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Mexico , officially the United Mexican States , is a country in the southern portion of North America . It covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), making it the world's 13th-largest country by area; with a population of almost 130 million, it is the 10th-most-populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is organized as a federal constitutional republic comprising 31 states and Mexico City , its capital. It shares land borders with the United States to the north, with Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; as well as maritime borders with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east.
Human presence in Pre-Columbian Mexico dates back to 8,000 BCE , making it one of the world's six cradles of civilization . The Mesoamerican region hosted various intertwined civilizations, including the Olmec , Maya , Zapotec , Teotihuacan , and Purepecha . The Aztecs came to dominate the area prior to European contact . In 1521, the Spanish Empire , alongside indigenous allies, conquered the Aztec Empire , establishing the colony of New Spain in the former capital, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City ). Over the next three centuries, Spanish expansion enforced Christianity , spread the Spanish language, and exploited rich silver deposits in Zacatecas and Guanajuato . The colonial era ended in the early nineteenth century with the Mexican War of Independence . (Full article... )
Above, from left to right: Cabo San Lucas Bay, rock formation, Arcos de Cabo San Lucas, Beach and Panoramic.
Cabo San Lucas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaβo san ˈlukas] , "Saint Luke Cape "), also known simply as Cabo , is a resort city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula , in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur . As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 202,694. Cabo San Lucas, together with the famous San José del Cabo are collectively known as Los Cabos . Together, they form a metropolitan area of 351,111 inhabitants.
Rated as one of Mexico's top tourist destinations, Cabo San Lucas is known for its beaches,
scuba diving locations,
Balnearios , the sea arch
El Arco de Cabo San Lucas , and marine life. The
Los Cabos Corridor has become a heavily trafficked
vacation destination for tourists, with numerous
resorts and
timeshares along the coast between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. (
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Lola Álvarez Bravo (3 April 1903 – 31 July 1993) was the first Mexican female photographer and a key figure in the post-revolution Mexican renaissance . Known for her high level of skill in composition, her works were seen by her peers as fine art. She was recognized in 1964 with the Premio José Clemente Orozco (José Clemente Orozco Prize), by the State of Jalisco , for her contributions to photography and her efforts to preserve the culture of Mexico. Her works are included in the permanent collections of international museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Álvarez was born in a small town in Jalisco, but moved to Mexico City with her father when her parents separated around 1906. For a decade, she lived with her father in a large mansion, but upon his death was taken in by her older half-brother, who sent her to boarding school. After completing a traditional education, in 1922 she enrolled in the
Escuela Nacional Preparatoria , where she met her lifelong friend,
Frida Kahlo . A friendship with another of her childhood friends,
Manuel Álvarez Bravo , blossomed into romance around the same time and the two married in 1925. Her husband taught her photography, as well as development techniques, and for nearly a decade, she acted as his assistant. As she sought to explore her own creativity and was unhappy in the marriage, the couple separated in 1934. (
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Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (Spanish pronunciation: [kanˈtiɱflas] ), was a Mexican comedian , actor, and filmmaker . He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is celebrated throughout Latin America and in Spain as a popular icon . His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain and has given rise to a range of expressions including cantinflear , cantinflada , cantinflesco , and cantinflero .
He often portrayed impoverished farmers or a
peasant of
pelado origin. The character allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into
Hollywood .
Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive, and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in most of the world, he is best remembered as co-starring with
David Niven in the
Oscar -winning film
Around the World in 80 Days , for which Moreno won a
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . (
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27 March 2024 –
At least four people have died after several wildfires spread across the State of Mexico , Mexico . (Reuters)
20 March 2024 – Mexican drug war
Twelve bodies are found in Mexico , five inside a truck in the municipality of Villa Corona , Jalisco and seven in Sonora . (El Universal)
1 March 2024 – Mexican drug war
Four Mexican soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla , Michoacán , Mexico . The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush. (AP)
5 February 2024 – Mexican drug war
Four taxi and bus drivers are killed during coordinated shootings in Chilpancingo , Mexico . (AP)
30 January 2024 –
A bus collides with a truck on a highway in Elota , Sinaloa , Mexico , killing 19 people and injuring 18 others. (AP)
Four people are killed and 15 others are rescued after a boat capsizes while travelling between Cancún and Isla Mujeres , Quintana Roo , Mexico . (AP)
An
enchilada (,
Spanish: [entʃiˈlaða] ) is a
Mexican dish consisting of a
corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a savory sauce. Enchiladas can be filled with various ingredients, including meats, cheese, beans, potatoes, vegetables, or combinations. Enchilada sauces include
chili -based sauces, such as
salsa roja , various
moles ,
tomatillo -based sauces, such as
salsa verde , or cheese-based sauces, such as
chile con queso . (
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Image 1 The Execution of Emperor Maximilian , 19 June 1867. Gen.
Tomás Mejía , left, Maximilian, center, Gen.
