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Ignacio López Rayón creator of the Constitutional Elements.. The Constitutional Elements were a set of guidelines in the form of a draft constitution for Mexico (then still Viceroyalty of New Spain), written in April 1812, [1] during the Mexican War of Independence by general Ignacio López Rayón, and circulated on September 4, 1812, in Zinacantepec, State of Mexico, with the purpose of ...
Each of Mexico's 31 states and Mexico City has its own constitution, known as a state or local constitution (Constitución del Estado or Constitutución local). [1] Each state's or Mexico City's laws and regulations are published in their respective Official State Gazettes ( Gaceta Oficial del Estado ). [ 1 ]
Student protests for democracy right before the 1968 Mexico City Olympics ended in the Tlatelolco Massacre (Spanish: La Matanza de Tlatelolco), which highlighted the public's discontent with the government. As the calls for more democracy grew, the PRI moved to secure its dominance through brutal oppression and some pro-democratic reforms.
The current Constitution of Mexico, formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (Spanish: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), was drafted in Santiago de Querétaro, in the State of Querétaro, Mexico, by a constituent convention during the Mexican Revolution. It was approved by the Constituent Congress ...
Dia de la Armada de Mexico Celebrating the 1825 capture of the San Juan de Ulúa Fortress in Veracruz led by a joint force of Mexican Army and Navy units (the capture of the fortress is the Navy's baptism of fire, on which its first fleet under Captain Pedro Sainz de Baranda served with distinction).
The 2024 Mexican judicial reform is a series of constitutional amendments that restructured the judiciary of Mexico. [1] The reform replaced Mexico's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term.
The Monumento a los Niños Héroes ("Monument to the Boy Heroes"), officially Altar a la Patria ("Altar to the Homeland"), is a monument installed in the park of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. [1]
Originally, nine steps led to the base, but due to the sinking of the ground, an ongoing problem in Mexico City, fourteen more steps have been added. [1] On the main face of the base facing downtown Mexico City, an inscription reads La Nación a los Héroes de la Independencia ("The Nation to the Heroes of Independence"). In front of this ...