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 2nd 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Never in my life, no matter how many sports I've played, have I endured the type of workout I got yesterday.
At 7:30 in the morning we woke up and had to be at school for what the coordinators des ... [full story]
May 19th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Last week was the week of the Fiesta. It all began on Sunday in Ixcatapec with Barbacoa at Adrian´s house (oh my Spanish addled brain had a problem with writing that, it wants to say the casa of Adri ... [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]
April 7th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán First Ill start with the bad news. It is VERY hot here now! I thought it was just Guadalajara but every day here gets hotter! Certaintly no need for 3 blankets nowadays, and Im beginning to wonder wh ... [full story]
March 3rd 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Ok I feel I exaggerate a wee bit but seriously sunburn is the most exciting thing that has happened since what feels like forever!!! This weekends been sooo tedious! We have just been sitting around w ... 2 photos[full story]
February 21st 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Just thought I´d give a quick update though nothing too exciting has happened lately! The main event being last night´s moon eclipse, which was truly beautiful! I don´t know if it was an eclipse in E ... [full story]
February 18th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán This week has been amazing! If slightly wierd at times, for example, the reason I am sitting in an internet cafe 17 mins before my cena is going to be ready is because we were lured out of camp by a l ... 5 photos[full story]
February 11th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Well...Im absolutely exhausted!!!! We were told last week that Monday is washing day and we should take our bedding to the gold toothed women for them to wash it (not any other day or they go crazy - ... 5 photos[full story]
February 7th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán Day Three in Campamento Camohmila and Lizzie and Becky have moved into their permanant cabańa. It´s pretty nice! It´s got little bits and bobs of all the GAP girls who´ve ever stayed there, some paint ... 2 photos[full story]
January 12th 2008North America » Mexico » Morelos » Tepoztlán dann mit einem kater weiter,
in ein wenig touristisch angehauchtes bergkaff um ein bisschen zu shoppen.. so hippi dippi zeugs.. witzige menschen, welche mich alle fragten ob ich denn schon auf den be ... [full story]
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