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Elba Esther Gordillo
Elba Esther Gordillo Morales (; 6 February 1945) is a Mexican politician and trade unionist who has been the leader of the 1.4-million-strong National Education Workers' Union (''Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación'', or SNTE), the largest labor union in Latin America, since 1989. She was formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (''Partido Revolucionario Institucional'', or PRI) until 2005, when she left and founded the New Alliance Party (Mexico), New Alliance Party (''Partido Nueva Alianza'', or PANAL), which is currently led by Luis Castro Obregón. Gordillo was arrested by the Mexican authorities on 26 February 2013 on charges of embezzlement and organized crime. She was included in a list of the "10 most corrupt Mexicans" published by ''Forbes'' in 2013. Gordillo has held considerable influence over governments and individual presidents by persuading her union members to vote as a single bloc. Early life Elba Esther Gordillo was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and finally as the PRI beginning in 1946. The party held uninterrupted power in the country and controlled the President of Mexico, presidency twice: the first one was for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, the second was for six years, from 2012 to 2018. 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica Arriola Gordillo
Monica Tzasna Arriola Gordillo (14 May 1971 – 14 March 2016) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the New Alliance Party. She died of brain cancer on 14 March 2016 in Mexico City. Personal life and education Arriola Gordillo was the daughter of Elba Esther Gordillo. She got her bachelor's degree in Latin American literature from the Universidad Iberoamericana. Political career Arriola was a member of the New Alliance Party who in 2006 secured a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico via proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ... to serve during the LX Legislature. In October 2006 she traveled to other Latin American countries with Felipe Calderón during the first overseas trip of Calderon as president-elect of Mexico. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy Media Company, or simply McClatchy and MCC, is an American publishing company incorporated under Delaware's General Corporation Law. Originally based in Sacramento, California, United States, and known as The McClatchy Company, it became a subsidiary of Chatham Asset Management, headquartered in Chatham Borough, New Jersey, as a result of its 2020 bankruptcy. The company operates 29 daily newspapers in 14 states and has an average weekday circulation of 1.6 million and Sunday circulation of 2.4 million. In 2006, it purchased Knight Ridder, which at the time was the second-largest newspaper company in the United States. In 2024, McClatchy merged with A360media. In addition to its daily newspapers, McClatchy also operates several websites and community papers, as well as a news agency, McClatchy DC Bureau, focused on political news from Washington, D.C. History The company originated with '' The Daily Bee'', first published in Sacramento, California, on Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hummer
Hummer (stylized in all caps) is an American brand of Pickup truck, pickups launched in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee. Although discontinued in 2010, Hummer returned as a model under GMC (automobile), GMC in 2020. In 1998, General Motors (GM) purchased the brand name from and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, Hummer H1, based on the military Humvee, as well as the new Hummer H2, H2 and Hummer H3, H3 models, which were based on smaller, civilian-market GM Automobile platform, platforms. By 2008, Hummer's viability in the Late-2000s recession, economic downturn was questioned. Rather than being transferred to the Motors Liquidation Company as part of the GM bankruptcy in 2009, the brand was retained by GM, to investigate its sale. No final deal was made, and in 2010, Hummer dealerships began shutting down. The nameplate returned to the marketplace for the 2022 model year, not as a separate brand but as an electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party (, PAN) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico founded in 1939. It is one of the main political parties in the country, and, since the 1980s, has had success winning local, state, and national elections. In the historic 2000 Mexican general election, PAN candidate Vicente Fox was elected president, the first time in 71 years that the Mexican presidency was not held by the traditional ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. Six years later, PAN candidate Felipe Calderón succeeded Fox after winning the 2006 Mexican general election, 2006 presidential election. In the 2006 Mexican general election, 2006 legislative elections, the party won 207 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies and 52 out of 128 Senate of the Republic (Mexico), senators. In the 2012 Mexican general election, 2012 legislative elections, the PAN won 38 seats in the Senate and 114 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Palacios Alcocer
Mariano Palacios Alcocer (born May 27, 1952, in Santiago de Querétaro) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is a former governor of Querétaro and has presided twice over the PRI. Mariano Palacios received a doctorate in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1995; he also holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in law from the Autonomous University of Querétaro. He is married to Ana María González de Palacios, with whom he has seven children. Political career Palacios began his political career at the age of 21 when he became a Querétaro state deputy in the 54th legislature (1973–1976). He has been mayor of Santiago de Querétaro (1976–1979), senator for the State of Querétaro (1982–1985), Governor of Querétaro (1985–1991), federal congressman in the 57th Legislature (1997) and President of the National Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Institutional Party from 1997 until 1999 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Mexican General Election
