Government1 (Mexico)
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     Other political or pressure groups:
         Roman Catholic Church, Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), Confederation
         of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN), Confederation of National Chambers of
         Commerce (CONCANACO), National Peasant Confederation (CNC), UNE (no
         expansion), Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT), Mexican Democratic Party
         (PDM), Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants (CROC), Regional
         Confederation of Mexican Workers (CROM), Confederation of Employers of the
         Mexican Republic (COPARMEX), National Chamber of Transformation Industries
         (CANACINTRA), Coordinator for Foreign Trade Business Organizations (COECE)
     Member of:
         AG (observer), CARICOM (observer) CCC, CDB, CG, EBRD, ECLAC, FAO, G-3, G-6,
         G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA,
         IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU,
         LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
         UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Gustavo PETRICIOLI Iturbide; Chancery at 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue
         NW, Washington, DC 20006; telephone (202) 728-1600; there are Mexican
         Consulates General in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, El Paso, Houston, Los
         Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Antonio, San Diego, and
         Consulates in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Brownsville (Texas),
         Calexico (California), Corpus Christi, Del Rio (Texas), Detroit, Douglas
         (Arizona), Eagle Pass (Texas), Fresno (California), Kansas City (Missouri),
         Laredo, McAllen (Texas), Miami, Nogales (Arizona), Oxnard (California),
         Philadelphia, Phoenix, Presidio (Texas), Sacramento, St. Louis, St. Paul
         (Minneapolis), Salt Lake City, San Bernardino, San Jose, San Juan (Puerto
         Rico), and Seattle
       US:
         Ambassador John D. NEGROPONTE, Jr.; Embassy at Paseo de la Reforma 305,
         06500 Mexico, D.F. (mailing address is P. O. Box 3087, Laredo, TX
         78044-3087); telephone [52] (5) 211-0042; FAX [52] (5) 511-9980, 208-3373;
         there are US Consulates General in Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Monterrey,
         and Tijuana, and Consulates in Hermosillo, Matamoros, Mazatlan, Merida, and
         Nuevo Laredo
     Flag:
         three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat
         of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered
         in the white band