2000 in Mexico explained
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
- President
- Ernesto Zedillo, until November 30
- Vicente Fox,, starting December 1 Fox was the first president not affiliated with PRI since 1929.
Cabinet
See also: Cabinet of Mexico.
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
- Communications Secretary (SCT)
- Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, until November 30
- Pedro Cerisola, starting December 1
- Education Secretary (SEP)
- Miguel Limón Rojas, until November 30
- Reyes Tamez, starting December 1
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
- Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
- José Ramón Lorenzo Franco, until November 30
- Marco Antonio Peyrot González, starting December 1
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
- Secretary of Social Development (SEDESOL)
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR)
- Óscar Espinosa Villarreal, until November 30
- Leticia Navarro, starting December 1
- Secretary of the Environment
- (SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger (starting December 1)
- Secretary of Health (SALUD)
- José Antonio González Fernández, until November 30
- Julio Frenk, starting December 1
- Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
Supreme Court
See also: National Supreme Court of Justice.
Governors
Events
- The National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is closed since April 1999, becomes the scene of a mass rally to protest against rising tuition fees and to require student participation in the restructuring of Latin America's main university.
- February 23: Musician Carlos Santana receives 8 Grammy Awards, achieving the same record that Michael Jackson, established in 1983.
- April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.
- July 2: 2000 Mexican general election.
- December: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the area near Popocateptl by the government, based on the warnings of scientists. The volcano then made its largest display in 1,200 years.[3] [4]
Awards
Notable deaths
References
Bibliography
- Book: Betancourt Cid. Carlos. Martínez Ocampo. Lourdes. México contemporáneo. Cronología (1968-2000). 2012. Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México. 978-607-7916-73-4. 1st. 21 January 2017. es.
Notes and References
- Web site: Frikas . Javier Jaramillo . El doctor Morales Barud . La Unión . August 28, 2020 . es-es . Nov 12, 2012.
- Web site: Cinta . Guillermo . LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS . La Crónica de Morelos Noticias Guillermo Cinta . August 28, 2020 . es . Nov 19, 2018.
- Web site: Residents on slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano heed evacuation notice . US Geological Survey . 2000 . 2012-04-20.
- Julio Miranda, P. . Delgado Granados, H. . 2003 . Fast hazard evaluation, employing digital photogrammetry on Popocatépetl glaciers", Mexico . . 42 . 2 . 275–283 . 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2003.42.2.271 . 2012-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029130700/http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/popoc/colaboracion/GTNH/files/public_mexico/05JULI~1.PDF . 2012-10-29 . dead .
- Web site: Medalla Belisario Domínguez . Senado de la Republica . August 28, 2020 . es . 31 Oct 2000.
- Web site: Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI . El Universal . August 28, 2020 . es . 31 Dec 2000.