Mexico
Estados Unidos Mexicanos Area 2M km² Arable 13% Population 120.3M (59/km²) Gov’t Federal Republic Capital Mexico City (20.4M) GCP/capita $15,600 In poverty 52% Wealth owned by top 10 percent 39% Life expectancy 75 yrs Infant Mortality 13/1K live births HIV/AIDS < 1% Literacy 94% Languages Spanish, indigenous languages Religions Catholic, Pentacostal, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Evangelical, other Labor Force Agriculture 13%, industry 24%, services 62% PCVs 2004–present CURRENT: 75 TTD: 290; community economic development, environment |  Mexico |
Adult Books
Carol Merchasin, 2014
Publisher: Shebooks
Format: E-book, File Size: 1942 KB
Print Length: 54 pages
ASIN: B00HRTCYBA
Synopsis: Carol Merchasin first visited San Miguel de Allende in 1996, fell in love with its language, people, and culture, and moved there full-time with her husband in 2005. A lawyer by training, Merchasin is curious about how everything around her in Mexico works—the health care system, religious rituals, loaning money, small change at the market, narcotrafficantes, telenovelas, and the subtleties between the verbs ser and estar. An intrepid researcher, she informally consults her neighbors, history books, and experts until she’s satisfied. The essays in How It Goes in Mexico are by turns funny and poignant, and the portrayal of Mexico is neither romantic nor wary but respectful and compassionate.
Kids' Books
Judy Goldman, illus René King Moreno, 2008, AGES 7–9
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA
Format 32 pp
ISBN 978-1-59078-425-9
Synopsis: Upon the death of her beloved Tio Urbano, who has taught her that monarch butterflies are the souls of the dead, young Lupita gains a deeper understanding of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, as it is observed in rural Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and facts about the Day of the Dead.
Films
Documentary: Narco Cultura
Director: Shaul Schwarz, 2013
Languages: Spanish
Film: Club Sandwich
Director: Fernando Eimbcke, 2011
Languages: Spanish
Music
Vicente Fernández: Le Pese a Quien Le Pese
Vicente Fernández: Estos Celos
Mana: Amor Clandestino
Banda el Recodo: Te Presumo
