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.
July 17th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen Det er nu nogle dage siden vi forlod turistparadiset Playa del Carmen, og vi savner det ikke...kun stranden. Siden sidst har vi ikke oplevet skide meget i Playa.
I torsdags blev vi dog inviteret ud a ... 4 photos[full story]
July 10th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen different hostel, different feel, and a different keyboard, I think this one is a french keyboard where most the letters are in the wrong place and just when i got used to the mexican one, oh boy. spe ... [full story]
July 8th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen Saa er vi tilbage efter en lidt for lang pause....men desvaerre har vi doejet lidt med fordoejelsen (hmmmm). Vores sarte og delikate maver er aabenbart ikke gearet til den Mexicanske cuisine! Men elle ... 11 photos[full story]
June 29th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen So Jeff and I set off, blisfully unemployed and homeless, to Vanessa Manzano's wedding to Ty Zenter. We arrived after a red eye flight to Cancun via a layover in Mexico City with no sleep, no job, and ... 17 photos[full story]
June 16th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen Happy Father's Day, Dad! Sorry we were not able to call you. We woke up late, went to breakfast before they shut down and came right back to the hotel room and fell asleep. We woke up from our nap whe ... 2 photos[full story]
June 15th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen Sorry I couldn't get online last night, we had some Internet issues.
Drew and I started our day going to downtown Playa to do some shopping and grab some lunch while watching a Euro Cup 2008 game. ... 5 photos[full story]
June 13th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen Drew and I woke up early this morning to go have breakfast before heading to the golf course. Lucky for us, today was the nicest day so far. The golf course was so awesome, a couple holes were right o ... 4 photos[full story]
June 12th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen This morning I had a charity event to go to. We split into teams of 5, each with their own color bandanna. The event was building bicycles for poor kids, many of which walk 2-3 miles a day to get to s ... 2 photos[full story]
April 24th 2008North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Playa del Carmen
An diesem Tag hatte Sergio leider keine Zeit mehr, doch sein Freund Alejandro- auch Tourguide - hat sich bereit erklärt, mit uns 2 und noch einigen anderen Mädels aus Mexico City eine Privattour z ... 117 photos[full story]
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