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Political affiliation. The American Society of Mexico, A.C. (AmSoc) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established in its original charter to represent all U.S. private interests in Mexico. As a non-governmental association, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico has always been our Honorary President, with whom the Society works closely.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the United States. [2] It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.
North American Union. The North American Union (NAU) is a theoretical economic and political continental union of Canada, Mexico and the United States, the three largest and most populous countries in North America. The concept is loosely based on the European Union, occasionally including a common currency called the amero or the North ...
Freemasonry arrived in colonial Mexico during the second half of the 18th century, brought by French immigrants who settled in the capital. However, they were condemned by the local Inquisition and forced to desist. It is probable, though no written evidence exists, that there were itinerant lodges in the Spanish army in New Spain.
The Latin American and Caribbean Group Member States. The Group of Latin America and Caribbean Countries, or GRULAC, is one of the five United Nations Regional Groups composed of 33 Member States from Central and South America, as well as some islands in the West Indies.
Municipalities of Mexico. Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the state (Spanish: estado). They should not be confused with cities or towns that may share the same name as they are distinct entities and do not share geographical boundaries.
The Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI; Spanish: Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales) was established the November 22, 2001.So far, it is the only plural and multidisciplinary forum, focused in the debate and analysis of Mexico's role in the world and the growing influence of international events on the national agenda.
Among the various Mexican or Mexican-American political groups are: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) is a 501 (c) (4) nonpartisan membership organization whose constituency includes the nation’s more than 6,000 elected and appointed Latino officials. www.naleo.org. Founded in 1973, the Mexican ...