QUICK OUTLINE• CAPITAL - Mexico City• NATIONAL LANGUAGE - Spanish• CURRENCY - Peso• LOCATION - Mexico is bordered on the

north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico.

• INTERNET TLD - .mx

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POINTS covered in this presentation

• SOCIAL• LEGAL• ECONOMIC• POLITICAL• TECHNOLOGI

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SOCIAL•118,395,054 (11th)POPULATIO

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•Mexico city, Guadalajara, MonterreyMAIN CITIES

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SOCIAL•total: 27.7 years male: 26.6 years female: 28.8 years (2013)MEDIAN AGE

•97% for youth under the age of 14 and 91% for people over 15. (2004)

LITERACY RATE

•at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female SEX RATIO

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SOCIAL• Roman Catholicism, Christianity

MAIN RELIGIONS FOLLOWED

•16.77 deaths/1,000 live births INFANT MORTALITY RATE

• Spanish, English, IndigenousLANGUAGES SPOKEN

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LEGAL

NATIONAL ISSUES• The Mexican drug cartels are a

national security issue• Illegal migrants coming from

Ecuador, Cuba, China and Pakistan

• Heavy weaponry smuggle from United States

WORLD BANK• Climate Change Development

Policy Loan• Green Growth Development

Policy Loan• Secondary Education

Development Policy Loan

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ECONOMICALMexico has one of the world's largest economies, it is the tenth largest oil producer in the world, the largest silver producer in the world and is considered both a regional power and middle power.

According to Goldman Sachs, by 2050 Mexico is expected to become the world's fifth largest economy.

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ECONOMICALGDP (nominal) 2013 estimateTotal $1.327 trillionPer capita $11,224

Mexico has the 14th largest nominal GDP and the 10th largest by purchasing power parity.

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POLITICALMAIN PARTIESNational Action Party

Institutional Revolutionary Party

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POLITICALThe constitution establishes three levels of government: the federal Union, the state governments and the municipal governments

Enrique Peña Nieto is the current President of Mexico

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TECHNOLOGICAL• The "Big Three" (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) have been

operating in Mexico since the 1930s, while Volkswagen and Nissan built their plants in the 1960s

• The Mexican Armed Forces: military industry manufactures systems and advanced naval dockyards that build heavy military vessels and advanced missile technologies

• The military’s increasing importance has been placed on acquiring airborne surveillance platforms, aircraft, helicopters, digital war-fighting technologies, urban warfare equipment and rapid troop transport. Mexico also has the capabilities to manufacture nuclear weapons.

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