MEXICO AND ITS NUMBERS
Mexico, which administrative capital is the Federal District, known as Mexico City, is located in North America, having The United States of America at north and Guatemala and Belize at South as neighbors; at east it is next to Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean at west; its territorial surface reaches 1´964,375 kms2.
It´s a democratic republic, federal and representative formed by 31 states and Federal District, the central place of the Federation Powers (Executive, Legislative and Judicial).
Its population reaches 103’463,481 with an urban population of 63% and an economically active population of 58%.
The Mexican economy in gross domestic product terms in 2006 was the 14th larger of the world in nominal values and the 12th in purchasing power parity.
Its principal economic activity is the oil production, and agriculture with products like corn, tobacco and coffee among others.
Mexico is a country that has become the world leader on free trade agreements, having signed them with 40 countries in 12 different treaties. Its principal commercial association is the North America Free Trade Agreement. (NAFTA or T.L.C.A.N. for its Spanish initials) integrated by U.S.A., Canada and Mexico; it also has a free trade agreement with the European Union with the block denominated EFTA (Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and recently sealed a similar commitment with Japan.
REVOLUTIONARY INSTITUTIONAL PARTY
In Mexico, the electoral race is given trough political parties, currently there are eight parties with legal registry and, as established by our Constitution. The political parties have as a goal to promote the people´s participation in the democratic life of our country, contributing to the integration of national representation of citizen´s organizations, making possible their access into the execution of public power, in accordance with the programs, principles and ideas they propose through exercising universal sufragy, free, secret and direct. Only citizens can affiliate in a free and individual manner to political parties.
POLITICAL STAGES OF OUR PARTY
PNR comes about in 1929 as a party of parties, with a comprehensive call, an institution where political forces, with the same purposes, but with different approaches converge. It is the place to design first agreements and practices in the struggle for public power, it is the means that carried out changes of government through elections and stability conditions.
At PNR the most important leaders and organizations of the country converged. However, totalitarianism was never its proposal through a State that would deny the participation of other political forces.
In 1938 the Mexican people required a strong and vigorous party committed with the country´s ideals, and it is so that the party transformed itself into the Mexican´s Revolution Party (PRM) through with social justice for all Mexican people was promoted.
At the time, stability was hand in hand with the predominance of the PRI party, that had substituted the PRM in 1946. The contribution of the party was in looking always towards democracy, even when such position would lead to elevate the demands that the party itself was facing for the preservation and conquering of political power spaces.
With the PRI in power, it was possible to overcome the temptation towards leftist and rightist authoritarianism, that surfaced surrounding the events of Second World War II and the Cold War.
With the PRI a deep transformation would be carried out, in leaving behind a tradition of military governments to arrive to those of civil character within a process without breakings nor confrontations.
To conceive a fourth state of the PRI means to recognize its popular rooting, its high influence in Mexican History leading a society that has transformed and needs an efficient example with a sense of State capable and conciliatory of radicalisms.
FEDERAL PRESENCE
The H. Congress of the Union is formed by the H. Chamber of Senators and the H. Chamber of Representatives.
The PRI is represented in Congress by:
H. Chamber of Senators: 33
H. Chamber of Representatives: 106
It is the responsibility of the Congress of the Union to create Federal Laws.
For example, to Reform the Political Constitution of the Mexican United States, it is required a quorum of two thirds of the Congress of the Union and the approval of the Permanent Constituent, integrated by Local Legislature, in a simple majority, in other words, at least 16 State Congresses.
MUNICIPALITIES
Of 2,457 Municipalities in the Country, the PRI governs in 921, representing 37.48% placing it as the Party with the most municipal governments.
LOCAL CONGRESS
Of 1,138 Local Assemblymen that make the 31 local congress, the PRI has: 438 local Assemblymen, representing 38.48% of the total, which places this Party ad the one with the most representativity at Local Congresses, among the 20 of which this Party has majority*.
* 1 Qualified Majority (2/3rds of total Assemblyman).
12 Absolute Majorities (50% +1 of the total of Assemblymen).
7 Relative Majorities (majority of assemblymen not reaching absolute majority).
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