People
Mexico counts 100 million inhabitants among whom 22 millions in the capital. There is also a community of 20 million Mexican citizens living in the United States. Most of people are half-bloods with some groups of only European origin.
For the "rest", we consider directly 10 % of natives going down directly Amerindian civilizations. Very tolerant Mexico on this continent of violence, is refuge for the "brothers" of Latin America, fleeing the dictatorships.

The language and the traditions
The official language is the Castillan with a pronunciation more rounded off and more fanciful than in Spain. About 50 Indian languages are spoken as Nahuatl, Maya, Zapothèque. Although a little bit nationalist, Mexicans remain opened and polished with the foreigners (or gringos), which make the effort to speak about Spanish.
Some some seem moved by the desire of those who have ordained the uselessness absolved in any haste...


Family and religion
The life in society is based on the importance of the family, around a powerful and respected mother. The links to the close friends and the godfathers and the godmothers, are very strong. The main religion is the Catholicism. Indians practise the syncretism, mixing Christianity and original ancestral faiths.

The market economy
In a system at the same moment organized and chaotic, coexist modern and ancestral economies. The North of the country is rather rich and industrialized whereas the South is poor and rural. By the various markets and the itinerant salesmen, the street remains a place of meeting, exchange and communication. Although alimentary, the multitude of small jobs allows to maintain a social link.


Means of transportation
With its immense armada of bus, bus, taxis and cycle, Mexico is the country of the public transport. Those who have the means to buy to himself a car (and the driving licence), drive generally in cars of German or American brands. The speed limit is imposed by the presence of "Tope" (effective speed bumps in cement).

Information and communication
The Mexicans are kings of the visual piece of information on walls or on vehicles, by using essentially of the painting. The post being little developed, the public communicates rather thanks to telephones with cards and the electronic mail in cybercafes. But if it is possible, most of the reports speak orally.
Besides, the alive atmosphere of the street, it is very considerable to notice that very few persons smoke some tobacco in the public places. On the packages of cigarettes, is even registered the mention " the tobacco provokes the cancer ".

Disparities
The financial crisis of 1994 and the economic globalization, continues to dig distances. More than 53 of the 100 million Mexicans live with less than 34 pesos ( 3.5 US dollars) a day, to meet their needs. Among them, half live in a state of "extreme" poverty notably in campaigns.



The Indian question
While the Mexican tourism advances the Amerindian roots, his direct descendants are always handled at the bottom of the scale, in spite of the enactment of a native law.

Indians are even sometimes victims of murders, committed by paramilitary groups or landowners (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca).



An underlying violence
The disparities favor a climate of insecurity (kidnappings of rich persons, thefts, murders). The traffics in any kind (imitations, corruption, drugs) are also at the origin of the violence, in spite of the massive presence of polices, in the multiple uniforms.

Concerning " the export " towards the United States of Mexican marijuana and Colombian cocaine, certain politicians and militaries would be suspected to be directly implied (Tijuana, Juarez, Yucatán).

Ecology
The strong concentration of the population and the lack of environmental politics, engenders problems of pollution, treatment of water and management of the waste.