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Víctor Flores Olea
Víctor Flores Olea (24 August 1932 – 22 November 2020) was a Mexican academic, writer, photographer, and diplomat. He held positions at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and in the federal government, and he represented his country as ambasador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and as permanent representative to the United Nations. His published books comprised both fiction and non-fiction, as well as collections of his photographs. Professional life Víctor Flores Olea was born in Toluca, State of Mexico, in 1932. He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and pursued postgraduate studies in Paris and Rome. He was the director of the Centre for Latin American Studies at the UNAM's School of Political and Social Sciences (FCPyS) from 1966 to 1969; his tenure coincided with the 1968 students' movement, during which he served as an intermediary between the authorities and the protesting students. He was later appointed the dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toluca
Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area, which with a combined population of 2,347,692 forms the Metropolitan areas of Mexico, fifth most populous metropolitan area in the country. Located southwest of Mexico City, the city's rapid growth stems largely from its proximity to the capital. It is mainly an industrial city that borders Metepec, one of the richest municipalities in the country. The Toluca Valley has a good level of infrastructure. Its airport is considered the first option to relieve Mexico City and the first stage of the "El Insurgente" interurban train will soon come into operation, later with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and a length of 58 km it will link Toluca with Mexico City. It is connected 66 kilometers to the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mexican Movement Of 1968
The Mexican Movement of 1968, also known as the Mexican Student Movement (''Movimiento Estudiantil'') was a social movement composed of a broad coalition of students from Mexico's leading universities that garnered widespread public support for political change in Mexico. A major factor in its emergence publicly was the Mexican government's lavish spending to build Olympic facilities for the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The movement demanded greater political freedoms and an end to the authoritarianism of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI regime, which had been in power since 1929. Student mobilization on the campuses of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, National Polytechnic Institute, El Colegio de México, Chapingo Autonomous University, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, Ibero-American University, Universidad La Salle and Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, among others created t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nexos
''Nexos'' is a cultural and political magazine based in Mexico City, Mexico. History and profile ''Nexos'' was founded in 1978. The founders were a group of Intellectuals headed by Héctor Aguilar Camín. The magazine modeled on the ''New York Review of Books''. Since the establishment of the magazine a number of leading intellectuals among its writers and contributors, such as José Woldenberg and Wendy Guerra have edited it. The magazine is published on a monthly basis. The magazine has socialist political views, and is a representative of the left-wing cultural and literary establishments in the country. It supported militant actions to offer social justice and equality to the poor in the 1980s. However, since the leftist government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018 in Mexico, the director of Nexos, Hector Aguilar Camín, called for a citizen alliance against López Obrador. References External links * (in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Excélsior
''Excélsior'' is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second-oldest paper in the city after ''El Universal (Mexico City), El Universal'', printing its first issue on March 18, 1917. The newspaper's headquarters are located at Avenida Bucareli 1 in Colonia Juárez, Mexico City, at the intersection between that avenue and Paseo de la Reforma, which is known as (the "Information Corner" or "News Corner" in Spanish), since the headquarters of ''El Universal'' are also within this area. The historic building of its headquarters is located between Paseo de la Reforma 18 and Avenida Bucareli 17, next to the modern building. History Originating from the weekly journal Revista de revistas, ''Excélsior'' was founded by :es:Rafael Alducin, Rafael Alducin and first published in Mexico City on March 18, 1917. Before choosing its current location, the headquarters were initially set at the corner between the streets of Colón and Rosales (this corner no longer exists, it was located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deseret News
The ''Deseret News'' () is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Founded in 1850, it was the first newspaper to be published in Utah. The publication's name is from the geographic area of State of Deseret, Deseret identified by Utah's Mormon pioneers, pioneer settlers, and much of the publication's reporting is rooted in that region. On January 1, 2021, the newspaper switched from a daily to a weekly print format while continuing to publish daily on the website and Deseret News app. As of 2024, ''Deseret News'' develops daily content for its website and apps, in addition to twice weekly print editions of the ''Deseret News'' Local Edition and a weekly edition of the ''Church News'' and ''Deseret News'' National Edition. The company also publishes 10 editions of ''Deseret Magazine'' per year. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Uphold Democracy was a multinational military intervention designed to remove the military regime led and installed by Raoul Cédras after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940. Background Coup and refugee crisis Following the September 1991 Haitian coup d'état, which led to the ''de facto'' leadership of military officer Raoul Cédras, the Organization of American States (OAS) began economic sanctions against Haiti. Following this, the Haitian refugee crisis began, with 14,000 Haitian boat people being gathered from the Caribbean Sea by the United States by January 1992 and President George H. W. Bush forcing Haitian refugees not eligible for asylum to return the following month. The National Assembly of Haiti, Aristide and OAS nations draft the "Washington Protocol" in February 1992, establishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 940
