2000 in Mexico
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Other events of 2000 List of years in Mexico |
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Mexico.
Incumbents
- President: Ernesto Zedillo (until November 30), Vicente Fox (starting December 1)
Events
- The National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is closed since April 1999, becomes the scene of a mass rally to protest against rising tuition fees and to require student participation in the restructuring of Latin America's main university.
- February 23: Musician Carlos Santana receives 8 Grammy Awards, achieving the same record that Michael Jackson, established in 1983.
- April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.
- July 2: Mexican general election, 2000
Notable deaths
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