La Tierra Prometida From the migration of nomadic people to the Americas across the Bering land bridge, to the unexpected election of Presidente Vicente Fox of the PAN party, Mexico has - and continues to be - a land of many riches. Through thick and thin, Mexico has been a part of many historically significant events throughout all of the Americas. With a gorgeous landscape, Mexico is one of the most geographically diverse countries in the world. Having such a vast and varying landscape, Mexican culture is immensely difficult to pin down to one type. Mexican politics, unlike the United States, are represented by multiple parties, but it’s difficult for the Mexican people to elect any party other than El PRI. This ever-changing country has …show more content…
Its geography navigates to extremes with lush forests, arid deserts, grand mountains, and low valleys. From the north, we see the majestic Rio Grande in a vast desert. Unlike many deserts around the world, plants and animals have adapted to the harsh heats of the day and the ice cold of the night. Mountains make up most of the Mexican landscape. In these, precious metals such as copper and silver have been commonly found. Probably one of the richest geographic regions in ancient Mexican history, the Yucatán Peninsula, stretches from the southernmost point into the Gulf of Mexico. This peninsula was home to the great Mayan civilization that shaped modern astronomy and mathematics in their vast accomplishments. In this region, we find the lush forestry with diverse plant and animal populations much like the northern deserts. Much of Mexico’s geography has directly impacted the cultures created …show more content…
There is much promise in Mexico for change, but national politics and economics keep the majority of Mexicans in poverty. This has divided the country to follow the greatest, most destructive political dictatorship, El PRI. With a seventy-year hold on power, El PRI did very little to help the Mexican people. They have been satirized as dictators who care very little for the Mexican populous. The perfect example of this destruction is Enrique Peña Nieto. Since his election the Mexican people have witnessed the corruption of the president. His media manipulation for the self-service of protecting his image has gone overboard. Mexican politics are a bloodbath of corruption and scandal. It is to no surprise that President Vicente Fox – one of the best presidents in Mexico’s recent history – immediately disassociated with the government upon his completion in office. It is a shame that Mexico’s one percent has the most control in the political agenda of the
Mexico’s leaders implemented a development policy which violated the ideals of the revolution by shirking the responsibilities of a social democracy. In his essay “Guatemalan Politics: The Popular Struggle for Democracy,” Garry H.
The United States has no more important foreign relation ship than that of which it enjoys with Mexico, and vice versa. These two countries share interwoven societies and economies. Although there have been disagreements and turbulence between the two countries, which partnership is without these? The Strength of each country’s democracy is fundamental to the other’s. This relationship that the two countries share directly affects that lives of millions of Mexican and United States citizens everyday. Recently these two countries have become even more unified than ever before. Tackling issues such as Border Control, Countering Narcotics, Dealing with multiple Law enforcement agencies, Human Rights laws, trade and development, etc. There are many issues that they are mutually interested in and must deal with. Yet, there are some vast differences in which these two countries are run. There are also many similarities, which we must take into account. Both Democratic Governments have similar structures, containing a legislative, judicial, and executive branch. Yet, these structures are very different internally, containing specific duties that the other country’s branch may not have.
...t up. This group of young leaders believed that they could assume their proper role in Mexican politics once President Díaz announced publicly that Mexico was ready for democracy. Although the Mexican Constitution called for public election and other institutions of democracy, Díaz and his supporters used their political and economic resources to stay in power indefinitely.”