Miguel Miramón , right. Painting by
Édouard Manet 1868. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 2 President Obregón. Note that he lost his right arm in the
Battle of Celaya (1915), earning him the nickname of
Manco de Celaya ("the one-armed man of Celaya"). (from
History of Mexico )
Image 3 Porfirio Díaz (from
History of Mexico )
Image 4 Pear ,
Quince and
Psidium cajeta . In 2010 declared the
Bicentennial Dessert of Mexico. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 5 Surrender of Santa Anna by
William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded
Sam Houston in 1836. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 6 Spanish and Portuguese empires in 1790 (from
History of Mexico )
Image 7 Colossal atlantids, pyramid B, Toltec, Tula, Mexico, ca. 900–1180 AD (from
History of Mexico )
Image 8 Modern group monument of
Cortés ,
Doña Marina , and their
mestizo son Martín (from
History of Mexico )
Image 9 A statue of a
Chichimeca Warrior in the city of
Querétaro (from
History of Mexico )
Image 10 Panel 3 from Cancuen, Guatemala, representing king T'ah 'ak' Cha'an (from
History of Mexico )
Image 11 "The Torture of
Cuauhtémoc ", a 19th-century painting by
Leandro Izaguirre (from
History of Mexico )
Image 12 Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico (from
History of Mexico )
Image 13 Sawdust carpet made during "The night no one sleeps" in Huamantla, Tlaxcala (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 14 Comanchería, territory controlled by the Comaches, prior to 1850 (from
History of Mexico )
Image 15 Making cigarettes in the
El Buen Tono factory, Mexico City (from
History of Mexico )
Image 16 Mexico City street market (from
History of Mexico )
Image 17 Victoriano Huerta , ruler of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 (from
History of Mexico )
Image 18 A unit of Cristeros preparing for battle. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 19 Mexican Army troops in the
Zócalo in the 1968
Tlatelolco massacre . (from
History of Mexico )
Image 20 El Chapo in US custody after his extradition from Mexico. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 21 Cerro del Cubilete ("Dice Cup Hill"). At the top of the hill is the
Cristo Rey (
Christ the
King ) statue. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 22 The Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico, ca. 800–900 CE (from
History of Mexico )
Image 23 Club América vs Cruz Azul at the
Estadio Azteca . (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 24 Battle of Centla, the first time a horse was used in battle in a war in the Americas. Mural in the Palacio Municipal of Paraíso,
Tabasco (from
History of Mexico )
Image 25 Three world leaders: (background, left to right) Mexican President
Carlos Salinas de Gortari , U.S. President
George H. W. Bush , and Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney , observe the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 26 Buffalo Soldiers of the American
10th Cavalry Regiment taken prisoner during the
Battle of Carrizal , Mexico in 1916. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 27 Gilberto Bosques Saldívar took the initiative to rescue tens of thousands of Jews and
Spanish Republican exiles from being deported to
Nazi Germany or Spain. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 28 Singer and actor Pedro Infante, one of the leading figures of the
Golden Age of Mexican Cinema . (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 29 La leyenda de los volcanes (The legend of the volcanoes).
Saturnino Herrán . 1910-1912. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 30 Teotihuacan view of the Avenue of the Dead and the
Pyramid of the Sun , from the
Pyramid of the Moon (from
History of Mexico )
Image 33 Toltec carving representing the Aztec Eagle, found in
Veracruz , 10th–13th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art . (from
History of Mexico )
Image 34 Goddess, mural painting from the Tetitla apartment complex at Teotihuacan, Mexico, 650–750 CE (from
History of Mexico )
Image 35 Lázaro Cárdenas mural (from
History of Mexico )
Image 36 Alegoría de la Constitución de 1857 ,
Petronilo Monroy , 1869. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 37 Portrait and book by
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz , Baroque poet and writer. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 38 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (from
History of Mexico )
Image 40 The first
Braceros arrive in
Los Angeles by train in 1942. Photograph by
Dorothea Lange . (from
History of Mexico )
Image 41 General
Pancho Villa at the entrance of Ojinaga (from
History of Mexico )
Image 43 Shield Jaguar and
Lady Xoc , Maya, lintel 24 of temple 23, Yaxchilan, Mexico, ca. 725 ce. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 44 Logo of the
Partido Nacional Revolucionario , with the colors of the Mexican flag (from
History of Mexico )
Image 45 President Vicente Fox with Prime Minister of India
Manmohan Singh (from
History of Mexico )
Image 47 Variegated maize ears (from
History of Mexico )
Image 49 Logo of
Nacional Financiera (NAFIN), the state development bank. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 50 Agustín de Iturbide the first
Emperor of Mexico (from
History of Mexico )
Image 51 A map of Mexico 1845 after Texas annexation by the U.S. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 52 Dining table , painted between 1857 y 1859, oleo sobre tela (oil on canvas) by
Agustín Arrieta (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 53 Distribution of linguistic groups around 1500. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 56 Exconvento (Ex-convent), by
José María Velasco . 1860. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 57 Chacmool , Maya, from the Platform of the Eagles, Chichen Itza, Mexico, ca. 800–90 CE (from
History of Mexico )
Image 58 U.S. President
Barack Obama and Mexican President-Elect
Enrique Peña Nieto during their meet at the
White House following Peña Nieto's
election victory. (from
History of Mexico )
Image 61 La huida a Egipto (The Flight into Egypt).
Miguel Cabrera , around 1700. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 62 Murals of Bonampak (between 580 and 800 AD) (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 64 Liberación (Liberation).
Jorge González Camarena . 1908. (from
Culture of Mexico )
Image 65 Entry into Mexico City by the Mexican army (from
History of Mexico )
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