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  Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soon after achieving its independence from Spain, the Mexican government, in an effort to populate its sparsely-settled hinterlands, awarded land grants in a remote area of the northernmost state of Coahuila y Tejas to hundreds of immigrant families from the United States, on the condition that the settlers convert to Catholicism and assume Mexican citizenship.
As president, in 1834 Santa Anna abrogated the federal constitution, causing insurgencies in the southern state of Yucatán and the northernmost portion of the northern state of Coahuila y Tejas.
Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexico   (5240 words)

  
 Federal government of the United Mexican States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Article 49 of the Constitution provides that the Federal government of the United Mexican States is divided in three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
The President of Mexico is both the head of state and head of government, as well as the commander-in-chief of the military.
Article 94 of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the United Mexican States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, one electoral court, and various "lower" or "inferior courts," among which are the district courts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_Mexico   (304 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Mexico
Mexico is bordered by the United States on the north, the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea on the east, and Guatemala and Belize on the south.
Mexico and the United States share a border that is 3,100 km (1,900 mi) long, much of which is formed by the Rio Grande, a major river known as the Río Bravo in Mexico.
The Mexican Revolution, a major social upheaval in the second decade of the 20th century, further delayed Mexico’s economic expansion.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576758/Mexico.html   (2475 words)

  
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State and local laws will determine what the worth of the family is, and determine the goods that belong to it on the basis that it will be inalienable and will not be subject to being frozen or encumbered with liens.
Mexicans will be preferred to foreigners in equality of circumstances, for all classes of concessions and all employment, duties, or commissions of government for which the quality of citizenship is not indispensable.
Not to be a secretary or subsecretary of state, or magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, unless he or she has definitely left the position ninety days before the election, in the case of the secretaries and subsecretaries, or two years, in the case of the ministers.
kcmecha.tripod.com /papeles/mexicanconstitution.htm   (18253 words)

  
 Mexican Constitution of 1824
The qualifications of the electors shall be constitutionally prescribed by the Legislatures of the States; to whom, likewise, appertains the regulation of the elections, in conformity with the principles established by this Constitution
The Secretaries of State shall be responsible for the acts of the President, unauthorized by their signatures, contrary to the Constitution, constitutional act, and general laws and constitutions of the States.
To be a Secretary of State it is necessary to be a Mexican citizen by birth.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/constit1824.htm   (7648 words)

  
 Mexico -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is the northernmost and westernmost country in (The parts of North and South America south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken) Latin America and the most populous (The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain) Spanish-speaking country in the world.
Each state has its own constitution and its citizens elect a (The head of a state government) governor as well as representatives to their respective State Congresses.
Following 6.9% growth in 2000, real (Measure of the United States economy adopted in 1991; the total market values of goods and services by produced by workers and capital within the United States borders during a given period (usually 1 year)) GDP fell 0.3% in 2001, with the US slowdown the principal cause.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/mexico.htm   (3884 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
That river separates the United States from the Republic of Mexico until at the city of El Paso it turns northward; from that point to the Colorado River an arbitrary line marks the boundary of the two republics.
In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm   (21027 words)

  
 Project DIANA : Guerrera v. Johnson: Brief Amicus Curiae of United Mexican States
The United States Supreme Court has consistently held that customary international law is a part of the law of the United States that is to be applied by courts of the United States.
Mexico therefore urges this Court, consistent with the United States' obligations under the Covenant and consistent with the principles of customary international law, to affirm the district court's opinion and ensure that the treatment afforded to Mr.
Many Texas citizens are Mexican immigrants, For the State of Texas to imply that an undocumented worker, based on his immigrant status alone, is somehow a danger to the community or that this status reveals something about the individual's criminal tendencies is deeply troubling.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diana/guerra/20443ac.html   (2613 words)

