MEXICO by Ryder https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk en-us 2016-05-05 12:10:28 UTC 2025-11-03 04:41:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/earth.jpg Zapatistas b1bli0ph1le https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399129 Definition: a member or supporter of a Mexican revolutionary force working for social and agrarian reforms. 

The Zapatista uprising was on New Years Eve in 1993. The Zapatista guerrilla army gained control of  San Cristóbal de las Casas and 5 towns in the surrounding Chiapas highlands. They were against the North American Free Trade Agreement and were demanding rights for Mexico's indigenous people. 

The movement never ended and the Zapatistas and their beliefs/values still are a voice in Mexico today.]]> 2016-05-05 12:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399129 Dictator Porfirio Diaz pinkcooke https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399247
  • Ruled in 1876-1911 as a caudillo
  • Order and Progress
  • Introduced programs that intended to streghthen and modernize Mexico
  • Invited foreigners to invest in Mexico; they built railroads, developed mines, and bought land
  • Production of silver, copper, coffee,and sugar soared
  • Set up strong police force that destroyed rural bandits and political opponents

    • ]]>     2016-05-05 12:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399247     PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) b1bli0ph1le https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399435 "Institutional Revolutionary Party"
    It is a Mexican political party that held power in the country for 71 years, first as the National Revolutionary Party, then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution.

    It was formed by president Plutarco Elías Calles and his followers in a period of conflict with the Roman Catholic church, rebellion in the military, and disputes with the United States. The PRI had establishments that shifted power from Political-Military Chieftains to state party units. They campaigned for greater democracy and some wanted to alter the candidate selection process to remove power from the higher elites. The party kind of died out when non-PRI candidates won almost all elections.  ]]>     2016-05-05 12:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109399435     Maquiladoras cl18becrafte https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109400956 Maquiladoras are assembling factories in Mexico. They import raw materials tariff-free, and then export the finished goods frequently to the country they imported the raw materials from.]]> 2016-05-05 12:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109400956 b1bli0ph1le https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109401967 2016-05-05 12:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109401967 b1bli0ph1le https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590226 2016-05-06 12:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590226 Free Trade-NAFTA troopersfriend1 https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590291
  • Trade that had low tariffs and no restrictions.
  • In 1993 Mexico, Canada, and the United States signed the North America Free Trade Agreement. 
  • NAFTA set up a market of around 400 million consumers. 
  • Ended most tariffs on goods traded among the 3 countries. 
  • Mexicos trade with North American partners triples. 
    • ]]>     2016-05-06 12:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590291     b1bli0ph1le https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590563 2016-05-06 12:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109590563 Foreign Investment troopersfriend1 https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109849049
    • Mexico signed free trade agreements with the European Union.
    • Free trade attracted foreign investment and created new jobs. 
    • Some worried about the growing role of the United States and Japan in the Mexican economy.
    ]]>     2016-05-09 12:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/109849049     News cl18becrafte https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/110071007 43 college students went missing due to a police attack. These students were trying to raise money to support them in remembering a student that had been killed in another police attack n 2011. The night after they were raising money, the police attacked them. Many students were able to hide but, had to stay in hiding for days. A lot of doubt is being cast on the story that the government gave to the parents.]]> 2016-05-10 12:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/b1bli0ph1le/pa9ofem5p4yk/wish/110071007