2006 in Mexico
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Events in the year 2006 in Mexico.
Incumbents
- President: Vicente Fox (until November 30), Felipe Calderón (starting November 30)
Events
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- The Broad Progressive Front is founded
- The Garros Galería is established.
- The Televisa Law is approved.
- January: The Other Campaign
- January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
- February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
- February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
- March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
- April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
- April 17: Maltrata bus crash
- May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
- May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
- June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
- June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
- June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
- September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
- September 16: the Faro del Comercio is reinaugurated.
- November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
- December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
Elections
- Mexican general election, 2006
- Chiapas state election, 2006
- Colima state election, 2006
- Mexican Federal District election, 2006
- Guanajuato state election, 2006
- Jalisco state election, 2006
- Nuevo León state election, 2006
- Sonora state election, 2006
- State of Mexico election 2006
- Tabasco state election, 2006
Popular culture
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Sports
- Primera División de México Clausura 2006
- Primera División de México Apertura 2006
- 2006 InterLiga
- 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals
- Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
- 2006 Desafío Corona season
- 2006 Gran Premio Telmex
- 2006 Rally México
- 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
- Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
- 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
- 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
- Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Music
Film
- Una película de huevos
- Efectos secundarios – September 1
- Pretendiendo
- Pan's Labyrinth – October 1
- Así del precipicio
- Cansada de besar sapos – December
Literature
TV
Telenovelas
- Heridas de Amor
- La fea más bella
- Código postal – May 22
Notable deaths
- January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
- January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
- February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
- February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the National Action Party.
- March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer. [1]
- March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer. [2]
- April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist. [3]
- April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director. [4]
- April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
- May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
- May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure. [5]
- May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.[6]
- July 10 – Blanca Torres, 78, actress, thromboembolic.
- August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
- October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
- October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer. [7]
- November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack. [8]
- November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis. [9]
- November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer. [10]
- November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer. [11]
See also
References
External links
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