  
 LLRX -- Electronic Guide to Mexican Law
The Mexican Constitution is based on seven (7) basic principles; a declaration of human rights, national sovereignty, division of powers, the representative system, a federal structure, constitutional remedies, and the supremacy of the state over the church.
The Mexican States have their own civil codes, most of which are copies or are based on the Federal Civil Code.
Information on their water department, services the State government offers, how the State government is organized and a directory of the different State Agencies, the structure of the State government, and names and phone numbers of the officials.
www.llrx.com /features/mexican.htm   (4002 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Postal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico; December 11, ...
WHEREAS a Postal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico was concluded and signed at the city of Mexico on the eleventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, which Convention, being in the English and Spanish language is, word for word, as follows:
Mails for the United States of America shall be made up at regular intervals by the Mexican post office, and dispatched to ports of the United States; and, in the same manner, mails for Mexico shall be made up at regular intervals by the United States post office, and dispatched to ports in Mexico.
A mail agent of the United State of America shall be permitted to accompany the closed mails in their transit.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/mexico/mx1861b.htm   (801 words)

  
 The Mexican War and Its Results, 1845-50 (from United States history) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Besides the 48 contiguous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
The coterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the...
On August 7, at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the United States Congress responded by passing the Tonkin Gulf resolution, which authorized the use of American military force in Vietnam.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-209322   (1005 words)

  
 Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1824) -- Title III, Fifth Section
To regulate definitively the boundaries of the states, and terminate the differences, when they cannot agree among themselves about the lines of demarcation of their respective districts.
To designate the force of the army and navy, to fix the contingent of men to be furnished by each state, to establish ordinances and rules for their organization and service.
To form regulations for the organization, arming and disciplining of the local militia of the states; reserving to each state the appointment of its own officers and the faculty of instructing them according to the discipline laid down in the aforesaid regulations.
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /constitutions/text/AT3S5.html   (801 words)

  
 PHR2004 - The United Mexican States (Mexico)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mexican authorities now routinely perform "security sweeps" of homes in areas bordering the United States.
When a commuter in the program approaches the United States border, a transponder under his vehicle sends a signal to the checkpoint booth, activating the database and displaying the driver's image.
The General Assembly of the Organization of the United Nations adopted on December 14, 1990 the Resolution 45/95, that deals with the limits for the regulation of the computer files of personal data (Document E/CN.4/1990/72).
www.privacyinternational.org /article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-83805   (4384 words)

  
 Amnesty International 1999 Annual Report on Mexico (the United Mexican States)
In August the State Attorney's Office announced that Juan Sosa Maldonado was in detention, accused of being an epr quartermaster.
In January Guadalupe Méndez López was shot dead by members of the psp in Ocosingo, Chiapas state, during a demonstration calling for justice for the victims of the 1997 Acteal massacre.
However, as details emerged of the circumstances surrounding the massacre, it became clear that state agents had facilitated the arming of those thought to be responsible and that the state authorities had failed to intervene promptly once the massacre had started.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar99/amr41.htm   (1943 words)

  
 MOU between Department of Transportation and the Secretariat of Communications - United Mexican States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of the United Mexican States (SCT) and the Department of Transportation of the United States of America (DOT), together hereinafter the "Participants," affirm the following understandings:
WHEREAS, on February 10, 1998, the Transition Plan was approved defining the organizational structure and functions of the US-Mexico Joint Working Committee (JWC) and the 1999B2000 work plan was approved by the JWC on November 23, 1998.
The Participants intend to cooperate on binational transportation planning activities and continue the analysis of the present and future transportation infrastructure and operational needs that facilitate safe, efficient, and economical transborder transportation movements.
www.fhwa.dot.gov /agreements/documents/hep3agr.htm   (705 words)