Nevertheless, the movie undoubtedly mirrors many of the current socio-political time in which the film was made. The title itself refers to a famous quotation from the Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa, who once referred to Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, as a "camouflaged dictatorship," thereby making it "the perfect dictatorship." In this way, the movie is directly acknowledging its relevance to modern Mexico and its politics and is clearly very self-aware. The plot itself was based on the real life perceived Televisa controversy during the 2012 Mexican presidential election, in which Mexican citizens believe that the media was unfairly showing a preference for the PRI candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto. While it could be argued that the movie takes this idea of favoring one candidate over another to extreme lengths (although perhaps it isn’t showing anything unduly unrealistic – there’s no real way to know) and hyperbolizes the effect of the media in Mexican politics, there is clearly a strong element of truth and reality there. The movie would not have had nearly the same effect if it was not at least somewhat grounded in reality. And I think that, while the media does not have absolute and final control over politics, they do to a very large and important extent and this extends far beyond the movie alone, especially in today’s age of fake
For the 71 years that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was in power, Mexico saw great political, social and economic upheaval. This can be seen in the evolution of the PRI party, whose reign over Mexican society came at the expense of true democracy. “A party designed for power, the PRI's mechanisms for success involved a combination of repressive measures. The party professed no specific ideology, enabling it to adapt to changing social, economic and political forces over time. It attached itself virtually all aspects of civil society, and in this way, it become the political extension and tool of the government.” In 2000, however, the PRI’s loss of its monopoly on political power and institutional corruption gave rise to inter-cartel violence that was created in the political void left after the PAN won the national presidential election. These conditions gave rise to the Zetas: a new type of cartel that changed the operational structure of previous drug cartels. The Zetas operate in a new militant structure associated with a higher brand of violence, which has led it to branch out beyond a traditional drug smuggling enterprise common under the PRI government. Simply put, the electoral defeat of the PRI in 2000 was supposed to usher in a more democratic era in Mexican politics. Instead, the PRI party’s defeat created a state of chaos that gave rise to inter-cartel violence and the birth of the Zetas cartel.
Dellacioppa, Kara Zugman. The Bridge Called Zapatismo: building alternative political cultures in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Beyond. Lexington Books, 2009.
The history of political instability in Mexico and its need for revolution is very complex and dates back to the colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards in the 1500s. However, many aspects of the social situation of Mexico when the Revolution broke out can be attributed to the thirty-year dictatorship of President Porfrio Diaz, prior to 1911. The Revolution began in November of 1910 in an effort to overthrow the Diaz dictatorship. Under the Diaz presidency, a small minority of people, primarily relatives and friends, were in ...
Serrano, M. (1998). Governing mexico: Political parties. London: The Institute of latin American Studies University of London.
Culture is customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. It includes behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, values, and norms that is shared by a group of people to sustain their lives. Mexican culture is influenced by their familial ties, gender, religion, location and social class, among other factors. Today life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in neighboring United States and Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more so than the Mexican living in the city. In the United States Mexican includes any person of Puerto
I was born in Mexico and raised in beautiful San Diego since the age of four. Coming to the United States at a very young age I had to face many challenges that have shaped me to the person that I am today. I consider myself a Chicana woman who has overcome the obstacles to get were I am know. Being raised in a Mexcian household has thought me to embrace my culture and its roots. The Spanish and native blood that is with in me remind me of many Americans today. The reason I consider my self Chicana is because of the similar background that I shared with many Americans today. Living in the U.S. I have learned to adapt and embraced the American culture so much so that it came a point of life were I struggled to find my own identity. Taking
The culture I was born and raised on was that of Mexican-American culture. My parents were born and raised in Mexico, and when they came to America and had kids, they instilled a hybrid of their culture, and American culture, in us. They were each raised in the Mexican culture, but wanted us to be raised as Americans also, and added this to our upbringing.
...rs emigrating from Mexico may now pass those beliefs of strong relationships in all aspects of their lives onto their offspring and help create a similar attitude in the Mexican-American people.
What is culture? Many people ask themselves this question every day. The more you think about it the more confusing it is. Sometimes you start leaning to a culture and then people tell you you’re wrong or they make you feel like a different person because of your culture. I go through this almost every day. Because of the way I was raised I love Mexican rodeo but I was born and raised in Joliet. This can be very difficult trying to understand culture. I live in this huge mix of culture. Culture is personal. People can have many cultures especially in America and because of globalization. Cultural identity is not one or the other, it is not Mexican or American. Cultural identity is an individual relevant thing.
Even though Mexico had to go through a very hard time getting what they wanted, the people ended up getting their government and land back. The PRI is still effective today to prevent any more revolutions.
The PRI party that had run Mexico for 71 years by using an unfair system of corruption was defeated, but the remnants they left behind are creating more challenges for democratic consolidation. In 2000, af...