Consumer protection. (Mexico on the Web).Historically, Mexican consumers have not had as many rights as those in Nafta partners Canada and t e United' States. A buyer-beware mentality prevails in Mexico instead of the "customer is always right" mantra mantra (măn`trə, mŭn–), in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the power to bring into being the reality it represents. . Fortunately, there have been advances, led by the federal consumer protection agency Profeco, now a quarter century old. In fact, government websites are leading the way in showcasing the work of consumer protection. FEDERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY [PROFECO] www.profeco.gob.mx **** (out of five *'s) As the government's main consumer protection agency, Profeco (abbreviated from its Spanish title, Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor) has the power to mediate MEDIATE, POWERS. Those incident to primary powers, given by a principal to his agent. For example, the general authority given to collect, receive and pay debts due by or to the principal is a primary power. disputes, investigate consumer complaints, order hearings, levy fines and do price-comparison inspections of merchants. The Spanish-language website provides a directory of its offices throughout the country, as well as details about making complaints and an archive of its press releases. Its magazine "Revista del Consumidor" is not online, though you will find subscription information at the website. Most of the site is in Spanish, except for the document titled "Attention to foreigners Foreigners alienage the condition of being an alien. androlepsy Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation. gypsyologist, gipsyologist Rare. ," http://www.profeco.gob.mx/new/html/servcons/atencion_ext2.htm. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROJECTION AND DEFENSE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. USERS [CONDUSEF] www.condusef.gob.mx Condusef (Comision Nacional para la Proteccion y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros) is a decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. agency that serves "to promote, advise, protect and defend the rights and interest of those who utilize or hire a financial product or service offered by the financial institutions operating within the Mexican territory." Highlights of the bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. (English-Spanish) website include the agency magazine "Proteje tu dinero" in PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format, http://www.condusef.gob.mx/revista/proteja/menu_proteja.htm, and the Financial Service Users Law, http://www.condusef.gob.mx/ingles/law.htm. Additional features explain the Afore retirement program and rules about financial services conducted on the Web, http://www.condusef.gob.mx/advertencias/servicios_internet.htm. FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT [COFEMER] www.cofemer.gob.mx Cofemer (Comision Federal de Mejora Regulatoria) is another decentralized agency. The Spanish-language website provides little up-to-date news and the information is hard to find. If it had more content and less flash (speaking of the graphics-intensive software that froze froze v. Past tense of freeze. froze Verb the past tense of freeze froze, frozen freeze my computer twice!), it would easily deserve a higher rating. That said, readers will find gems such as the federal government's information access law, http://www.apps.cofemer.gob.mx/ltg/pdf/LAI.pdf. *** RELATED WEBSITES: Juan Ciudadano.com www.juanciudadano.com/ Meet Mr. John Citizen, a previous winner of Mexico on the Web's "Best of the Year" honor. Compranet www.compranet.gob.mx/ Compranet provides the details of government procurement Government procurement, also called public tendering, is the procurement of goods and services on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. With 10 to 15% of GDP in developed countries, and up to 20% in developing countries, government procurement accounts procedures. The website is difficult to navigate, but it certainly is content-rich. Information Please! One of the most useful features of several of the institutional sites is extensive contact information (address and phone numbers). If they can keep this basic information up to date, the sites are definitely worth a bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. ! Ron Mader is the host of the popular Planeta.com website www.planeta.com and co-founder of The Mexico Network www.mexiconetwork.info/. |
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