Grupo Salinas region and by 1987, 59 stores. Elektra Group became a publicly traded company listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the Mexican Stock Exchange. In 1993, Grupo Elektra bought the Imevisión government television network and renamed it TV Azteca. TV Azteca created an initial public offering in 1997 on the Mexican and New York stock exchanges. In 2012, Grupo Elektra, a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Salinas, acquired Advance America for an estimated $780 million USD. In 2003, Grupo Salinas purchased the telecommunicaions company Iusacell and the mobile phone company Unefón. Iusacell was sold to AT&T in 2014, and rebranded
Academia Mexicana de la Historia not come to fruition. Originally the AMH was established with 24 positions or numbered chairs ("sillones de número") for full members ("académicos de número"). In 1990 this number was increased to 30, made up of 22 members resident in Mexico City ("miembros residentes") and 8 external members from the Mexican states ("miembros foráneos"). In addition, there are a number of correspondent members ("corresponsales") from both within Mexico ("corresponsales nacionales") and from other countries ("corresponsales extranjeros"). Academia Mexicana de la Historia The Academia Mexicana de la Historia ("Mexican Academy of History", also known by the acronym AMH) is a national academy