When people think of Mexico, they might think of a perfect vacation spot. Yes, Mexico is beautiful and has an interesting background to its history. However, Mexico comes with a little bit of baggage. The everyday life in Mexico is very different from your normal day. For example, they never arrive at work on time. Things at the work place don’t get done as quick as they should. They get their job done last minute. Another thing about Mexico is that family is very important to them. Fiestas are big over in Mexico’s, which means their families celebrate and enjoy a very big meal together.
Food is cheap here and it makes sense why they have fiestas all the time. Mexico is made up of a few ethnic groups. Around 60 percent of Mexico’s population is made up of the Mestizo to Amerindian- Spanish group. Then there is just the Amerindian group and it is made up with about 30 percent of the population. The last ethnic group covers up nine percent of the population and only has the whites in that group. All over Mexico you can find all different languages, but 92 percent of Mexico speaks Spanish and the other six percent speaks indigenous languages such as: Mayan and Nahuatl.
For Mexico’s government, there isn’t much to it. Mexico’s government is Federal Republic. Now for Mexico’s political structure, it is federal presidential representative democratic republic. Religion in Mexico is varied between three religions. 88 percent of Mexico’s population is Roman Catholicism. Then five percent of the population is Protestants and Evangelicals, which is the second largest religion here. (Zimmermann) The controversial issues are another issue that Mexico has. First, it has hazardous waste/disposal facilities.
These facilities are dealing with very toxic materials, which it then goes into the air supply and the toxins go into your body. Also, these toxins absorb into their food supply. Raw sewage goes with the hazardous waste because this goes into the water system. There is so much water pollution that it goes into the rivers in Mexico. Another large issue going on in Mexico is the drug cartels there. Their has been around 35,000 deaths since 2006 from the drug cartels. Each year the deaths keep rising and it isn’t just the people involved in the cartel being killed.
There are innocent men, women, and young children being killed. The shootings are ridiculous! (Crime) Around 40 million people in Mexico live under the poverty line, which means they are very poor. The citizens in Mexico are so poor that they can’t afford things they need to stay healthy, like doctors or the medicine they need to get over their sickness. The children are the ones who get hit with the health problems more then anyone else. They suffer from problems such as: malnutrition, which is the lack of the proper nutrition.
This is from not getting enough food to eat or eating very unhealthy foods. Avitaminosis is a condition from the deficiency of particular vitamins. Anemia is a condition marked by a deficiency of the red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood. Dysentery is an infection in the intestines, which gives you severe diarrhea with blood and mucus in it. There is many other infectious diseases that the people of Mexico suffer from. (Harrell) Mexico is fairly warm all year round. On the coasts it is very hot and humid, which causes hurricanes during the hurricane season.
The inland at the altitude it is a warm temperature like spring. May be cooler during the months of December through March. The hottest months all depend where you are at in Mexico. If you are in the Pacific Coast then the hottest months are from May to September. If you are in the South the hottest months are April, May, and July to September. Depending on what region of Mexico you are on is when the coolest months will happen. Normally, the coolest months are December to February. Mexico also has a rainy season, which is from May to September. Hurricane season here is from June to October.
So, make sure if you are going to visit Mexico you watch out for the hurricane season. (Climates) The history of Mexico goes all the way back to 8000 B. C. This is when the first humans find and study plant cultivation in the beginning of the New World. In 1521 there was a number of disagreements that involved the Aztecs. This was called the “bloody series. ” 1814 is when a priest named Jose Morelos achieves to get Hidalgo as the leader of Mexico’s independence movement. He also publicly announces a Mexican republic. The Mexican Revolution starts in 1910 because of the issues of the plan of San Luis Potosi.
In this plan is was guaranteeing a future democracy, federalism, and workers rights. Also this was declaring war on the Diaz regime. Mexico has declared on the Axis powers in 1940. They do this because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Mexico today isn’t like it was when it was just found. There is so much more to it. For example, if you are wanting to go on vacation to Mexico it is an amazing vacation spot. While you are on the resorts, you are away from all of the drama in town. The resorts keep you safe and are very secured, which means no one is to come in unless they are staying there on vacation.
If you are wanting to go outside of the resort, be sure to stay together and do not go far from your resort. Another thing to watch out for is the crazy drivers of Mexico. They will not stop for you, so you have to be on your toes and watch your surroundings. Mexico is the perfect vacation spot for a short visit. To be a citizen here is where the problems are going to start. It varies from the poor air quality, the poor water quality, the health issues and the deaths from the drug cartels. This is not a place to live but definitely the place to go on a short vacation.