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	List of Cities in Quintana Roo , Mexico
		In 1902, Quintana Roo became a territory and was declared as a Free and Sovereign State in 1974.
		Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula.
		This action added to the indigenous opposition, and caused the territory of Quintana Roo to be recovered again in 1915: General Salvador Alvarado, military commandander of the peninsula, went to Santa Cruz de Bravo, where the natives continued fighting the soldiers and demanded the retirement of troops and the restitution of lands to the Mayans.
	www.mexicotravel.in /mexicocities/quintanaroo (6243 words)

	ipedia.com: Quintana Roo Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The capital of Quintana Roo is the city of Chetumal.
		Quintana Roo was made a territory of Mexico by decree of President Porfirio Díaz on November 24, 1902.
		Quintana Roo was granted statehood within the United Mexican States on October 8, 1975.
	www.ipedia.com /quintana_roo.html (379 words)

	Quintana Roo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quintana Roo [kiŋˈt̪ana ro] is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula.
		Quintana Roo was granted statehood within the United Mexican States on October 8, 1974.
		Quintana Roo is divided into eight municipalities (municipios).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quintana_Roo (548 words)

	The Ultimate Quintana Roo - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The capital of Quintana Roo is the city of Chetumal.
		Quintana Roo was made a territory of Mexico by decree of President Porfirio Díaz on November 24, 1902.
		Quintana Roo was granted statehood within the United Mexican States on October 8, 1974.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Quintana_Roo (354 words)

	Quintana Roo - Encyclopedia.com
		High places.(Mario Villanueva, former governor of Quintana Roo in Mexico, has disappeared after it was announced that he might face alleged drug-trafficking charges)(Brief Article)
		Quintana Roo scouts chance to increase FDI during Puebla-Panama meeting.
		Quintana Roo expects 5% jump in tourism this summer.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-QuintnRo.html (1133 words)

	Quintana Roo, Mexico
		Quintana Roo comprises the beautiful islands of Cozumel and Mujeres in the Caribbean Sea, world-famous tourist resorts like Cancún, Chetumal, Punta Allen, and interesting archeological places such as Tulum, Cobá, Xcaret, El Rey, Muyil, San Gervasio, Xel-Ha.
		The Quinata Roo coat of arms is not "medieval" or traditional because its territoy through history was Yucatec until 1902 when the territory was split from Yucatan to form the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo.
		In the Quintana Roo coat of arms are represented the State's main geographical features: warm climate (stylized sun on red), cloudless sky (star on blue field), and thick vegetation.
	fotw.fivestarflags.com /mx-roo.html (623 words)

	Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The hurricane began accelerating in the early morning of October 23, exiting the northeast tip of the Yucatán Peninsula and entering the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane.
		Quintana Roo government officials declared a red alert on the evening of Wednesday, October 19.
		Classes were suspended in the state's northern municipalities and residents of coastal areas were advised to take refuge further inland; tourists in the resort city of Cancún and its adjacent islands were told to return to their places of origin or head inland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Wilma (4137 words)

	Former Mexican governor indicted for drug trafficking in New York
		A former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo was indicted Friday by a federal court here for trafficking drugs to the United States and could be sentenced to life in prison if he is found guilty, authorities said.
		Mexican anti-narcotics agents say that during Villaneuva's 1993-1999 term as governor, Quintana Roo state was a revolving door for drug shipments to the United States, particularly for cocaine coming from South America.
		In Mexico City, Attorney General Rafael Macedo said the former governor could be extradited if the US authorities request it, though there was no word yet on that eventuality from the United States.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2001-05/26/content_59651.htm (327 words)

