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Patrocinio González Garrido
José Patrocinio González Blanco Garrido (18 May 1934 – 30 November 2021) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both houses of Congress, as governor of Chiapas and as secretary of the interior. He resigned as interior secretary in the aftermath of the 1994 Zapatista uprising. Career Patrocinio González Garrido was born in Catazajá, Chiapas, in 1934. In 1952, as a student in Mexico City, he decided to support Adolfo Ruiz Cortines's presidential bid and subsequently joined the PRI. He graduated with a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1956 and went on to complete a master's at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. During the early 1960s, he held positions in the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works (SCOP), the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) and the National Lottery. In the 1967 mid-term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catazajá
Catazajá is a town and municipality in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ... and is the northernmost municipality in the state. It covers an area of 621 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,140, up from 15,709 as of 2005. By 2020, its population had risen to 17,619. As of 2010, the town of Catazajá had a population of 2,973. Other than the town of Catazajá, the municipality had 249 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Punta Arena (1,365) and Loma Bonita (1,071), classified as rural. A cultural centre was opened in the municipal seat in 1993. References Municipalities of Chiapas {{Chiapas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been established by William Bateman (bishop), William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, to train clergymen in canon law after the Black Death. The college has two sister colleges at the University of Oxford: All Souls College, Oxford, All Souls and University College, Oxford, University College. Notable alumni include theoretical physicists Stephen Hawking and Nobel Prize winner David Thouless, Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce, Pakistani Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin, Canadian Governor General David Johnston (governor general), David Johnston, philosophers Marshall McLuhan and Galen Strawson, Conservative cabinet minister Geoffrey Howe, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palenque, Chiapas
Palenque is a city and Municipalities of Chiapas, municipality in the List of states in Mexico, Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The city was named almost 200 years before Palenque, the nearby Mayan ruins were discovered in the 18th century. The area has a significant indigenous population, mostly of the Chʼol people, Ch'ol people, a Mayan descendant. The city is the only urban area in a municipality of over 600 communities, and is surrounded by rainforest. Deforestation has had dramatic effects on the local environment, with howler monkeys occasionally seen in the city as they seek food. While most of the municipality's population is economically marginalized, working in agriculture, the Palenque archeological site is one of the most important tourist attractions for the area and the state of Chiapas. It is the poorest major city in the state of Chiapas. The town and municipality Palenque refers to both the modern city and the municipality for which it is the loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Carpizo
Jorge Carpizo McGregor (2 April 1944 – 30 March 2012) was a Mexican jurist who occupied various high ranking positions in the government of Mexico. Carpizo was born in San Francisco de Campeche to Óscar Carpizo Berrón and Luz María McGregor Dondé. He received a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in law from the London School of Economics and a doctorate in law from the UNAM. From January 1985 to January 1989, Carpizo McGregor served as Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In the late 1980s he served as Minister Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. In June 1990 he was appointed president of the National Human Rights Commission (the first ombudsman in Mexico). In 1993 President Carlos Salinas de Gortari designated him Attorney General, and he later became Secretary of the Interior. In the following administration, President Ernesto Zedillo designated him Ambassado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zapatista National Liberation Army
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas (), is a far-left political and militant group that controls a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. Since 1994, the group has been nominally at war with the Mexican state (although it may be described at this point as a frozen conflict). The EZLN used a strategy of civil resistance. The Zapatistas' main body is made up of mostly rural indigenous people, but it includes some supporters in urban areas and internationally. The EZLN's main spokesperson is Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano, previously known as Subcomandante Marcos. The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian revolutionary and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. EZLN's ideology has been characterized as libertarian socialism, libertarian socialist, anarchism, anarchist, or Marxism, Marxist, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios
Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (October 26, 1927 – October 30, 2000) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was in charge of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad secret police at the midst of the "dirty war" (1964–1970), and served as governor of Veracruz (1986–1988) and as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Gutiérrez Barrios was born in Veracruz, Veracruz. His parents were Fernando Gutiérrez Ferrer and Ana María Barrios. He graduated from the '' Colegio Militar'' military academy in 1947 and joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1950. In the 2000 general election, voters in Veracruz elected Gutiérrez Barrios to the Senate for the 58th and 59th sessions of Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jornada
''La Jornada'' (''The Working Day'') is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor (''directora general'') is Carmen Lira Saade. As of 2006 it had approximately 287,000 readers in Mexico City, and, according to them, their website has approximately 180,000 daily page views. The online version was launched in 1995, with no restrictions on access and a Google-based search that includes the historic archives of the newspaper. The website is hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Regional Editions ''La Jornada'' has the following regional editions: * La Jornada Aguascalientes * La Jornada Baja California * La Jornada Estado de México * La Jornada Hidalgo * La Jornada Maya * La Jornada Morelos * La Jornada de Oriente * La Jornada San Luis * La Jornada Veracruz * La Jornada Zacatecas Previously, ''La Jornada'' had editions in Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacán. Contributors Many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Salinas De Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexicans, Mexican economist, historían and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Considered the frontman of Mexican Neoliberalism by formulating, promoting, signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he worked in the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, eventually becoming Secretary. He secured the party's nomination for the 1988 Mexican general election, 1988 general election and was elected amid widespread accusations of electoral fraud. An economist, Salinas de Gortari was the first Mexican president since 1946 who was not a Law degree, law graduate. His presidency was characterized by the entrenchment of the Neoliberalism, neoliberal, Free market, free trade economic policies initiated by his predecessor Miguel de la Madrid in observance of the Washington Consensus, mass pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Mexican General Election
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its Dissolution of the Soviet Union, gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as People's Republic of Hungary, Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to Eradication of polio, eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Mexican General Election
General elections were held in Mexico on 4 July 1982.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p. 453 The presidential elections were won by Miguel de la Madrid, who received 74% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won 299 of the 372 seats,Nohlen, p468 as well as winning 63 of the 64 seats in the Senate election. Voter turnout was 75% in the presidential election and 73% and 66% for the two parts of the Chamber elections. The deputies elected served during the 52nd session of Congress (1982–1985), while the senators additionally served during the 53rd session (1985–1988). Rosario Ibarra, who was nominated as a presidential candidate by the Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT), was the first woman ever to run for president in a Mexican election. These were the last of the symbolic/non-competitive presidential elections in which the PRI (in power since 1929) and its presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Mexican Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 2 July 1967.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 The Institutional Revolutionary Party won 177 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Nohlen, p468 Results References {{Mexican elections 1967 elections in Mexico, Legislative Legislative elections in Mexico July 1967 in Mexico, Legislative Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Lottery (Mexico)
The National Lottery for Public Assistance (Lotenal), better known as the National Lottery, is the Mexican government institution in charge of carrying out legal games and draws in the country. The lottery was founded on 7 August 1770 as the ''Royal General Lottery of New Spain'', and is committed to raising financial resources, through the sale of lottery tickets in different draws and the company works to promote the process of redistribution of a considerable part of the wealth, both in the generation of jobs, and in the delivery of more and better prizes. History New Spain Colony In the Bourbon era, the King of Spain Carlos III and the Viceroy Marquis de Croix supported Francisco Xavier de Sarría's project to create a lottery based on those from the kingdoms of Naples and England, as well as the Netherlands, but with a more logical system, rational and simple, which was adopted a year later by European lotteries, known as Modern Lottery. The first draw of the Royal G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
