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MEXICO Statistics: (JC and ET) -GDP: $1.473 trillion (2009 est.) (12th in the World) -Literacy: 91% of total population (6th in the world) -Corruption: 3.5 (67th of 160) A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes [|police] [|corruption], business [|corruption], political [|corruption], etc. Data for 2005. -Armed Forces Personnel: 28th in World—193,000 -Net Happiness: 30th, 48% of Population “happy” -Ecological Footprint: 58th, 2.69 Hectares per person [|Ecological footprint] per capita Units: Hectares per Person -Church Attendance (one or more services per week): 46%- 9th in world -Mobile Phone (phones per 100 people): 25.45- 36th in world -National Bird: Crested Caracara (caracara plancus)

Mexican Political Leaders Current President- Felipe Calderon (December 1st, 2006-present) Past Presidents- Vicente Fox (December 1st, 2000- November 30th, 2006) Ernesto Zedillo (December 1st, 1994-November 30th, 2000) Carlos Salinas de Gortari (December 1st, 1988-November 30th, 1994) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court- Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia Attorney General- Arturo Chavez Governor of the Bank of Mexico-Agustin Carstens Ambassador to the United States- Arturo Sarukhan

Current Leader of the Mexican National Action Party- German Martinez Cazares Current Leader of the Mexican Party of the Democratic Revolution- Jesus Ortega Current Leader of the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party- Beatriz Paredes Rangel Current Leader of the Mexican Labor Party- Alberto Anaya Current Leader of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico- Jorge Emilio Gonzalez Torres Current Leader of the Mexican New Alliance Party- Jorge Kawagi Macari Current Leader of Convergence- Luis Maldonado Venegas Head of Government of Mexico City (Federal District)- Marcelo Ebrard (Party of the Democratic Revolution)

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Government Structure: Bicameral National Congress with a Senate and Chamber of Deputies Senate has 128 seats; 96 directly elected and 32 allocated based on percentage of vote received by each party. The Chamber of Deputies has 500 seats; 300 are directly elected and 200 allocated by party. Senators serve six year terms and Deputies serve three year terms. The President (Calderon) is both the head of state and the head of the government.

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Miscellaneous: (AS and AJ) 11th Most Populous Country in the world. 15th largest country by population Mexico City is the world's 10th largest city and 3​rd largest metropolitan area (in population). The most lucrative resources are petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber. Major exports include manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton Imports include metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts Unemployment rate is 6.2% with underemployment at 25% 6th ranking country in murders per capita 12th ranking country in total crimes committed Prevalent Food and Waterbourne Diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever


 * Mexico pictures and stats by Evan Tooker **