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Fifteen Mexican States have Elections Scheduled for July 7 By Allan Wall
Monday, July 1, 2013
Fifteen Mexican States have Elections Scheduled for July 7
By Allan Wall
Last year, 2012, Mexico held presidential and congressional elections. The next congressional elections aren’t scheduled until 2015, and the next presidential election in 2018.
This year, on Sunday, July 7th, there are local elections being held in 15 states in Mexico.
Only one governorship is up for grabs, in the state of Baja California.
Each of Mexico’s 31 states has a unicameral legislature, the representatives in these legislatures are called diputados in Spanish. In this summer’s elections, diputados are being elected in 12 states, plus one other state has a special election for only one suchdiputado.
Mexico’s states are divided intomunicipios. In the United States, a Mexican municipio would be something of a cross between a municipality and a county. The mayor of a municipio is known as the alcalde, or presidente municipal, and he and the municipiocouncil together form the ayuntamiento. About 1,350 municipios are up for grabs on July 7th.
Let’s start on the far southeastern edge of the country and work our way north and west:
1. QUINTANA ROO – This is Mexico’s easternmost state, home of the famous Riviera Maya tourist area. In Quintana Roo, 25 diputados and tenayuntamientos are being elected. 2. OAXACA – In this state, located on Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast, 42 diputados are being elected, and 570 ayuntamientos. Oaxaca is a mountainous state and the state has more municipiosthan any other in Mexico. In all of Mexico there are 2,378 municipios, and Oaxaca has 570, which is about a quarter of the total in the whole country. Additionally, out of the total of 570 municipios in Oaxaca, 153 are chosen in the regular way, with ballots and political parties, with the remaining 417 chosen using indigenous customs, in customary town meetings.3. PUEBLA – In the state of Puebla, which is north of Oaxaca, elections are being held for 41 diputadosand 217 ayuntamientos. 4. TLAXCALA – This small state is nestled between Puebla and Hidalgo, and voters in Tlaxcala are choosing 32 diputados, 60 ayuntamientos, and 391presidentes de comunidad.5. HIDALGO lies northeast of the state of Mexico. Hidalgo’s voters are electing 30 diputados. 6. VERACRUZ is a long state sprawled along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Its voters are choosing 50 diputados and 212 ayuntamientos. 7. TAMAULIPAS is Mexico’s northeasternmost state, along the Gulf of Mexico. Its voters are selecting 36 diputados and 43 ayuntamientos. 8. AGUASCALIENTES is, geographically speaking, at the center of Mexico. Voters there are electing 27diputados and 11 ayuntamientos. 9. ZACATECAS is north of Aguascalientes. Zacatecas is electing 30 diputados and 58ayuntamientos.10. COAHUILA is north of Zacatecas, on Mexico's northern border, where it is contiguous with Texas, U.S.A. Voters in Coahuila are electing 38ayuntamientos. 11. DURANGO is located between Sinaloa and Zacatecas, and voters in Durango are electing 30diputados and 39 ayuntamientos. 12. SINALOA is on the Pacific coast, west of Durango. Sinaloa voters are electing 40 diputados and 18ayuntamientos.13. CHIHUAHUA is Mexico’s biggest state, which borders Texas and Arizona to its north. Chihuahua voters are electing 33 diputados and 67ayuntamientos.14. SONORA is a northwest Mexican state that borders Arizona in the U.S. The Sonora election is a special election, to elect only one state diputado for District XVII. 15. BAJA CALIFORNIA is Mexico’s northwesternmost state, the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula. Its five municipios have elections for the ayuntamientos, while 25 diputadosare to be chosen.
Baja California was the first Mexican state after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) in which the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institicional) was defeated in a gubernatorial election. That was in 1989, when the PAN (Partido Acción Nacional) won the governorship.
This was followed nationally by the PRI’s loss of a congressional majority in 1997, and the first PRI loss of the presidency in 2000. So, that 1989 PAN victory was an important part of Mexico’s political development.
The PAN has held onto the Baja California governership since 1989, for the past 24 years, which is impressive. The current governor is PANista Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, whose six-year term is scheduled to expire on Halloween of 2013, four months hence.
The three candidates up for election on July 7th are Francisco Vega de la Madrid, of the PAN coalition (which also includes the PRD, the Nueva Alianza party, and thePartido Estatal de Baja California); Fernando Castro Trenti, of the PRI coalition (which includes the Green Party, the Labor Party, and the Social Encounter Party); and Felipe Ruanova Zarate, of theMovimiento Ciudadano.
