Mexico – geography Most of Mexico consists of a central plateau surrounded by mountain ranges, the Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east. The plateau houses several drainless basins; some of these have a fertile soil of volcanic decomposition products, while others are covered with sand and salt… Read More »
The Latin American country of Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world. Because of its location south of the United States of America, Mexico is a popular holiday destination for Americans. Conversely, many Mexicans try to escape poverty in their country by illegally fleeing to America. For Dutch tourists, Mexico is mainly a… Read More »
Subchapters: Basic data Public finances and the state budget Banking system Tax System Basic data The country’s economy, which is closely linked to international trade chains, fell into recession already in 2019 after a decade of growth (-0.1% of GDP). It was in this state that the COVID-19 pandemic caught up with it and hit… Read More »
VISAS, ENTRY RULES, CUSTOMS REGULATIONS in Mexico Starting May 1, 2010, entry into Mexico for the purpose of tourism, transit, and certain types of business trips with a valid US visa is visa-free for citizens of all countries. To obtain a Mexican visa at the embassy, Russian citizens must provide: – a properly completed application… Read More »
Mexico is a country in North America. Shared borders with the US in the north, with Belize and Guatemala in the southeast. Capital of Mexico City (more than 20 million inhabitants). According to smb, the official language is Spanish (more than 50 Indian dialects are spoken in some areas). Currency – Mexican peso (Mexican peso… Read More »
Souvenirs Holidays in Mexico will be remembered for a long time if you buy a couple of souvenirs: Alcohol Men will definitely like local alcohol – classic tequila or something more exotic, for example, rompope Pottery from local craftsmen Coffee from Veracruz traditional hammocks Bijouterie and silver jewelry Women will not remain indifferent to bijouterie… Read More »
See with your own eyes the monuments left from the ancient civilizations – the Maya, the Toltecs and the Aztecs. The pyramids built by the Indians thousands of years ago cannot leave anyone indifferent. Any self-respecting person should take a look at the famous pyramids of Teotihuacan and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl at least once… Read More »
According to topschoolsintheusa, the United States of Mexico is a federal presidential republic. The Constitution of 1917 is in force with numerous amendments (the last ones were introduced in 1996 and 2002). Administrative divisions: 31 states and 1 Federal District; Mexico City (Federal District), States: Aguascalientes, Veracruz, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Durango, Hidalgo, Campeche, Queretaro, Quintana Roo,… Read More »
Among industrial crops, besides tobacco, cotton and henequén (Agave sisalana) have become increasingly important. Cotton, which had been widespread in the times prior to the Spanish conquest, especially in the coastal plains, has now found its best habitat in the closed basins of the northern plateau, in the depressed lowland areas (bolsones) where, with the… Read More »
The work of ET Hamy, on the anthropology of Mexico, operates in so many respects so remarkable, is vitiated in good part of its results by the acceptance of specious theories drawn from the traditions. Instead we will see that the recent results of linguistics can be harmonized well and can find their explanation in… Read More »
In the second half of the 19th century Mexican architecture appeared characterized by a polistilistic eclecticism: neo-Doric is the monument and sepulcher to B. Juarez in Guanajuato (1873) by Rivas Mercado, the maternal hospital of Puebla (1879) of Tamariz, and the Mexican pavilion at the New Orleans Exposition (1874) by JR Ibarra. The works of… Read More »
Architecture. – The recent Mexican architectural event appeared among the most advanced in Latin America from both a design and a technological point of view. There are many interesting examples, and not only in the capital city of Mexico, starting with some residential houses, witnesses of the best American residential tradition, many of which are dispersed… Read More »
As opposed to the consolidated codifications of realism, the desire to open up to new experiences led Mexican artists in the 1960s to meet various trends in international art. It is an orientation that takes R. Tamayo as an example and which is very vast for its duration over time, for the numerous poetic and… Read More »
The location between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin areas of the American hemisphere makes Mexico the nerve center of relations between the two Americas: sometimes in the role of a bridge and in other cases as a watershed. On the one hand, the political and economic ties (for example the common fight against drug trafficking or… Read More »
Geography Located in the south of the North American subcontinent, Mexico shares a border to the north with the United States and to the southeast with Central America, particularly with Guatemala and Belize. Its surface area is 1,964,375 km² [12] , with a continental surface area of 1,959,248 km² [12] and an insular area of 5,127 km² [12] . Spread over its territorial sea… Read More »
Mexican art, term for the art in what is now Mexico. 19th century After independence from Spain in 1810, numerous European artists traveled to Mexico to depict geography, people, everyday life, architecture and archaeological sites, including. Claudio Linati (* 1790, † 1832) from Italy, who introduced lithography, Frédéric Waldeck (* 1766, † 1875) from France,… Read More »
The next 50 years were marked by conflicts between clericals and liberals, advocates of the central state and federalists, and the political struggles of the military, local and regional rulers (caciques and caudillos) who use themselves in their own interests. Economic life was affected by the devastation caused by the war. Even after Manuel Fernández… Read More »
Mexican history, common prehistory with other states in Central America. The oldest traces of settlement in the high valley of Mexico are around 20,000 BC. Dated from about 7000 BC. The cultivation of cultivated plants can be proven, especially important the cultivation of the maize. Since around 2000 BC Mexico belonged to the area of… Read More »
In 1910, after Díaz was re-elected on October 4, 1909, the revolution broke out by the People’s Chamber; It was led by the moderate politician F. I. Madero, who was president from 1911 and was overthrown in 1913 by the conservative General Victoriano Huerta (* 1854, † 1916) with the help of the military and… Read More »
However, the high expectations of a new beginning were not fulfilled. After 71 years of reign of the PRI it was not possible to break its monopoly of power in the bureaucratic apparatus, so that the hoped-for turning point in 2000 turned out to be a simple change of political leaders without structural reform. The… Read More »