The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), often known simply as Mexico (Spanish: México) is a country located in North America, bordered at the north by the United States, and at the south by Guatemala and Belize in Central America. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in Latin America, and also the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

The official name is Estados Unidos Mexicanos, which translates as the United Mexican States. The term State of Mexico (Estado de México) does not refer to the country, but only to one state within Mexico, located near the center of the country adjacent to the Federal District.

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.

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RT @anymoto RT @tovarya: ATB tiene que venir a México!! pero YA! :D << +1 // pero si Mexico ya se vino a ATB hace rato con sus novelas =S
ardilla_ilusa (mariela castrillo ) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:20 -0000
RT @anymoto RT @tovarya: ATB tiene que venir a México!! pero YA! :D << +1 // pero si Mexico ya se vino a ATB hace rato con sus novelas =S
I am determined to find someone i can tell "youre hot like mexico " Haha ;) Lady gaga's new song "Alejandro"
lovelyleoby (Leoby Valenzuela) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:10 -0000
I am determined to find someone i can tell "youre hot like mexico " Haha ;) Lady gaga's new song "Alejandro"
http://tinyurl.com/yj3m6fq Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert...watching now on PBS....excellent footage...beautiful!!
susiemutha (susiemutha) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:08 -0000
http://tinyurl.com/yj3m6fq Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert...watching now on PBS....excellent footage...beautiful!!
RT @jbreeves Photo of the Day: Cancun, Mexico (With A 3 Megapixel Camera) http://twitpic.com/qmtor
nataliareeves (Natalia) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:04:08 -0000
RT @jbreeves Photo of the Day: Cancun, Mexico (With A 3 Megapixel Camera) http://twitpic.com/qmtor
hey man love your music big fan of gym class heroes hope some day bring one of urs concerts to mexico peace @Travismtv
aldecoa_8407 (juan carlos aldecoa) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:03:59 -0000
hey man love your music big fan of gym class heroes hope some day bring one of urs concerts to mexico peace @Travismtv
Make sure you check out @katejb's latest #BBC feature on the #Mennonite population of #Mexico. It's ace :) http://bit.ly/6fy3mF
siburgess79 (Si Burgess) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:03:32 -0000
Make sure you check out @katejb's latest #BBC feature on the #Mennonite population of #Mexico. It's ace :) http://bit.ly/6fy3mF

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