	Quintana Roo, Mexico
		Quintana Roo comprises the beautiful islands of Cozumel and Mujeres in the Caribbean Sea, world-famous tourist resorts like Cancún, Chetumal, Punta Allen, and interesting archeological places such as Tulum, Cobá, Xcaret, El Rey, Muyil, San Gervasio, Xel-Ha.
		The Quinata Roo coat of arms is not "medieval" or traditional because its territoy through history was Yucatec until 1902 when the territory was split from Yucatan to form the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo.
		In the Quintana Roo coat of arms are represented the State's main geographical features: warm climate (stylized sun on red), cloudless sky (star on blue field), and thick vegetation.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mx-roo.html (623 words)

	The Forest Ejidos of Quintana Roo, Mexico
		In post-conquest Mexico, Quintana Roo remained a frontier area, and by the late 19th century most of its land area was covered with secondary lowland moist forest.
		Quintana Roo's mahogany species, Swietenia macrophylla, may be facing commercial extinction throughout its range, as reflected by several recent proposals, endorsed by Mexico in 1997, to list it in an Appendix to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.
		The decision to either manage or convert forest in Quintana Roo's forestry ejidos is a function of the contemporary economic viability of forestry as a land-use alternative for that ejido.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/aam/mexico/mexico.html (10338 words)

	Ambergris Today Website: Your Source for Issues Concerning La Isla Bonita.
		The ties between Belize and Quintana Roo go beyond political respect and friendship and are marked by a fraternal interaction and in most cases with family roots.
		Belize and Quintana Roo have been actors of common history and have both influenced the makeup of the cultural features, establishing a spirit of solidarity in the daily lives of its people.
		The Governor of Quintana Roo also emphasized the opportunities to be grasped in the crucial industries of tourism and commerce.
	www.ambergristoday.com /archives/29-5-03 (2503 words)

	Hotel Reservations / Vacation Rental Villas and Condos - Mayan Riviera/Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
		The climate is predominantly tropical with rain in the summer months except in the south-east and south-west with intense temperatures and intense periods of rain with a relatively dry winter in the north.
		The average annual temperature is 26ºC. The dryer season is between February and May and the wetter season between May and October although January often sees high levels of rainfall in the north of the province.
		Playa del Carmen is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north east of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located at 20.62° North, 87.07° West.
	www.allmexicoaccommodation.com /quintanaroo.htm (1549 words)

	El Universal Online - Miami Herald.
		The governor of the state hardest hit last month by Hurricane Wilma says at least 3,000 people lost their jobs because of damage done by the storm.
		Félix González Canto, governor of Quintana Roo, said in reporting the figure that most of those people probably will be rehired once the Caribbean coastal resort area that includes Cancun gets back on its feet.
		The government of Quintana Roo estimates that 800,000 residents of the state make their living in some part of the tourist industry.
	www.eluniversal.com.mx /miami/15626.html (319 words)

	The Mark Travel Corporation: Press Room
		By mid-December, the Governor of Quintana Roo and hoteliers say 75 percent of the hotels will be fully open by mid-December, and they are on-track for 95 percent operational by year-end in Maya Riviera."
		Governor Canto told La Macchia he is very pleased with the progress and confident with the investment that is being made in Cancun.
		The Governor of Quintana Roo, Felix González Canto, and Secretary of Tourism, Gabriella Rodriguez are also available for media calls.
	www.marktravel.com /pressroom/conditions.asp (620 words)

	AMResorts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Félix González Canto, the Governor of the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico as well as a delegation of more than 12 mayors and other officials from the tourism sector of the State on Friday, August 26, 2005, at Apple’s Philadelphia headquarters in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
		Quintana Roo is a state of Mexico, on the eastern part of the Yucatán Peninsula.
		Quintana Roo also contains the resort city of Cancún, the islands of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres, the region of Riviera Maya located south of Cancun, along with towns such as Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos among others.
	www.amresorts.com /news30.htm (884 words)