United Nations Security Council resolution 940 was adopted on 31 July 1994. After recalling resolutions 841 (1993), 861 (1993), 862 (1993), 867 (1993), 873 (1993), 875 (1993), 905 (1994), 917 (1994) and 933 (1994), the Council permitted a United States-led force to restore President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and authorities of the Government of Haiti, and extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) for an additional six months. Resolution The council began with condemnations of the military regime in Haiti because it had refused to co-operate with the United Nations. Some concern was also expressed at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country, violations of civil liberties and expulsion of staff from the International Civilian Mission (MICIVIH). The resolution claimed an extraordinary situation in Haiti, which required an exceptional response. The Council then authorised, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, for Member States to fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Academia Mexicana De La Lengua
The Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Mexican Academy of Language, the Mexican Academy of the Language, the Mexican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym AML) is the correspondent academy in Mexico of the Royal Spanish Academy. It was founded in Mexico City on 11 September 1875 and, like the other academies, has the principal function of working to ensure the purity of the Spanish language. Academy members have included many of the leading figures in Mexican letters, including philologists, grammarians, philosophers, novelists, poets, historians and humanists. The Academia Mexicana organized the first Congress of the Spanish Language Academies that was celebrated at Mexico City in April 1951. This gave birth, through its Permanent Commission, to the Association of Spanish Language Academies, confirmed in the second Congress, celebrated in Madrid five years later. Objectives According to its statutes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Secretary Of State (Mexico)
In the United Mexican States, the federal executive power of the government is exercised by the president of the republic whose official denomination is ''Constitutional President of the United Mexican States'', to carry out the development of its powers and functions, the president has the power to freely appoint members of his cabinet, each of which is the head of a secretariat of state that is responsible for a branch of the federal public administration; and the organization of these agencies and the powers that each have, are set by the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration (in Spanish). The federal public administration is centralized and parastatal in accordance with the organic law issued by the Congress, which distributes the administrative business of the federation among the state secretaries who constitute the cabinet in Mexico. The Secretaries of State are appointed by the President of the United Mexican States. The President may convene the meetings of sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Secretariat Of Culture
The Secretariat of Culture () — formerly known as the National Council for Culture and Arts ( or CONACULTA) before being elevated to ministerial level in 2015 — is a Mexican government agency in charge of the nation's museums and monuments, promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic), and managing the national archives. It was created in 1988 and was a decentralized body of the Secretariat of Public Education (). On December 18, 2015, CONACULTA was elevated to a secretariat following the passage of a law originally promoted three months earlier by President Enrique Peña Nieto. Diplomat, historian and lawyer Rafael Tovar y de Teresa was the first culture secretary; in office for one year since CONACULTA was elevated to a Cabinet-level position in December 2015 until 10 December 2016, when Tovar y de Teresa died in Mexico city at the age of 62. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Secretariat Of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (, ''SRE'', lit: Secretariat of External Relations) is the government department responsible for Mexico's foreign affairs. Mexico currently has 80 embassies, 33 consulates-general, 35 consulates, 1 representative office in Ramallah, 1 trade office in Taiwan and 144 honorary consulates around the world. Mexico also has 2 permanent representations to the United Nations in New York City and Geneva, there are also permanent missions to the OAS in Washington, D.C., to UNESCO in Paris, to European Union in Brussels, to OECD in Paris, to ICAO in Montreal and to OPANAL in Mexico City. Mexico also has permanent observer mission status to the AU, CAN, CE, Mercosur, NAM and Unasur. The Secretariat also operates passport offices throughout Mexico where Mexican citizens can apply in person for passports for international travel. The person in charge of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs is the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, also known domesticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