  
 US-Mexico "Joint Declaration" to close the Autotrim/Customtrim case (June 11, 2002)
The exchange of information among labor officials of the United Mexican States and the United States of America regarding the different types of unions in each country (e.g.
The materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and videos are to be produced in Spanish and are to be disseminated in areas of highest concentration of migrant workers in the United States.
DOL and STPS will promote ongoing collaboration between the governments for the replication throughout the United States of model efforts to promote the protection of labor rights of migrant workers.
mhssn.igc.org /nafta9.htm   (296 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Mexican State reserves the right to perform exclusively, and to refuse to permit the establishment of investments in, the following activities: 1.
Railroads (a) Description of activities: the operation, administration and control of traffic within the Mexican railway system; supervision and management of railway right-of-way; operation, construction and maintenance of basic railway infrastructure.
The activities set out in Section I are reserved to the Mexican State, and private equity investment is prohibited under Mexican Law.
www-tech.mit.edu /Bulletins/Nafta/mexico.3   (737 words)

  
 Fireman's Fund v. United Mexican States
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a United States corporation that sells personal and business insurance, including accident and fire insurance, filed a notice of arbitration against Mexico under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules.
Fireman's Fund claims that Mexico violated NAFTA Articles 1102, 1105, 1110 and 1405 by facilitating the purchase of debentures denominated in Mexican pesos and owned by Mexican investors, but not facilitating the purchase of debentures denominated in U.S. dollars and owned by Fireman's Fund.
Both series of debentures were issued at the same time and by the same Mexican financial services corporation, and each series was issued for the total amount of U.S. $50 million.
www.state.gov /s/l/c5817.htm   (176 words)

  
 ANNEX TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE USDA, USTR, SAGARPA, AND SE REGARDING AREAS OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food of the United Mexican States (SAGARPA), and the Secretariat of Economy of the United Mexican States (SE) (hereinafter “the Parties”):
Signed in Washington, D.C. and Mexico, D.F., in four originals, in the English and Spanish languages, each of which is equally authentic, to enter into force on April 3, 2002.
On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov /news/releases/2002/04/moumexico.htm   (2198 words)

  
 Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1824) Cover Letter
THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES, SANCTIONED BY THE GENERAL CONSTITUENT CONGRESS ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER, 1824.
The Supreme Executive Power, appointed provisionally by the sovereign, general and constitutive Congress of the United Mexican States, to all to whom these presents may come, greeting; be it KNOWN, that the same Sovereign Congress has been pleased to decree as follows:
That the government shall proceed solemnly to publish without loss of time, the Constitution in this capital, and shall immediately communicate the same to the governors of the states and political authorities in order to enable them to do the same in all the towns within their limits.
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /constitutions/text/ALetter.html   (319 words)

  
 Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Mexico (the United Mexican States)
Allegations of vote-rigging by the PRI in Campeche State led to protests, during which scores of PRD activists were beaten by the police.
Foreign human rights monitors faced restrictions on their work, and at least three were expelled from the country on charges of having infringed immigration laws.
Alberto Alonso Salmerón, a renowned environmental, human rights and indigenous leader arrested in July in Aranza, Michoacán State, was tortured and died in a local police station.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/amr41.htm   (2105 words)

  
 Metalclad Corp. v. United Mexican States
Office of the Legal Adviser > International Claims and Investment Disputes (L/CID) > NAFTA Investor-State Arbitrations > Cases Filed Against the United Mexican States
This site is managed by the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
www.state.gov /s/l/c3752.htm   (193 words)

  
 Preview | Selling Agency Agreement [Amended and Restated] | United Mexican States
As of November [ ], 2003, of such $40,000,000,000, Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $16,946,095,200 have been issued and sold in the United States and Notes with an aggregate principal amount (or aggregate initial offering price, as the case may be) equal or equivalent to $12,885,524,553 have been sold outside the United States.
The Notes will be issued under a fiscal agency agreement dated as of September 1, 1992, as amended (the Fiscal Agency Agreement) between Mexico and Citibank, N.A., as fiscal agent (the Fiscal Agent) and the authorization certificate of Mexico pursuant to Section 1(b) thereto dated November [ ], 2003 (the Authorization).
Such registration statements meet the requirements set forth in Commission Release No. 33-6424 and comply in all other material respects with such Release.
library.consusgroup.com /library_pvw/172/172890.asp   (488 words)

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