| Physiographic Data | |
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| Highest Point: | Volcan Pico de Orizaba: 5,700 m |
| Lowest Point: | Laguna Salada: -10 m |
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| Baja California Peninsula | Physiographic Division | |
| Yucatan Peninsula |
North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States - The World Factbook
| Particulars for Mexico: | |
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| Locale Type | Nation |
| Data | |
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| Demonym: | Mexican |
| Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: | 103 |
| Theme | AsNotedIn |
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| Day of the Dead |
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| Maya Civilization |
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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations - including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec - Mexico was conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16th century. Administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain for three centuries, it achieved its independence early in the 19th century. The global financial crisis beginning in late 2008 caused a massive economic downturn the following year, although growth returned quickly in 2010. 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. The elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition candidate - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by another PAN candidate Felipe CALDERON, but the PRI regained the presidency in 2012. Since 2007, Mexico's powerful drug-trafficking organizations have engaged in bloody feuding, resulting in tens of thousands of drug-related homicides. - The World Factbook
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2666 | Book | Roberto Bolano | ||
| All the Pretty Horses | Book | Cormac McCarthy | Texas serves as the essential backdrop but much of the plot unfolds in Mexico. | |
| Here's to You, Jesusa! | Book | Elena Poniatowska | ||
| In Search of Klingsor | Book | Jorge Volpi | ||
| Like Water for Chocolate (book) | Book | Laura Esquivel | ||
| The Burning Plain | Book | Juan Rulfo | ||
| The Conquest of New Spain | Book | Bernal Diaz del Castillo | ||
| The Doll Queen (Short Story) | Short Story | Carlos Fuentes | ||
| The Highway (short story) | Short Story |
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Ray Bradbury | Ray Bradbury's "The Highway" runs through rural Mexico. |
| The Labyrinth of Solitude | Book | Octavio Paz | ||
| The Llano in Flames (short story) | Short Story | Juan Rulfo | ||
| The Underdogs | Book | Mariano Azuela |
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