MexiData.info note: For details and information on the 2013 elections, go to the local electoral institute sites in each of the aforementioned 15 states. In Spanish.
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Fifteen Mexican States have Elections Scheduled for July 7
By Allan Wall
Last year, 2012, Mexico held presidential and congressional elections. The next congressional elections aren’t scheduled until 2015, and the next presidential election in 2018.
This year, on Sunday, July 7th, there are local elections being held in 15 states in Mexico.
Only one governorship is up for grabs, in the state of Baja California.
Each of Mexico’s 31 states has a unicameral legislature, the representatives in these legislatures are called diputados in Spanish. In this summer’s elections, diputados are being elected in 12 states, plus one other state has a special election for only one suchdiputado.
Mexico’s states are divided intomunicipios. In the United States, a Mexican municipio would be something of a cross between a municipality and a county. The mayor of a municipio is known as the alcalde, or presidente municipal, and he and the municipiocouncil together form the ayuntamiento. About 1,350 municipios are up for grabs on July 7th.
Let’s start on the far southeastern edge of the country and work our way north and west:
1. QUINTANA ROO – This is Mexico’s easternmost state, home of the famous Riviera Maya tourist area. In Quintana Roo, 25 diputados and tenayuntamientos are being elected. 2. OAXACA – In this state, located on Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast, 42 diputados are being elected, and 570 ayuntamientos. Oaxaca is a mountainous state and the state has more municipiosthan any other in Mexico. In all of Mexico there are 2,378 municipios, and Oaxaca has 570, which is about a quarter of the total in the whole country. Additionally, out of the total of 570 municipios in Oaxaca, 153 are chosen in the regular way, with ballots and political parties, with the remaining 417 chosen using indigenous customs, in customary town meetings.3. PUEBLA – In the state of Puebla, which is north of Oaxaca, elections are being held for 41 diputadosand 217 ayuntamientos. 4. TLAXCALA – This small state is nestled between Puebla and Hidalgo, and voters in Tlaxcala are choosing 32 diputados, 60 ayuntamientos, and 391presidentes de comunidad.5. HIDALGO lies northeast of the state of Mexico. Hidalgo’s voters are electing 30 diputados. 6. VERACRUZ is a long state sprawled along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Its voters are choosing 50 diputados and 212 ayuntamientos. 7. TAMAULIPAS is Mexico’s northeasternmost state, along the Gulf of Mexico. Its voters are selecting 36 diputados and 43 ayuntamientos. 8. AGUASCALIENTES is, geographically speaking, at the center of Mexico. Voters there are electing 27diputados and 11 ayuntamientos. 9. ZACATECAS is north of Aguascalientes. Zacatecas is electing 30 diputados and 58ayuntamientos.10. COAHUILA is north of Zacatecas, on Mexico's northern border, where it is contiguous with Texas, U.S.A. Voters in Coahuila are electing 38ayuntamientos. 11. DURANGO is located between Sinaloa and Zacatecas, and voters in Durango are electing 30diputados and 39 ayuntamientos. 12. SINALOA is on the Pacific coast, west of Durango. Sinaloa voters are electing 40 diputados and 18ayuntamientos.13. CHIHUAHUA is Mexico’s biggest state, which borders Texas and Arizona to its north. Chihuahua voters are electing 33 diputados and 67ayuntamientos.14. SONORA is a northwest Mexican state that borders Arizona in the U.S. The Sonora election is a special election, to elect only one state diputado for District XVII. 15. BAJA CALIFORNIA is Mexico’s northwesternmost state, the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula. Its five municipios have elections for the ayuntamientos, while 25 diputadosare to be chosen.
Baja California was the first Mexican state after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) in which the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institicional) was defeated in a gubernatorial election. That was in 1989, when the PAN (Partido Acción Nacional) won the governorship.
This was followed nationally by the PRI’s loss of a congressional majority in 1997, and the first PRI loss of the presidency in 2000. So, that 1989 PAN victory was an important part of Mexico’s political development.
The PAN has held onto the Baja California governership since 1989, for the past 24 years, which is impressive. The current governor is PANista Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, whose six-year term is scheduled to expire on Halloween of 2013, four months hence.
The three candidates up for election on July 7th are Francisco Vega de la Madrid, of the PAN coalition (which also includes the PRD, the Nueva Alianza party, and thePartido Estatal de Baja California); Fernando Castro Trenti, of the PRI coalition (which includes the Green Party, the Labor Party, and the Social Encounter Party); and Felipe Ruanova Zarate, of theMovimiento Ciudadano.
