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Conventional Long Form Name of country: United Mexican States
Capital City: Mexico City
Type of Government: Federal Presidential Republic
Date of Independence: 16, September 1810
National Holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Chief of State: President Enrique PENA NIETO
Head of Government:President Enrique PENA NIETO
Description of Executive Branch:
-Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general, the head of the Bank of Mexico, and senior treasury officials require consent of the Senate
-President directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 6-year term; election last held on 1 July 2012 (next to be held in July 2018)
Description of Legislative Branch:
-bicameral National Congress consists of the Senate (128 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 32 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies (500 seats; 300 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 200 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch:
-Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
-Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
Suffrage: 18 years of age
Name of Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S.: Carlos Manuel Sada Solana
Location of Mexico's embassy in the U.S.: 1911 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006
Location(s) of Mexico's consulate(s)in the U.S.:
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Little Rock, Arkansas
-Phoenix, Arizona
-Sacremanto, California
-Denver, Colorado
-Washington D.C.
-Miami, Florida
-Atlanta, Georgia
-Boise, Idaho
Name of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico: Jacobson, Roberta S.Roberta S. Jacobson
Location of U.S. embassy in Mexico: Mexico City
Location(s) of U.S. consulate(s) in Mexico:
-Ciudad Juárez
-Guadalajara
-Hermosillo
-Matamoros
-Merida
-Monterrey
-Nogales
-Nuevo Laredo
Name of Mexico's representative to UN: Juan Jose Gómez Camacho
Description of the Symbolism of flag: Green signifies hope, joy, and love; white represents peace and honesty; red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor; the coat of arms is derived from a legend that the wandering Aztec people were to settle at a location where they would see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake; the city they founded, Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City
Video of their national anthem being played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHfty5fV2Q
National Symbol(s): Golden eagle; national colors: green, white, red
Descriptions of International Disputes: abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; the US has intensified security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across its border with Mexico; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US; Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty
Quantity of refugees inside Mexico and country of origin of refugees: 3,448 refugees and, origin is mostly from Central America
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: 281,400 people
Quantity of Stateless Persons: 13 people
Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: Mexico is a large source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Groups considered most vulnerable to human trafficking in Mexico include women, children, indigenous persons, persons with mental and physical disabilities, migrants, and LGBT Mexicans. Mexican women and children, and to a lesser extent men, are exploited in sex trafficking within Mexico and the United States
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Following a significant increase over the period 2002-2005, global cocaine seizure totals have recently followed a stable trend, amounting to 712 tons in 2007 and 711 tons in 2008. Seizures continued to be concentrated in the Americas and Europe.
Capital City: Mexico City
Type of Government: Federal Presidential Republic
Date of Independence: 16, September 1810
National Holiday: Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
Chief of State: President Enrique PENA NIETO
Head of Government:President Enrique PENA NIETO
Description of Executive Branch:
-Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general, the head of the Bank of Mexico, and senior treasury officials require consent of the Senate
-President directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 6-year term; election last held on 1 July 2012 (next to be held in July 2018)
Description of Legislative Branch:
-bicameral National Congress consists of the Senate (128 seats; 96 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 32 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 6-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies (500 seats; 300 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 200 directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 3-year terms)
Description of Judicial Branch:
-Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
-Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
Suffrage: 18 years of age
Name of Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S.: Carlos Manuel Sada Solana
Location of Mexico's embassy in the U.S.: 1911 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006
Location(s) of Mexico's consulate(s)in the U.S.:
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Little Rock, Arkansas
-Phoenix, Arizona
-Sacremanto, California
-Denver, Colorado
-Washington D.C.
-Miami, Florida
-Atlanta, Georgia
-Boise, Idaho
Name of U.S. Ambassador to Mexico: Jacobson, Roberta S.Roberta S. Jacobson
Location of U.S. embassy in Mexico: Mexico City
Location(s) of U.S. consulate(s) in Mexico:
-Ciudad Juárez
-Guadalajara
-Hermosillo
-Matamoros
-Merida
-Monterrey
-Nogales
-Nuevo Laredo
Name of Mexico's representative to UN: Juan Jose Gómez Camacho
Description of the Symbolism of flag: Green signifies hope, joy, and love; white represents peace and honesty; red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor; the coat of arms is derived from a legend that the wandering Aztec people were to settle at a location where they would see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake; the city they founded, Tenochtitlan, is now Mexico City
Video of their national anthem being played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHfty5fV2Q
National Symbol(s): Golden eagle; national colors: green, white, red
Descriptions of International Disputes: abundant rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; the US has intensified security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across its border with Mexico; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the US; Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty
Quantity of refugees inside Mexico and country of origin of refugees: 3,448 refugees and, origin is mostly from Central America
Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: 281,400 people
Quantity of Stateless Persons: 13 people
Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: Mexico is a large source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Groups considered most vulnerable to human trafficking in Mexico include women, children, indigenous persons, persons with mental and physical disabilities, migrants, and LGBT Mexicans. Mexican women and children, and to a lesser extent men, are exploited in sex trafficking within Mexico and the United States
Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Following a significant increase over the period 2002-2005, global cocaine seizure totals have recently followed a stable trend, amounting to 712 tons in 2007 and 711 tons in 2008. Seizures continued to be concentrated in the Americas and Europe.