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.
April 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Colima Not sure about your thoughts, but in my mind biology field trips are not often affiliated with thoughts of excitement and fun (unless you are an overly eager biologist). I may be biased due to my past ... 11 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008North America » Mexico » Colima » Colima Lake Louise? What is this place you speak of??
We’re in Mexico! That’s right, Manzanillo, Mexico.
Lake Louise finally got the better of us (well, me in particular) and we packed ... 11 photos[full story]
March 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Colima » Colima Having escaped the fiasco that was Manzanillo and its hotel room situation we travelled onto Colima, the capital of the state of the same name. By Mexican standards its quite a small little town and ... [full story]
January 17th 2008North America » Mexico » Colima Stepping off the plane in Puerto Vallarta, not knowing a single person or where I would be spending the night, I actually felt fairly calm. Having spent time in Puerto Vallarta this past spring, I al ... 11 photos[full story]
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