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Videoscandals (México)
The ''Videoscandals'' () 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, 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 him to 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 at the PVEM headquarters. During an interview with Grupo Reforma, Emilio talked about some accusations: his involvem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Politics
These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2006. Events January * January 3 – U.S. lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion, and mail fraud. His investigation starts a whirlwind of investigations and reforms into U.S. lobbying policies. * January 4 – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a massive stroke, resulting in his authority being transferred to Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. * January 15 ** A run-off election takes place in Chile for the office of president, resulting in a win for Michelle Bachelet. ** The first round of Finnish presidential elections take place, resulting in a run-off on January 29. * January 16 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as president of Liberia. She becomes the first female elected head of state in Africa. * January 22 ** Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the first indigenous president in the nation's history. ** A parliamentary election takes place in Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico. Incumbents Federal government President * President of Mexico, President **Vicente Fox National Action Party (Mexico), PAN, until November 30 **Felipe Calderón National Action Party (Mexico), PAN, starting December 1 Cabinet * Secretariat of the Interior, Interior Secretary (SEGOB) **Santiago Creel, until November 30 **Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) **Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30 **Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1 * Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico), Communications Secretary (SCT) **Pedro Cerisola, until November 30 **Luis Téllez, starting December 1 * Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico), Education Secretary (SEP) **Reyes Tamez, until November 30 **Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1 * Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico), Secretary of Defense (SEDENA) **Gerardo Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Politics
These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2005. Events January * January 1 ** The Freedom of Information Act 2000 comes into force in the United Kingdom. ** In Germany, stage IV of the Hartz concept brought together unemployment benefits and social security benefits, despite protests. ** In Switzerland, Ruth Lüthi becomes president of the Council of State of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg; Heinz Albicker becomes president of the government of Schaffhausen; Anne-Catherine Lyon becomes president of the Council of State of Vaud; Brigitte Profos becomes Landammann of Canton of Zug, Zug. * January 2 – Aníbal Acevedo Vilá takes office as governor of Puerto Rico. * January 4 – Violence in Iraq, assassination of the Governor of Baghdad Governorate, Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri. * January 5 – Adam Daniel Rotfeld is sworn in as Foreign Minister of Poland. * January 7 – Isidore Mvouba becomes Prime Minister of West Congo. * January 14 – Sergey Morozov (politician), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Mexico
Events in the year 2005 in Mexico. Incumbents Federal government * President: Vicente Fox PAN * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez * Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola * Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) **José Carlos María Abascal Carranza (date of resignation not available) **Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz (date of appointment not available) * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) **Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez, until June 23 **José Luis Luege Tamargo, starting June 23 * Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk *Attorney General of Mexico (PRG) **Rafael Macedo de la Concha, until April 27 **Daniel Cabeza de Vaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Scandals
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Politics
These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2004. Events January * January 1- Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month. * January 1 – Joseph Deiss takes office as President of the Confederation in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid as vice-president. * January 4 – Texas Congressman Ralph Hall switches to the Republicans. Hall had been a Democrat. * January 4 – Mikhail Saakashvili is elected as President of Georgia. * January 6 – 2000 Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Bradley endorses fellow Democrat Howard Dean for president. * January 8 – Gavin Newsom is sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco. * January 8 – Roosevelt Skerrit is sworn in as Prime Minister of Dominica following the death of Pierre Charles on January 6. * January 12 – Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is sworn in as Governor of Louisiana. * January 13 – Haley Barbour is sworn in as Governor of Mississippi. * January 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico. Incumbents Federal government * President: Vicente Fox PAN * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez * Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola * Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas * Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk *Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha Supreme Court * President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón Governors * Aguascalientes ** Felipe González González PAN, until August 25 ** Juan José León Rubio, Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Mexico
The president of Mexico (), officially the president of the United Mexican States (), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the Mexican Armed Forces. The office, which was first established by the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, federal Constitution of 1824, is currently held by Claudia Sheinbaum, who was sworn in on October 1, 2024. The office of the president is considered to be revolutionary, in the sense that the powers of office are derived from the Mexican Revolution, Revolutionary Constitution of Mexico, Constitution of 1917. Another legacy of the Mexican Revolution is the Constitution's ban on re-election. Mexican presidents are limited to a single six-year term, called a ''sexenio (Mexico), sexenio.'' No one who has held the post, even on a caretaker basis, is allowed to run or serve again. The constitution and the office of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, first woman to hold the office. A member of the Morena (political party), National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she previously served as List of mayors of Mexico City, Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023. In 2024, ''Forbes'' ranked Sheinbaum as Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, the fourth most powerful woman in the world. A scientist by profession, Sheinbaum received her Doctor of Philosophy in energy engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has co-authored over 100 articles and two books on energy, the environment, and sustainable development. She contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in 2018, was named one of 100 Women (BBC), BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Ímaz
Carlos Ímaz Gispert (born 18 March 1959) is a Mexican politician, academic, and activist and a founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. He has served as the Delegational Head of Tlalpan, a borough of Mexico City. Early life and teaching Ímaz was born in 1959, and is the second son of Mexican mathematician Carlos Ímaz Jahnke and Montserrat Gispert Cruells, an ethnobotanical researcher. His grandfather Eugenio Ímaz Echeverría was a Spanish philosopher. In 1985, he graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a degree in sociology and later earned a doctorate in education from Stanford University. Since 1984, he has been a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Personal life In 1986, he began a relationship with Claudia Sheinbaum. They married the following year in 1987 and remained together until 2016. Political career Party of the Democratic Revolution Following a student movement in 1987, Ímaz became activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
