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Superior Auditor Of The Federation
The Superior Auditor of the Federation (, ASF) is the supreme audit institution of Mexico. A technical agency of the Chamber of Deputies, it is empowered to conduct external audits of federal, state and local governments and agencies. The ASF is a member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. The director of the ASF is David Colmenares Páramo. History Predecessor agencies The power of auditing the public finances was awarded to Congress in the Constitution of 1824. On November 16 of that year, Congress passed the (Decree of the Law of Organization of the Administration of the Public Treasury), which created the (Accounting Office of the Treasury), an agency of the Chamber of Deputies charged with the "examination and review of public accounts". Between the 1830s and 1860s, the existence of the Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda alternated with that of a Court of Accounts. The Tribunal for the Review of Accounts existed from 1838 to 1846; another Court of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Supreme Audit Institution
A supreme audit institution is an independent national-level institution which conducts audits of government activities. Most supreme audit institutions are established in their country's constitution, and their mandate is further refined in national legislation. Supreme audit institutions play an important role in providing oversight and accountability in a country by monitoring the use of public funds and reviewing the quality and accuracy of government financial reporting. They also contribute to anti-corruption efforts. Depending on the country, a supreme audit institution may be called a court of audit (common in Europe and its former colonies), auditor-general (common in the Anglosphere) or the board of audit (in some Asian countries). Nearly every supreme audit institution in the world is a member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, which works to establish and disseminate international standards and good practices. In some countries, such as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mexico City Metro Overpass Collapse
On 3 May 2021, at 22:22 Central Time Zone, CDT (UTC−5), a Girder bridge, girder overpass in the borough of Tláhuac carrying Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro collapsed beneath a passing train. The overpass, along with the last two Car (train), railcars of the train, fell onto Eje vial#Eje 10 Sur, Avenida Tláhuac near Olivos metro station, Olivos station, resulting in 26 fatalities and 98 injuries. It was the deadliest accident in the Metro's history in nearly fifty years. Before the line opened, it faced technical and structural issues that persisted during its operation, resulting in a partial closure of the Elevated railway, elevated section where the accident occurred, lasting from 2014 to 2015. 2017 Puebla earthquake, An earthquake in 2017 further damaged the structure; although repairs were completed within a few months, residents reported that problems persisted for years. Originally announced in 2007 as an underground line capable o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Supreme Audit Institutions
A supreme audit institution is an independent national-level institution which conducts audits of government activities. Most supreme audit institutions are established in their country's constitution, and their mandate is further refined in national legislation. Supreme audit institutions play an important role in providing oversight and accountability in a country by monitoring the use of public funds and reviewing the quality and accuracy of government financial reporting. They also contribute to anti-corruption efforts. Depending on the country, a supreme audit institution may be called a court of audit (common in Europe and its former colonies), auditor-general (common in the Anglosphere) or the board of audit (in some Asian countries). Nearly every supreme audit institution in the world is a member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, which works to establish and disseminate international standards and good practices. In some countries, such as wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He served as List of mayors of Mexico City, Head of Government of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005. Born in Tepetitán, Tabasco, Tepetitán, in the municipality of Macuspana Municipality, Macuspana, in the south-eastern state of Tabasco, López Obrador earned a degree in political science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico following a hiatus from his studies to participate in politics. He began his political career in 1976 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). His first public position was as director of the Indigenous Institute of Tabasco, where he promoted the addition of books in indigenous languages. In 1989, he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), becoming the party's 1994 candidate for Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mexico City Texcoco Airport
Mexico City Texcoco Airport was a planned airport in Mexico City that was meant to become Mexico's New International Airport (Spanish: ''Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de México''—NAICM or NAIM). The project was announced in September 2014 but was canceled in late 2018 after a referendum was held stating that the new airport should be built at a different location due to how close it was to housing, rising cost and a geographical issue with the site. Texcoco Airport was first announced by President of Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto in his State of the Union Address on 2 September 2014. It was billed as Mexico's largest public infrastructure work in a century, and was set to replace Mexico City's current Mexico City International Airport, Benito Juárez International Airport. In October 2018, while construction was already taking place, a non-binding referendum was organized by then President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in which almost 70 percent of the 1.067 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
National Guard (Mexico)
The National Guard () is the national gendarmerie of Mexico, created in 2019 by absorbing units and officers from the Federal Police (Mexico), Federal Police, Mexican Army, Military Police, and Mexican Navy, Naval Police. In 2022, a reform package approved in the Mexican Congress transferred command of the National Guard to the Secretariat of National Defense. History The National Guard was launched by President of Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2019. It has since played a major part in intensifying the enforcement of immigration policy. Before becoming president, López Obrador campaigned on a promise to take the military off the streets. Shortly after assuming office, he released a plan to create the National Guard under control of the Mexican Armed Forces which would be in charge of "preventing and combating crime". López Obrador stated that the new National Guard would be critical to solving Mexico's ongoing security crisis. On 28 February, Congress o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously was Governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011, Congress of the State of México, local deputy from 2003 to 2004, and Secretary of state, Secretary of Administration from 2000 to 2002. Born in Atlacomulco and raised in Toluca, Peña Nieto attended Panamerican University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in Jurisprudence, legal studies. After attaining an Master of Business Administration, MBA from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, ITESM, he began his political career by joining the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1984. After serving as a public notary in Mexico City, he began an ascent through local political ranks in the late 1990s, culminating in his 2005 campaign for Governor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Secretariat Of Welfare (Mexico)
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] [Amazon] |
Rosario Robles
María del Rosario Robles Berlanga (; born 17 February 1956) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of President 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 in the 2000 presidential election. She was the first female mayor of Mexico City. Career Her term in office was highly controversial for an intensive media campaign in her government promoting her personal image, the high cost of which raised corruption concerns, and for introducing her political allies to entrepreneur Carlos Ahumada, who videotaped himself giving large amounts of cash to the politician René Bejarano. The scandals caused a major crisis for her party, the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD). As a result, she subsequently resigned from the party. Carlos Ahumada was imprisoned, and René Bejarano is still free and active i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Secretariat Of Agrarian, Land, And Urban Development (Mexico)
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The Secretariat for Agrarian, Land and Urban Development (Spanish: ''Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano'', ''SEDATU'') is the Mexican cabinet agency in charge of agriculture, urban development and living space. History SEDATU was established by reforms to the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration that were promulgated on January 2, 2013. With its creation, the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform was dissolved. Subsidiary agencies include Infonavit, the national workers' housing fund. References External links Official site of the President's Cabinet Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tezonco Metro Station
Tezonco metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the town of San Lorenzo Tezonco and in the ''colonia'' of Granjas San Jerónimo, in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an Elevated railway, elevated station with two side platforms, served by Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Periférico Oriente metro station, Periférico Oriente and Olivos metro station, Olivos stations. The station's pictogram features a calavera as it references the area's Day of the Dead traditions during the festivity. The station was opened on 2012, on the first day of service from Tláhuac metro station, Tláhuac to Mixcoac metro station, Mixcoac metro stations. The facilities are Accessible tourism, accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 23,131 passengers, making it the fourth-busiest station on the line. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
