28 Oct 2024        15:32:14 pm

Current Affairs

Mexico

Tags : Mexico

Topic: North America

Why in the news?

• Mexico became the world’s first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels, after protesters invaded the Upper House and suspended debate on the issue. Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had pushed hard for the reform and criticized the current judicial system for serving the interests of the elite. 

Source: The Hindu 

About Mexico:

• It is a country in the southern portion of North America. 
• It is the world\'s 13th largest country by area.  
• It is a constitutional republic comprising 31 states and Mexico City, its capital. 
• It shares land borders with:
  • United States to the north
  • Guatemala and Belize to the southeast
• It shares maritime borders with:
  • Pacific Ocean to the west
  • Caribbean Sea to the southeast
  • Gulf of Mexico to the east
• Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos Plates. 

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