes a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Incumbents President and cabinet * President: Andres Manuel López Obrador * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón * Secretary of the Treasury (SHCP): ** Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías, until July 9, 2019 ** Arturo Herrera, starting July 10, 2019 * Secretary of Economy (SE): Graciela Márquez Colín * Secretary of Energy (SENER): Norma Rocío Nahle García * Secretary of Agriculture (SADER): Víctor Villalobos * Secretary of Labor (STPS): Luisa María Alcalde Luján * Education Secretary (SEP): Esteban Moctezuma * Communictions Secretary (SCT): Javier Jiménez Espriú * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) ** Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, until May 25, 2019) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEDESOL
The Secretariat of Welfare ( Spanish: ''Secretaría de Bienestar'') is the government department in charge of social development efforts in Mexico. The Secretary of Welfare is a member of the Executive Cabinet, and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic. The Secretariat of Welfare aims to eliminate poverty through comprehensive, collectively responsible human development, achieve adequate levels of well-being with adjustment to government policies, and improvement through social, economic and political factors in rural and urban areas to enhance local organization, city development and housing. Between 1992 and 2018, the agency was known as the Secretariat of Social Development (''Secretaría de Desarrollo Social''), or SEDESOL. History The agency was established as the Secretariat of Public Works (''Secretaría de Obras Públicas'') in 1959. In 1976, it changed its name to the Secretariat of Human Settlements and Public Works (''Secretaría de Asentami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Mexican Federal District Election
Elections in the Mexican Federal District (Mexico City) were held on Sunday, 2 July 2006. Voters went the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Head of Government of the Federal District, to serve a six-year term, replacing current incumbent Alejandro Encinas. *66 new deputies to the Legislative Assembly. *16 borough mayors. Results Head of Government of the Federal District election The winner of the Head of Government contest was Marcelo Ebrard of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, in alliance with the Labor Party and Convergence (the "Alliance for the Good of All"). The Federal District Electoral Institute (IEDF) formally announced his victory on 5 July 2006 and presented him with his certificate of majority. Borough Mayors In the sixteen borough mayoral races, the PRD-led alliance was victorious in fourteen (the thirteen it already held, plus Milpa Alta gained from the PRI), with the PAN retaining the two ( Benito Juárez, D.F. and Miguel Hidalgo, D.F.) that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videoscandals
The ''Videoscandals'' ( es, Videoescándalos) were political scandals in Mexico in 2004 when videos of prominent politicians taken with hidden cameras were made public. The majority of them involved politicians in corrupt dealings with former business man Carlos Ahumada, and another showed a politician spending money in Las Vegas. The videos The videos are listed in order of chronological appearance on television. Jorge Emilio González The first video shown on national television was of Jorge Emilio González Martínez the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) leader (a long time ally of the PRI party). He was taped by one of his own party members, who introduced to him the businessman interested in the project, allegedly negotiating a $2 million bribe in cash to assist in the development of a hotel in an ecologically protected area. The three met in the PVEM headquarters. During an interview with Grupo Reforma, Emilio talked about some accusations: his involvement with a Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partido De La Revolución Democrática
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRD was formed after the contested general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule. As of 2020, the PRD is a member of the Va por México coalition. Internationally, the PRD is a member of the Progressive Alliance. The members of the party are known colloquially in Mexico as ''Perredistas''. History Early origins Break from the PRI (1986–1988) The PRD has its origins with the leftist members of the PRI, Institutional Revolutionary Party. The PRI had dominated Mexican politics since its founding in 1929. In 1986, a group of PRI members – including Ifigeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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