MEXICO

SYSTEM

• Federal system
• Subunits: 31 states

PRESIDENTIAL

• Andrés manuel López Obrador

JUDICIAL BRANCH

• Supreme court of justice of the nation
• Judges are selected by the president with senate approval and serve life term

CONSTITUTION

• Written on february 5, 1917
• Had 5 different constitutions prior
• 137 articles
• Drafted in Santiago de queretaro

HISTORICAL EVENT 1

• Cardenas (1930-1940): established 6 year term with no re-election
• Carlos salinas (1988-1993): caused wider gap between the rich and the poor
• Hey ernest
• Ernesto zedillo (1994-2000): poverty fighting program
• Hey