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Government: This is President Enrique Peña Nieto is the Leader of the country of Mexico and the leader of the Executive Branch Of Mexico, he was born July 20th, 1966, he has been in office since December 1st 2012, and his time in office will be over  November 30th 2018. He is part of of the P.R.I political party.

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Government: The Mexican Government is a Democracy, with 3 branches, the legislative, judicial, and executive.The Legislative Branch consists of “Senadores” and “Disputados”. The Executive Branch consists of the President, the Cabinet, and the Cabinet Agencies. The Judicial Branch consists of the Supreme Court

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Economy: The biggest export of Mexico is vehicles, like cars and trucks. Big car and truck companies have decided to build their car factories, some of them being Chevrolet, Audi, and Honda have placed their factories in different parts of Mexico. This has given a huge boost to the economy of Mexico, just in 2016 Vehicle exports from Mexico generated a total of $88.1 Billion USD. That’s a huge improvement from the $34.5 Billion USD that was generated in 2015. Another big export in 2016 for Mexico was electrical machinery,like computers and other things like that, which generated approximately $70.1 Billion USD for the economy of Mexico.  With the big increase of the economy, the peso exchange got lower which made the peso more valuable and worth more.

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Economy: The currency of Mexico is Pesos, commonly abbreviated to MXN. $1USD is equivalent to approximately $17.5MXN. One peso is made of 100 “centavos” like a dollar. Pesos come in bills but unlike the U.S the bills are made of plastic. Bills come in denominations of $20,$50,$100,$200, and $500 pesos. Coins come in denominations of $.25,$.5,$1,$2,$5,$10, and $20 pesos. The peso’s rate is always changing value, it can reach as high as $20MXN for $1USD and as low as $15MXN for $1USD. The average income for a family in Mexico is approximately $108,308MXN that is equivalent to $6,000USD that is only around 12 percent of the average income in the United States that is because the minimum wage in Mexico is close to $4USD a day which is minimal compared to the U.S. of $7USD an hour.

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History: Mexican Independence day is a very important holiday to the whole country of Mexico. Mexican Independence Day celebrates the initiation of the independence of Mexico, when Miguel Hidalgo gathered an army of men from all parts of Mexico to rebel against the Spaniards. Every year on the evening  of September 15th at approximately 11 pm the president of Mexico comes out and gives a shortened speech and then rings the same bell miguel Hidalgo did when he was giving a speech to his army.

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History: The Day of the Dead or “Dia de los Muertos” is a very big holiday that is native to Mexico. The The Day of the Dead celebrates loved ones that have passed away, it is meant to live on the memories of loved ones forever. The Day of the Dead was originally celebrated in the summer during the 16th century but as time passed people found it that it made more sense to place the Day of the Dead near Halloween which has to do with spirits and ghosts, so the date got moved to October 31-November 2nd, but it is mostly celebrated on November 1st. To celebrate Day of the Dead people make altars or “ofrendas” with pictures of the people you want to celebrate and you fill the altars with flowers, skulls, fruit, and other food and drinks the people that passed away liked. People also go to dinner with their families, or they can go celebrate on the streets.

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Religion: The main religion of Mexico is christianity. Christianity came to mexico from the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500’s, soon after that Christianity rapidly spread through Mexico and rapidly increased in the amount of Christians in Mexico. Today 88 percent of Mexicans are Christian. The large amount of christian people is why mexico has so many churches, it is very common to have 2 churches in your neighborhood and even one in your house.

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Religion: A big religious holiday in mexico is the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The holiday celebrates the anniversary of when the Mexican version of the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego a shepherd who lived in Mexico. No one believed that until one day when Juan Diego went to go to the place where he first met Our Lady, when he went there he found a lot of flowers which had never been grown in that area. He grabbed the flowers and he put them in his robe. When he went to show the flowers to the priest to prove he saw Mary he dropped his robe and magically a picture of Mary was painted onto his robe. This robe is on displayed in Mexico City, and every year people from all over Mexico walk all the way to where the robe is in Mexico City.

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Daily Life: Soccer is a part of daily life in Mexico. Everybody in Mexico grows up playing soccer, and playing soccer through their entire lives, from very young kids to adults. Kids in Mexico use soccer as exercise, to have fun, to pass time, and even as a job if they get good enough. Kids in Mexico also play soccer during recess at school and it is a go to activity with friends, which makes soccer a very big part of kid’s social lives in Mexico

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Daily Life: The life expectancy in Mexico is pretty average compared to other countries. The life expectancy in Mexico is 74 years old for Men and 80 years old for Women. That is pretty decent compared the average of America which is approximately 79 years. That is because of people in mexico don’t have enough money to live in very good conditions with clean water and food but a lot of people do have enough money and they live really healthy which evens out the average in Mexico.

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Arts: Mariachi music is one of the most associated musics with Mexico. It originated in the Mexican state of Jalisco, around the 1800’s. The musicians that play Mariachi wear traditional outfits of the cowboys in Jalisco to show their origin. Mariachi music became very popular in the 1900’s and from there came to The United States. It is very common to here Mariachi music at mexican restaurants, homes, and at parties.

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Arts: Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous artists from Mexico. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1907, and painted during the surrealism period. Frida Kahlo is very famous for her self portraits, she painted herself in different ways and in different backgrounds. Frida Kahlo’s art is very cherished in Mexico and is often in different homes, on t-shirts, and it inspires new art. Frida Kahlo is also on the $500 peso bill with her husband Diego Rivera on the other side of the bill, also a very renowned painter in Mexico.

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G.M Govt. Influence: My grandmother Cecilia Landerreche Gómez Mórin, was the secretary/head (first in command) of the D.I.F one of the six cabinet agencies in the Mexican Government. The D.I.F is in charge of family integration and development, for example making sure families have food, medicine, and transport. She gave many public speeches and was often on television getting questions from the paparazzi. She was in office for six years, because when the president changes so does the cabinet.

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G.M Govt. Influence: My Great-Great Grandfather, Manuel Gómez Mórin was the founder of one of the three major political parties in Mexico known as the P.A.N (Founded in 1939) which translates back to the National Action Party, he founded that party with another man named Luis Calderón Vega. He also founded an amazing business institute in Mexico called the EBC in Mexico City, it is known as the business school of Mexico and it is one of the highest ranked institutes in all of Mexico. He served as Dean at the EBC until he passed away in 1972.

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Tourism: Tourism is a big hit in Mexico. It is a huge destination during summer and spring break especially for the people in the U.S. There are many hotels and beautiful beaches which attract tourists from all over. In 2016 Mexico hit it’s high 35 million tourists in the year of 2016!!!!! That is roughly 4 times the amount of people that live in Mexico City.

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Tourism: Beaches are a big part of why tourism is so big in Mexico. Mexico’s beaches are considered to be some of the best in the entire world. On the forbes list of 27 most beautiful beaches in the world, Tulum, Mexico ranked number one and another beach in mexico ranked in the twenties this attracts visitors from Mexico and from other countries especially when it gets cold in other parts of the world and people want to go on to a nice warm place with a nice beach.