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Name: CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico
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CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

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“CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico”, published in 2004, is a work by United States. Central Intelligence Agency. It explores elements such as Amerindian, Mexico and popular vote.

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ Real GDP growth was a weak -0.3% in 2001, 0.9% in 2002, and 1.2% in 2003, with the US slowdown the principal cause. Mexico implemented free trade agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and the European Free Trade Area in 2001, putting more than 90% of trade under free trade agreements. The government is cognizant of the need to upgrade infrastructure, modernize the tax system and labor laws, and provide incentives to invest in the energy sector, but progress is slow. ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) . ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ Economy Mexico Economy - overview: Mexico has a free market economy with a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income is one-fourth that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal. ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m Natural resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber Land use: arable land: 12.99%
permanent crops: 1.31%
other: 85.7% (2001) Irrigated land: 65,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts Environment - current issues: scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate) Political parties and leaders: Convergence for Democracy or CD [Dante DELGADO Ranauro] ; Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI [Roberto MADRAZO Pintado] ; Mexican Green Ecological Party or PVEM [Jorge Emilio GONZALEZ Martinez] ; National Action Party or PAN [Luis Felipe BRAVO Mena] ; Party of the Democratic Revolution or PRD [Leonel GODOY] ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — Mexico (2004)

“ Population growth rate: 1.18% (2004 est.) Birth rate: 21.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate: 4.73 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate: -4.87 migrant (s) /1,000 population (2004 est.) ”

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