MexiData.info note: For details and information on the 2013 elections, go to the local electoral institute sites in each of the aforementioned 15 states. In Spanish.
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Allan Wall, an educator, resided in Mexico for many years. His website is located athttp://www.allanwall.info.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Hurricane party and Mazunte. | Travel Blog Howdy people, Just back from Mazunte's turtle reserve so I figured a blog is in order before I nap and decide whether or not I'll go out tonig. www.travelblog.org/North-America/.../blog-792717.html
Hurricane party and Mazunte.
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Published: June 22nd 2013June 22nd 2013
Just back from Mazunte's turtle reserve so I figured a blog is in order before I nap and decide whether or not I'll go out tonight.
The Hurricane party was a remembrance of Carlotta from last year. Held at Brad's split coconut bar. Bar name is fitting since the hurricane nearly killed brad haha! There was a live band covering Led Zeppelin tunes....but they sucked! So I didnt hang out long and wound up wandering towards home slowly where I ran into a local teacher I'd seen earlier at Brad's. She invited me to sit down and listen to the Latin band playing so I did for a bit until at midnight we shuffled to another spot where I strangely found my pasty white a** dancing....haha.
Ok so this morning I woke at 445am to ready myself for the lunchbox trip to Mazunte. As I entered the main palapa, the usual suspects were still partying from the night before! I am glad I'm too old to pull off crap like that anymore. An uneventful trip down although I arrived wayyyyyy too early so I found a little restaurant got to know the owner and she and
her husband fed me eggs and ham black beans and rice tortillas and juice and 3 beers for 30......yes 30 pesos!!!!! Had a fun chat session till the reserve opened then I shuffled on over to buy a ticket in. All told it was small and not very impressive but still worth the 27 peso entrance fee. (pictures to follow). So as it's 5 pm here and I've been up 12 hours and I'll be worthless should I decide to go out if I don't get rest, I'll post and annotate pictures and go shower and visit my hammock.
Hasta pronto a todos
Mountain Biking Near Mazunte, Oaxaca » Tour in Tune Some dirt road mountain biking I found above Pochutla and Tonameca just north of Mazunte on the Oaxacan Coast. www.tourintune.com/mountain-biking-near-mazunte-oaxaca/
Mountain Biking Near Mazunte, Oaxaca » Tour in Tune
Some dirt road mountain biking I found above Pochutla and Tonameca just north of Mazunte on the Oaxacan Coast.
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Some dirt road mountain biking I found above Pochutla and Tonameca just north of Mazunte on the Oaxacan Coast.
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Mountain Biking Near Mazunte, Oaxaca
Whilst staying in Mazunte, I started getting cravings for some off-road exploring. Jenny’s Spanish maestro and local rafting guide, Daniel, kindly gave me some tips for some dirt road networks near Pochutla and Tonameca. I mapped out a few tracks for the Garmin and set off to explore!
This shows the routes that I actually rode as marked on Strava and overlayed together.
I created the map above to load some tracks onto my Garmin GPS. You can download the KML file and then convert it to GPX using GPSVisualizer.com.
I was lucky to have stumbled on some fantastic riding on the quiet dirt roads. There is plenty of climbing with some great descents. You can cycle on the paved roads to reach Tonameca where it then turns to dirt for miles and miles. If you want to skip the paved roads, you can throw your bike in the back of a ‘collectivo’ truck for about $10-20 pesos (£0.55-£1.10).
You can ride on the road from Mazunte or take a collectivo truck to get a headstart up the dirt roads above Tonameca.
The collectivo trucks were still crossing this river when I took this photo. The water level has since risen a few feet after massive downpours. Now the collectivos stop at either end of the river banks. Who knows when they will finish the bridge!
The river crossing for the collectivo trucks near San Francisco.
It’s also pretty refreshing in the midday sun!
Only the most clever of goats shall pass!
Long, windy dirt roads with almost no cars; Just the way I like it!
The flooding after the big rain takes its toll. Many of the roads become washed out and impassable for cars, whilst making for more technical mountain biking!
I encountered far more animals than people and trucks. Aside from the goats, you might also be able to see the massive 3 metre snack in the bottom right corner. It was weaving up the side of the road with some sort of rodent in its mouth.
I love water crossings and the rustic climbs on the other side!
More dirt roads with no people, climbing up, over and back down to Mazunte.
Happy to be riding on dirt without all the touring weight for a change!
Another water crossing, before another big climb.
A cloudy, smokey sunset looking SW about 15km northwest of Mazunte.
The same clouds a few hills later.
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