The Region of Mexico

The Region Of Mexico.

                    Today’s population is about 105 million.  20 years ago it was 67 million.  That is a 64% increase in only 20 years.  Of even more concern is the growth of the cities, which attract thousands of newcomers from the impoverished countryside every day.  Mexico city with its population of 20 million people attracts 2,000 migrants daily.  75% of Mexico ’s people live in the cities.

                                   Ethnicities In Mexico

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             Mexico largest ethnic group in Mexico is the Mestizos who are of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.  They control most of the money and the power.  The next largest group is the indigenous population who largely retain their sense of distinct identity.  The Mexican government recognizes 56 
different indigenous groups and these cultures that have survived largely because of their rural isolation.


Ethnic Conflict:      Indigenous peoples in the country  faces heavy racial discrimination, even though they represented a high  population and almost the entire population lives in the conflict area. 







                                             Religion In Mexico

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Roman Catholic
Religion plays a central role in Mexican culture and the overwhelming majority of the population is Roman Catholic. The Mexican Catholic Church’s most important symbol is Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, a dark-skinned manifestation of the Virgin Mary who appeared to a Mexican Indian in 1531 on a hill near Mexico City .  Today she is the country’s patron and her name is invoked in religious ceremonies, political speeches and literature.

CONFLICTS: As of today there is not any major conflicts however, Acceptance of the new religion was greatly helped by the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531. Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5




Mexico's Government 

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who is mexico's president? - Enrique Peña Nieto

The Federal Government of Mexico is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states and one Federal District, and to represent such governments before international bodies such as the United Nations. Similar to the federal government of the United States of America, the Mexican federal government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Through the system of separation of powers each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority is regulated by the other branches. The seat of the federal government is in the District Federal, or simply, "D.F." Mexico's government takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-partyelectoral system.