Shiny, new Mexico

Mexico City - the last few days

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December 4th 2005
My last few days in Mexico City passed reasonably uneventfully. However, one personal highlight was seeing the Diego Rivera Museum, having been greatly interested by the other work I had already seen of his around the city. The sole mural in the Museum was a huge ´who´s who´ of Mexican History. A cross-section of over 60 figures, some actual people such as Benito Juarez and Hernan Cortes, other ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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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... ... read more