Background: 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.
January 31st 2008North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Tapachula Tapachula is such an awsome little town... when we first arrived here we didnt know were to go or what to do, which ended up being quite a big problem. we were blatently in the more wealthier part of ... 9 photos[full story]
January 23rd 2008North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Tapachula Tapachula was the last place I visited in Mexico before heading towards Guatemala. I went there to rest one or two days at pasific beaches of Mexico, but like almost every other plan I have made so fa ... 1 photos[full story]
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