	The threat to X'cacel, an important sea turtle nesting beach
		X'cacel along with the adjoining beaches of Aventuras-DIF and Chemuyil are the most important green and loggerhead nesting beaches in the state of Quintana Roo.
		The governor has been quoted in the local newspapers as saying that the construction of a tourist resort is not in conflict with the protection of X'cacel.
		The coast of Quintana Roo between Cancun and Tulum, the Mayan Riviera, was selected in the seventies for a tourist expansion "the dream of the bankers"--Cancun style--massive, hospitality for the bearers of dollars, predators and destroyers; in the hands of foreign corporations.
	www.turtles.org /xcacelaa.htm (2012 words)

	Cozumel Insider - A Glimpse into the History and Culture of Cozumel
		The genesis of the Yucatan's east coast development, which later became the state of Quintana Roo, was a direct result of the War of the Castes.
		It was a conflict that changed the economic, demographic, and political geography of the peninsula and initiated the process of subdivisions and territories as the population was pushed out of the region.
		With water the color of imperial jade and edged with white-sand beaches and craggy fl castles of limestone and coral, Cozumel is the largest of 3 islands off the east coast of the state of Quintana Roo.
	www.cozumelinsider.com /History (1917 words)

	Earth Island Institute: Action Alert: Mangrove Action Project
		On April 30 X'cacel, Quintana Roo, Mexico was taken peaceably by the environmental NGOs Grupo Ambientalista del Mayab (GEMA) and Greenpeace.
		Among the attendees were Carlos Ojeda, representing the new governor of Quintana Roo, Joaquin Hendricks; Daniel Navarro, of the Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries in Quintana Roo (SEMARNAP); as well as representatives of the Environmental Attorney General (PROFEPA) and representatives of the local municipalities.
		At the same time, Araceli Domínguez, of Gema asked Carlos Ojeda for a meeting with the new governor of the state to present to him not only the thoughts of the ecological group, but also of the people of Quintana Roo and the international community that have been supporting the cause to preserve X'cacel.
	www.earthisland.org /takeaction/actionalert_map5.html (1038 words)

	Quintana Roo Has Plans for Ambergris Caye
		Mexico and the State of Quintana Roo have embarked on an ambitious development plan, the Costa Maya development.
		The initiative of integrating the two states, Quintana Roo and Belize is high on the priority of the Governor of Quintana Roo.
		In his address the Honourable Minister Fernandez revealed that negotiations are now on going with Quintana Roo for increased trade though unfortunately the imbalance of trade still remains significantly high.
	www.sanpedrosun.net /old/roo.html (575 words)

	Mexican ex-governor jailed, could be extradited
		US drug agents helped Mexico capture a former state governor accused of working with one of Mexico's leading drug cartels and he could be extradited to face charges in a US court, officials said on Friday.
		Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha said his agents worked closely with the US Drug Enforcement Administration in tracking down Mario Villanueva, the former governor of Quintana Roo state who was arrested by Mexican police in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun late on Thursday.
		Villanueva is accused of having had close ties with the infamous Juarez drug cartel and allowing it to land huge quantities of Colombian cocaine along Quintana Roo's coastline during his six-year term as governor.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2001-05/26/content_59665.htm (265 words)

	Cancun's Hotel Industry Operating Under Normal Conditions after the Passing of Hurricane Isidore / Sept 2002
		He also said that per the instructions of Joaquin Hendricks Diaz, Governor of Quintana Roo, immediate actions were taken to ensure the safety of tourists visiting the various destinations throughout the state.
		Martinez Flores made sure that the Quintana Roo Hotel Association, as well as all other tourist industry entities kept in close contact with the Civil Protection Department of the State's Government Secretary, which took preventive actions in view of the hurricane warning advisory.
		Quintana Roo's Secretary of Tourism declared that the Mexican Caribbean is open for the tourists of the world and that Quintana Roo's tourist destinations maintain their world-renowned presence of quality and good service.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2002_3rd/Sept02_Cancun.html (348 words)

