Mexico City

The Mexico City Policy (MCP) is damaging for women and communities and will have consequences that reverberate around the world for years to come. The Mexico City Policy came to be known as the Global Gag Rule (GGR), referring to the “gagging” of any abortion related talk (Gezinski, 2011, p.839) if an organization receives U.S. federal aid. In order to improve the quality of international development and global health and reproductive rights, it is important to understand the harms that this policy causes and, in contrast, how access to quality family planning improves people’s lives (Obaid, 2009, p.102). The MCP does not promote access to non-abortion related alternatives to reproductive health, but in actuality, limits healthcare to women, children, and men in the Global South (Jones, A., 2004, p.188). The Mexico City Policy was first announced at the International Conference on Population held in Mexico City by the Reagan administration in 1984 (The White House Office of, Policy Development, 1984, p.574). Text in the memorandum contains text claiming to respect local cultures and individual rights: “We believe population programs can and must be…

The aztecs had a town that can be found using geography.The aztec home is what now is known as Mexico City. In addition the aztecs used an unusual currency.The aztecs valued cocoa beans because it was currency from aztecs to mayans.For example an egg was three beans,a rabbit was thirty,and cloth was a range of sixtyfive to three-hundred. Now let us talk about an aztecs daily life.Every fifty-two years all aztecs smash their belongings.They traded pottery.By the way aztecs gave tribute for a…

A Mexican navy official apologized to the public for the confusion over the reports about a young girl trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City after this week's earthquake. The search for a 12-year-old thought to be trapped in a Mexico City elementary school ended Thursday with the news that all students have been accounted for. But rescuers will continue their work, as signs suggest that someone may still be alive in the rubble, officials said. The news brought an abrupt end…

Mexico City: The Birth of a Civil Society Being one of the worst earthquake to ever hit Mexico, the 1985 Earthquake of Mexico City struck in the heart of the country and brought consequences that would later prove to shape the citizens sentiment towards the government and its officials. It sent the country into a frenzy and their inability to properly manage rescue operations proved to be fatal for the thousands of people who relied on the government to save their life and the lives of loved…

Mexico City a Disaster Mexico city is a nice place to live if you’re rich. Mexico city is located on a basin. A basin is a wide, round hole in the ground. Mexico City is near a lake called Lake Texcoco. Lastly Mexico City is near two volcanoes. Mexico City have lots of past history. In the past, there was a native group called Aztecs. The group went different places to find an area to settle down. They finally settle down near the lake and they called the city Tenochtitlan. Lots of years later,…

Poverty levels are continuously ascending in Mexico, a country with hefty income disparities. Despite the rising poverty level and shrinking amount of people with decent incomes to live comfortably, the country continues to function and avoid the dodge the reality of their deteriorating economy. In order to continue functioning and growing as a developing nation, despite an unsteady economy, Mexico continues to borrow money. By going this, Mexico has become a country with a colossal debt.…

Introduction My mom and I decided that the summer after my freshman year of college we would take a mother-daughter trip. I really wanted to go to Mexico City and mom wanted to go to New York. We debated about where to go because we wanted to go to both places. We finally decided that we would just go to both places. We drove to New York first since it was in the States and then we flew out to Mexico City. Profile of New York New York Bay was discovered in 1542 by Giovanni da Verrazano.…

The centralization of the practice in Mexico City may seem worrisome at first glance, but it’s important to remember that the greater Mexico’s capital city, with a population of about 21 million, is the confluence point for economy and culture in the whole country. People from all over the country have made Mexico City their home. This, added to the fact that the country has a decentralised arts infrastructure, even though it’s not always completely functional, permit to imagine that the live…

Mexico City is collapsing in on itself due to dangerous climate change. There is a severely high demand for water, especially during hot weathers or in the case of a drought so there is a constant need to drill deeper into the ground for more. The grounds that are being drilled are ancient clay lake beds and have begun to weaken and fall apart further, as a result from the drilling. Because of the heat, people will be in much greater need for water, placing additional stress to tap reservoirs…

The culture topic for the Culture Project is Mexico City’s Metro the transportation system in Mexico. This system is responsible for transporting the citizens of Mexico where they need to go on the bus or on the subway. This service could be similar to the Septa system in Pennsylvania. I think that these are similar to to the fact that they have similar systems of transportation such as bus and railway. Researching this information for the project helps me to appreciate the Spanish language and…