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Tetela Del Volcán
Tetela del Volcán or simply Tetela, is a town and municipal seat of the municipality of Tetela del Volcán in the Mexican state of Morelos. It is located on the slopes of the volcano Popocatépetl. . The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is notable for its sixteenth century Dominican ex-convent which together with a number of other early monasteries nearby in the area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The municipality reported 20,698 inhabitants in the year 2015 census. Other towns in the municipality of Tetela del Volcán include Hueyapan, ''Xochicalco'' (not to be confused with the archeological site of the same name) and ''Tlamimilulpan''. The toponym ''Tetela'' comes from Nahuatl and means "place of rocks". The ''Volcán'' ("volcano") referred to is, of course, Popocatépetl. History In 1503, Tetela del Volcán and nearby Hueyapan were subjugated to the Aztec Empire by Moctezuma II. The first Spania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetela Del Volcan (Arc)
Tetela may refer to: Democratic Republic of the Congo: *Tetela people *Tetela language Mexico: *Tetela del Volcán, Morelos *Tetela, Oaxaca *Tetela de Ocampo, Puebla *Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla *Los Ángeles Tetela, Puebla *San Baltazar Tetela, Puebla {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Estrada
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec Maria is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. History Maria had been the location of a Mi'kmaq summer coastal community prior to European settlement. In 1774, the area began to be settled by American Loyalists, and Scottish and Irish settlers. In 184 ..., Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films *Maria (1947 film), ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film *Maria (1975 film), ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film *Maria (2003 film), ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film *Maria (2019 film), ''Maria'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Chiapas Earthquake
The 2017 Chiapas earthquake struck at 23:49 CDT on 7 September (local time; 04:49 on the 8th UTC) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the southern coast of Mexico near the state of Chiapas, approximately southwest of Pijijiapan (alternately, south-southwest of Tres Picos), with a Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The moment magnitude was estimated to be . The earthquake caused all of Mexico City to tremble, prompting people to evacuate after the early warning system was triggered. It also generated a tsunami with waves above tide level; and tsunami alerts were issued for surrounding areas. Mexico's president called it the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in a century. It was also the second strongest recorded in the country's history, behind the magnitude 8.6 earthquake in 1787, and the largest recorded globally in 2017. Tectonic setting The Gulf of Tehuantepec lies above the convergent boundary where the Cocos Plate is being subducted below the North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Nacional Revolucionario, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution ( es, Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, PRM) and finally as the PRI beginning in 1946. The PNR was founded in 1929 by Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexico's paramount leader at the time and self-proclaimed (Supreme Chief) of the Mexican Revolution. The party was created with the intent of providing a political space in which all the surviving leaders and combatants of the Mexican Revolution could participate and to solve the severe political crisis caused by the assassination of President-elect Álvaro Obregón in 1928. Although Calles himself fell into political disgrace and was exiled in 1936, the party continued ruling Mexico u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal President
A ''presidente municipal'' (English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or city. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a ''presidente municipal'' includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it. Nationally, this position is also equivalent to that of Head of Government of the Federal District and that is why these positions are sometimes referred to as "mayors" in English-language publications. Lists * Municipal president of Cananea * Municipal president of Chihuahua * Municipal president of Ciudad Juárez *Municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán *Municipal president of Monterrey *Municipal president of Sabinas Hidalgo The following is a list of the municipal presidents of Sabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueva Alianza
The New Alliance Party ( es, Partido Nueva Alianza, PNA or PANAL) is a state-level (previously national, until 2018) political party in Mexico founded in 2005. Its creation was proposed by the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE, National Union of Education Workers), the largest trade union in Latin America, led by Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial former general secretary of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). History The New Alliance Party achieved its official registry on July 14, 2005,https://nueva-alianza.org.mx/historia/ Retrieved Dec 16, 2018. three years after the SNTE created the Asociación Ciudadana del Magisterio (ACM, Citizen Association of Teachers), a political group recognized by the Federal Electoral Institute since August 2002. The creation of this party by the SNTE, a group that had traditionally supported the PRI in every election, caused accusations of treason for Gordillo. The party's president is Jorge Kahwagi. On 8 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Soberanes
is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Mexican Election
A number of elections on the federal and local level took place in Mexico during 2006. Federal election A general election was held on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level: *A new President of the Republic *A new Congress (both chambers) The Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) is the public organization responsible for organizing the general election in Mexico. Local elections In addition to the general election in July 2006, 12 states and the Federal District (Mexico City) held local elections during the course of the year. See also *Politics of Mexico *List of political parties in Mexico This article lists political parties in Mexico. Mexico has a multi-party system, which means that there are more than two dominant political parties. Nationally, the three main political parties are the , the , and the . Other political parties ... References Further reading *Bruhn, Kathleen, and Kenneth F. Greene. "Elite Polarization M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the Mexican Revolution and became a general in the Constitutionalist Army. Although he was not from the state of Sonora, whose revolutionary generals dominated Mexican politics in the 1920s, Cárdenas was hand-picked by Plutarco Elías Calles, Sonoran general and former president of Mexico, as a presidential candidate and won in the 1934 general election. After founding the National Revolutionary Party (PNR) in the wake of the assassination of president-elect Álvaro Obregón, Plutarco Elías Calles had unofficially remained in power during the Maximato (1928–1934) and expected to maintain that role when Cárdenas took office. Cárdenas, however, out-maneuvered him politically and forced Calles into exile. He established the structure of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocuituco
Ocuituco is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos and the municipal head for the Municipality of Ocuituco which includes the towns of Ocuituco, Huejotengo, Huecahuaxco, Huepalcalco, Metepec, and Ocoxaltepec, as well as a number of settlements with fewer than 300 inhabitants. The name comes from Nahuatl ''Okuiltoco'' and means ''Where there are weevils.'' It is one of the 36 municipalities of the state of Morelos. To the north of Ocuitico is México State, southeast is Zacualpan, east is Tetela del Volcán, and southwest is Yecapixtla. It stands at , at 1,920 meters above sea level. It is considered one of the municipalities of the "Los altos de Morelos" (Morelos highlands). History During Pre-Hispanic times, Ocuituco was inhabited by Olmecs-Xicalancas, and after the Spanish Conquest, Hernan Cortés received the submission of the Cacique of Ocuituco. During the Colonial era, Ocuituco was one of the few towns subtracted from the Marquessate of the valley of Oaxaca and was commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristóbal Martínez De Maldonado
Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer *Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic *Cristóbal Colón Ruiz (born 1954), Puerto Rican politician *Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553), Spanish composer *Cristóbal de Olid (1487–1524), Spanish conquistador *Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021), Spanish composer *Cristóbal Lander (born 1978), Venezuelan actor and model * Cristóbal López (other), multiple people *Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927), Mexican martyr and Catholic saint *Cristóbal Márquez Crespo (born 1984), Cuban association football player known as simply Cristóbal *Cristóbal Mendoza (1772–1829), Venezuelan president *Cristóbal Oudrid (1825–1877), Spanish composer *Cristóbal Orellana (born 1983), Mexican actor and singer *Cristóbal Parralo (born 1967), Cuban association football player know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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