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.
June 8th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia Hey all, college graduate speaking! Besides some complications with the tired immune system, the end of the term went pretty smoothly. All those projects that I waited until the last two weeks ... 25 photos[full story]
May 19th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Uruapan
Hey everyone!! So this last weekend has been really awesome!!! On Friday night the whole group from school went out Salsa dancing because we have all been taking lessons and it was a blast!! We all ... [full story]
May 19th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Uruapan This has been maybe the best day of my life. My favorite day in Mexico, anyway!!!
Woke up at 6:30, and Emma made me my usual breakfast of two eggs and a sliced tomato- mmmm. No fruit b/c she hadn't g ... [full story]
May 5th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia Alright, much to catch up on. Finally, the photos of Guanajuato, and a few from our trip to the beach. We all skipped a Friday of school and piled into our friend Antonio's mini-van and a renta ... 30 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 11th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia For the first few weeks when I walked around at night I would hear this creepy "PSST!" sound. It happened on a beat, so I didn't think it was a person, so I told myself it was a sprinkler... except pe ... [full story]
April 28th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia Last weekend we took a trip with the program to a small city in the state of Guanajuato. Being the capital city, it was also named Guanajuato. It was about three hours on a cushy charter bus, t ... [full story]
April 25th 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia Yesterday was one of the busiest days here! Woke up at my usual 6:40 time, and ate an amazing breakfast- grilled Ouaxacan cheese, with beans, tortillas, tomato, canteloupe, and guava (EW). Had my two ... [full story]
April 22nd 2008North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia What a busy weekend! Friday we went to a fiesta at Antonio's house, and I met lots of people, including one guy who is a trained psychologist but can't get work here so he's a hairdresser. I also met ... [full story]
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