	Governor of Quintana Roo Address \| Hurricane Cancun: Felix and Dean
		The Governor of the State of Quintana Roo Felix Gonzalez addressed tonight to the people of Quintana Roo.
		Although Dean is still at 1,500 miles of the coast of Quintana Roo it is necessary to take some preventive actions to protect life in case of a hurricane impact.
		The Government of the State of Quintana Roo is the only official means of information.
	hurricanecancun.com /2007/08/17/governor-of-quintana-roo-address (317 words)

	'Drug kingpin' arrested (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His base, they said, was in and around the resort town of Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo, on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
		They say he operated under the protection of Mario Villanueva, the governor of Quintana Roo from 1993 to 1999.
		Their arrests and indictments in the United States, coming in close conjunction, suggest that the authorities in Mexico and the United States have obtained high-level informants to pierce the drug syndicate once known as the Juarez cartel, one of the biggest in the world, and that Mexico's law- enforcement institutions are becoming less corruptible.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/14/MN226712.DTL (442 words)

	INAUGURATION OF THE BELIZE CONSULATE GENERAL IN CHETUMAL, ON SUNDAY, 25TH MARCH 2001. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Governor of Quintana Roo, His Excellency Joaquin Hendricks; Deputy Prime Minister, Hon.
		Governor, no doubt Chetumal is the ideal place for our first Consulate General, given that last year, every Belizean man, woman and child visited this city an average of three times.
		Governor, in his book, "Belize - a forgotten neighbour", Mexico's Ambassador, Enrique Hubbard Urrea, says, "It is possible to predict a real approach with the friendly, fraternal, neighbour, that neighbour which has never put any pre-conditions for its support, and has always stood by us in our various struggles."
	www.belize.gov.bz /features/swearingin.html (735 words)

	Banamex Aids Quintana Roo Community
		--> Chetumal, Quintana Roo — Banco Nacional de México, through Fomento Social Banamex and the Invermatico Estados program, complied for the third time on its commitment to deliver the funds generated from the savings of Tarjeta Invermático Quintana Roo to the community.
		Leslie Angelina Hendricks, President of the DIF Quintana Roo, in the presence of Joaquín Ernesto Hendricks Díaz, Constitutional Governor of the State.
		Actions such as this one serve to reaffirm, before the Quintana Roo community, the commitment that Banamex has made to each one of its customers.
	www.citigroup.com /citigroup/press/2003/031027a.htm (274 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vicente Fox (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He ran for governor of Guanajuato in 1991, in a disputed election where Ramón Aguirre Velázquez, of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was declared the winner; however, the political climate forced behind-the-scenes negotiations with President Carlos Salinas, and the governorship was given to Carlos Medina Plascencia of the PAN on an interim basis.
		His term as governor in Guanajuato was uneventful; his policy was to promote private investments and government efficiency and transparency.
		Vicente Fox was one of the first state governors to give a clear, public and timely account of the finances of Guanajuato state and of his personal patrimony.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vicente-Fox (9363 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Mexico captures fugitive governor
		Police in Mexico have arrested one of the country's most wanted fugitives - the former governor of the southern state of Quintana Roo, after he spent more than two years on the run.
		He was accused of using his power as governor in Quintana Roo to protect some of Mexico's biggest drugs cartels as they landed tonnes of Colombian cocaine in his backyard.
		Mr Villanueva was easily the highest official ever to be accused of drug trafficking while in office and, as such, he became both a huge embarrassment to the authorities and one of Mexico's most wanted men.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/americas/1350770.stm (398 words)

	The Week in Mexico \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Investment rep pleads guilty: A former Lehman Brothers investment manager pleaded guilty in New York federal court Thursday to conspiring to launder $11 million in drug proceeds for the governor of Quintana Roo state when the governor was a fugitive from justice there.
		Quintana Roo has been a transit point for drugs from Colombia.
		Border meeting: The governors of New Mexico and its southern neighbor, the Mexican state of Chihuahua, agreed Friday to bulldoze or board up buildings in a semi-abandoned border town that is a haven for would-be immigrants and smugglers.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050828/news_1n28mexweek.html (463 words)

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