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 23rd 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City While this trip is exciting and fun and educational, there definetley are parts of it where I wish I wasn't traveling around in a group so large. Sure, the immense amount of Americans made the initial ... [full story]
June 13th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City En toen was de cirkel weer rond. Nadat we tien weken geleden vertrokken uit ons Puebla zijn we weer thuis bij onze lieve Mexicaanse familie. We hebben in Mexico, Cuba, Belize en Guatemala de afgelopen ... 28 photos[full story]
April 7th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City Ik had net zo goed vijf benen kunnen hebben, een derde oog of een staart uit mijn voorhoofd. Met 1.96 meter ben je in dit land gewoon een freak. In de stadsbus zit ik met mijn knieen tegen het hoofd v ... 24 photos[full story]
April 1st 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City Daaaaaaaaarrrrr zijn we weer. Bijdeze vanuit Puebla even een selectie van fotos uit Mexico Stad. Het waren 6 geweldige dagen, maar we zijn blij dat we nu in het pitoreske (voor zover een stad van 3,5 ... 15 photos[full story]
February 21st 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City 21/2/08 - Thursday.
I had the worst night last night. I got food poisoning from a milkshake and/or a torta I bought in Mexico City. After nearly 1.5 months of eating the nastiest street food possib ... [full story]
February 20th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City 20/2/08 - Wednesday.
We caught an early flight from Guatemala City to Mexico city, arriving just after lunch. We went straight to the Australian Embassy and sorted out my emergency passport within ... [full story]
February 4th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City 4/2/08 - Monday
The final day of the program. Today all of us went to the orphanage to spend some time with the children and say goodbye. We painted a mural for them as a token of our appreciation wh ... 41 photos[full story]
January 5th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City Arriving in the city of Puebla (population over 2 million) we were greeted by the biggest bus terminal we had ever seen. In other Mexican cities there were often individual terminals for the different ... 9 photos[full story]
February 3rd 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City 3/2/08 Day 28 of Project. Sunday.
After 3 hours sleep we caught a bus to Cholula (30 mins from Puebla) for a day of tours. First stop was the pyramids which was pretty cool. We bought and ate some ... 17 photos[full story]
January 30th 2008North America » Mexico » Puebla » Puebla City 30/1/08 Day 24 of Project. Wednesday.
Today we took our students to the Zocolo (town centre) so that they could photograph some of the city and the buildings/churches. They absolutely loved it as t ... 18 photos[full story]
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