General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 2 July 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of Mexico, President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then President Vicente Fox (ineligible for re-election under the Constitution of Mexico, 1917 Constitution); 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies (300 by the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system and 200 by proportional representation) to serve for three-year terms; and 128 members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico), Senate (three per List of states of Mexico, state by limited voting and 32 by proportional representation from List of political parties in Mexico, national party lists) to serve for six-year terms. 2006 Mexican elections, Several local ballots were also held on the same day, including the head and legislature of the 2006 Mexican Federal District election, federal district, governors of Guanajuato, Jalisco and Morelos and local counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies Of Mexico
The Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish: , ) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral parliament of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the Constitution. History A bicameral legislature, including the Chamber of Deputies, was established on 4 October 1824. A unicameral congress existed from 7 September 1857 to 13 November 1874. Elections and qualifications Qualifications Article 55 of the Mexican Constitution establishes the requirements to serve as a deputy. To be eligible, a candidate must: * Be a Mexican citizen by birth with full legal rights. * Be at least 18 years old on election day. * Be a resident of, or have lived in, the state they seek to represent for at least six months prior to the election. * Not be on active military duty or hold a police command within 90 days before the election. * Not be a minister of any religious faith. The artic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Federal Electoral District Of Mexico City
The 2nd federal electoral district of Mexico City (; previously "of the Federal District") is one of the 300 electoral districts into which Mexico is divided for elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 22 such districts in Mexico City. It elects one deputy to the lower house of Congress for each three-year legislative session by means of the first-past-the-post system. Votes cast in the district also count towards the calculation of proportional representation ("plurinominal") deputies elected from the fourth region. The current member for the district, elected in the 2024 general election, is José Alberto Benavides Castañeda of the Labour Party (PT). District territory Under the 2022 districting plan adopted by the National Electoral Institute (INE), which is to be used for the 2024, 2027 and 2030 federal elections, the 2nd district covers 369 electoral precincts () across the central portion of the borough A borough is an administrative division i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Mexico
The politics of Mexico function within the framework of a federation, federal presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic whose government is based on a multi-party congressional system, where the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government. The federal government of Mexico, federal government represents the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial, established by the Constitution of Mexico, Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, published in 1917. The state governments of Mexico, constituent states of the federation must also have a republican government based on a congressional system established by their respective constitutions. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch, headed by the President, who is advised by a cabinet of secretaries independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the Congress of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty War (Mexico)
The Mexican Dirty War () was the Mexican theater of the Cold War, an internal conflict from the 1960s to the 1980s between the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)-ruled government under the presidencies of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Luis Echeverría, and José López Portillo, which were backed by the U.S. government, and left-wing student and guerrilla groups. During the war, government forces carried out disappearances (estimated at 1,200), systematic torture, and "probable extrajudicial executions". In the 1960s and 1970s, Mexico was persuaded to be part of both Operation Intercept and Operation Condor, developed between 1975 and 1978, with the pretext to fight against the cultivation of opium and marijuana in the " Golden Triangle", particularly in Sinaloa. The operation, commanded by General José Hernández Toledo, was a flop with no major drug-lord captures, but many abuses and acts of repression were committed. The judicial investigation into state crimes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025. Published eight times per year, ''Forbes'' feature articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400, ''Forbes'' 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the Forbes 30 Under 30, ''Forbes'' 30 under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
