E l G obierno de México

1. El Gobierno de México By AlauraCervini& ChynnaDubuclet

2. Economic Growth • Mexico’s economic state has improved since the economic crisis in 2008-2009, their average annual growth rate made a 4.3% increase in 2010 and 2012. • Mexico’s economy is out growing those of the United States, Canada, and Brazil. • IF Mexico’s economy is already better off then why is it that so many people in their country are migrating north? Many of Mexico’s citizens have migrated north in search for secure jobs with better pay for its employees. • From 2005- 2010 its said that the number of people leaving Mexico was about the same as the number of people coming in to the country. • Another problem is citizens returning with American children.

3. List of Parties • Mexico has a Multi-Party system, so they have more than two dominant parties. • However only PRI, PAN and the PRD are considered the major parties. • PartidoAcciónNacional (PAN)- National Action Party, a right center party • PartidoRevolucionarioInstitucional(PRI)-Intuitional Revolutionary Party, the dominating party • Partido de la Revolución Democrática(PRD) – Party of DemocraticRevolution, aleft of centerparty • Partido del Trabajo(PT) – Labor Party, a laboristpoliticalparty • Partido Verde Ecologista de México(PVEM) – Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, aminor party with an environmental platform.  • MovimientoCiudadano(MC)-Citizens Movement, a social democratic party. • Nueva Alianza- New Aliance

4. Trade Petrolium and oil are major factors in Mexico’s trade! Mexico’s Biggest trade partner is the United States where about 73% of mexicos goods are being sent. Mexico also deports a lot of computer and car equipment. Mexico is the united states’ third largest trade partner. The trade between Mexico and the US is worth 494 billion dollars. The exports from Mexico is worth 216 billion dollars, and the imports to mexico from the US is worth 14 billion dollars. United states exported to Mexico: Electrical Machinery ($56.8 billion), Vehicles (cars, trucks and parts) ($53.5 billion), Machinery ($42.3 billion), Mineral Fuel and Oil (crude) ($39.9 billion), and Optic and Medical Instruments ($10.4 billion). 

5. Debt in Mexico

6. Mexico has a representative government, formally known as a federal republic or federation. The basis of Mexico’s government is their constitution. The current constitution is the Constitution of 1917. Mexico’s government contains three branches: judicial, legislative, and executive. The powers of all three branches are found in the constitution. Mexico’s Government

7. Supreme Court • Justices must be a Mexican citizen by birth, from 35 to 65 years old, must have lived in Mexico and held a law degree during the five years preceding their appointment. • The Supreme Court has 12 magistrates and five auxiliary judges and has jurisdiction ,original and appellate, in four divisions: administrative, civil, labor, and penal. • Each of the magistrates are appointed by the president, with the approval of the Senate. Other justices are appointed by magistrates for six year terms. • Although the justices are appointed for life, they usually hand in their resignation with the beginning of each sexeñio. Sexeñio- The president is limited to a single six-year term. It is one of the country's most important political institutions because it is one of the few significant limitations on executive power in Mexico. • The high court is divided into four chambers, each with five justices. These are the Penal Affairs Chamber, Administrative Affairs Chamber, Civil Affairs Chamber, and Labor Affairs Chamber. A fifth chamber, the Auxiliary Chamber, is responsible for the overload of the four regular chambers. • There are three levels of courts below the Supreme Court: twelve Collegiate Circuit Courts, nine Unitary Circuit Courts, and sixty-eight District Courts.

8. Executive Branch • Presidents are directly elected by a simple majority of registered voters in the thirty-one states and the Federal District. The president holds the formal titles of chief of state, head of government, and commander in chief of the armed forces. • Presidential candidates must be at least thirty-five years old on election day and must be not only Mexican citizens by birth but also the offspring of Mexican citizens by birth (this clause was amended in 1994 to make the children of naturalized citizens eligible for the presidency, effective in 1999). • To be eligible for the presidency, a candidate must reside legally in Mexico during the year preceding the election. The candidate cannot have held a cabinet post or a governorship, nor have been on active military duty during the six months prior to the election. • Priests and ministers of religious denominations are barred from holding public office. • A president can never be reelected, and there is no vice president. If the presidential office falls vacant during the first two years of a sexenio , the congress designates an interim president, who, in turn, must call a special presidential election to complete the term. • If the vacancy occurs during the latter four years of a sexenio , the congress designates a provisional president for the remainder of the term.

9. Legislative Branch • The legislative branch is a bicameral congress divided into two houses; the upper chamber is the Senate and the lower chamber is the Chamber of Deputies • The power of introducing legislation is supposed to be shared between the legislative and executive branches but in reality the executive branch initiates about 90% of all legislation. • Congress holds two ordinary sessions per year. The first session begins on November 1 and continues until no later than December 31; the second session begins on April 15 and may continue until July 15. A Permanent Committee, consisting of thirty-seven members (eighteen senators and nineteen deputies), assumes legislative responsibilities during congressional recesses. The president may call for extraordinary sessions of congress to deal with important legislation. • The powers of the congress include the right to pass laws, impose taxes, declare war, approve the national budget, approve or reject treaties and conventions made with foreign countries, and ratify diplomatic appointments.

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