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- Maize development is a staple of unique American agriculture
- Tomatoes, beans, chili peppers, squash and some others first appeared in Americas
- Central valley of Mexico, home to many advanced civilizations, putting the "New World" in line with the sophistication of the "Old World" in many respects
- Spanish arrive and conquer, bringing disease and outright battle that decimate populations
- Combination of Spanish art and architecture, language, religion, foods and thinking with indigenous populations created the uniquely Mexican culture
- Much of the population (up to 80%) lost, along with art, language and religious aspects of original inhabitants. forever.
- Revolutionary wars throughout hemisphere leads to independence in 1821
- Mexican American War, loss of Texas, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and California
- May 5, 1862 Benito Juárez forces defeated French army (arriving to collect debts and seize as much as possible under Napolean III) Cinco de Mayo
- Juárez known as a reformer and liberal, well regarded to this day
- As infrastructure and economic development increased due to railroads, mining, etc, inequality grew more prevalent, especially in comparison of North vs. South
- Constitution of 1917, curtail church, property redistribution, promotion of education by gov´t
- PEMEX creation by Cárdenas in 1938 - oil and gas industry nationalized
- 1940-1970 considered relatively stable, a single political party (PRI) mostly controlled everything, which lead to corruption but also stable transitions of power
- 1980s saw lost revenue from oil prices dropping, huge earthquake in CDMX, debt "Lost Decade"
- 1994 NAFTA, many good signs, but long-standing problems still remained (devaluation of currency)
- 32 separate states, 25% of economic activity located in CDMX
- Strong linkage between the natural resource endowment and pace of growth an region
- Heavy involvement of foreign firms and capital in natural resource sector, leading to resentment, conflict, nationalization
- Heavy boom and bust cycles due to reliance on natural resources, Mexico overly dependent
- In 1990s, deregulation and free trade encouraged
- PEMEX directly contributes 65% of its total revenues to the government, making up almost 40% of gov't revenue
- Opening up of national industries, less subsidization, NAFTA impacts
- All factors point to a future wherein less regulations will be helpful economically, but difficult politically in terms of reducing inequality and overall GDP/per capita growth
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