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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Fun night w/ @invoker (Hootsuite founder) @amiellel (software co founder) in Sayulita, Mexico. Internet famous and real life awesome!
shaunacausey (Shauna Causey) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:41:15 -0000
Fun night w/ @invoker (Hootsuite founder) @amiellel (software co founder) in Sayulita, Mexico. Internet famous and real life awesome!
RT @scubadivingpro Where is the PDC SCUBA Forum/Topic??? - Playa del Carmen, Mexico forum http://bit.ly/68Iqx0
scuba_gear (Scuba Gear) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:41:06 -0000
RT @scubadivingpro Where is the PDC SCUBA Forum/Topic??? - Playa del Carmen, Mexico forum http://bit.ly/68Iqx0
@elielmusicologo Eres Otro Nivel, Eres Inexplicable, Desde Mexico un saludo y un gran abrazo, Robin
TheRbn (Robin) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:41:03 -0000
@elielmusicologo Eres Otro Nivel, Eres Inexplicable, Desde Mexico un saludo y un gran abrazo, Robin
leaving mexico tomorrow. headed somewhere ultra exotic.
misssalinas (claudia salinas) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:40:51 -0000
leaving mexico tomorrow. headed somewhere ultra exotic.
RT Ditto @ColtraneCurtis: RT @KielBerry: Headed to Tulum, Mexico in the morning...gotta clear my thoughs going into the New Year... Me too!
KP4short (Kurtis Pemberton) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:40:37 -0000
RT Ditto @ColtraneCurtis: RT @KielBerry: Headed to Tulum, Mexico in the morning...gotta clear my thoughs going into the New Year... Me too!
@FreemanAMG Crees que si llegaría? Yo no creo, Mexico City llegó cuando lo de los gays, porque en twitter los gays estan sobrerepresentados
xaltonalli (xaltonalli) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:40:20 -0000
@FreemanAMG Crees que si llegaría? Yo no creo, Mexico City llegó cuando lo de los gays, porque en twitter los gays estan sobrerepresentados

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