The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections. To be updated
May 16th 2008North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca ok, so i cant sleep bc i have something on my mind....
i actually REALLY want to stay on here for at least a month, so istarted thinking of extending my trip... which led me to consider that i might ... [full story]
May 16th 2008North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca I take back everything i said about the restaurant!!! I spoke to the owner and the chef 2 days ago and realised i had been way too hard on them in my Drunk comment... pun intended.
as it turns out th ... [full story]
May 15th 2008North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca I had a lovely final week in Guatemala. Lots of fun things to report. However, writing from the beach in Puerto Escondido now, I´m not looking back! At Entremundos, I attended a super interesting lec ... 70 photos[full story]
May 15th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán I feel like I have a lot of time to catch up on since I last wrote although in fact nothing MUCH has happened. After I went to Oaxaca city I got a night bus to travel the 8 hours to the coast to a we ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » Mexico » Coahuila » Cuatro Cienegas Hey all, hope all is well where ever you are....
Our next little adventure was up into the northern desert on another field trip with Pau's uni. This one had a slight difference in the fact there was ... 14 photos[full story]
May 15th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia I have good news and bad! Well, the bad isn't really "bad", its just sad stuff we were talking about in class.
Good: I bought a guitar in Paracho and am learning! My friend Ben is teaching me, and he ... [full story]
May 14th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia Hello all!! It has been a week or so since I have written but lots has happened!
Last weekend my friends Carly Antonio and I went to the beach in Ixtapa! It was such an awesome weekend, I have to a ... [full story]
May 14th 2008North America » Mexico » Nuevo Leon » Monterrey Kiitoksia kannustavasta palautteesta Kuuba-juttuun liittyen, valitettavasti aina ei ole aikaa, tai kerrottavaakaan niin paljoa etta vastaavia tarinoita saisi kirjoitettua. Tassapa siis taas vahan lyhy ... [full story]
May 9th 2008North America » Mexico » Baja California » Ensenada
Wednesday 30 April - Friday 2 May 2008
We really couldn’t come so close to the border (15mins drive from Downtown San Diego) without crossing it, so we decided to spend a couple of days rel ... 6 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas Hola de nuevo a todo el mundo. Atras dejamos Centro America y entramos a Mexico lindo, concretamente al estado de Chiapas y a la preciosas ciudad colonial testigo del levantamiento zapatista de 1994, ... 29 photos[full story]
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