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Mexico was originally the Aztec nation. Great warriors, they could also be cruel, often killing people in human sacrifices. Cortez conquered them and brought Christianity to the country. It became independent in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, started the independence war. It had a bloody revolution in 1910. Recently it became democratic, and [[Felipe Calderon]] is the current president.
[[Mexico]] was originally the Aztec nation. Great warriors, they could also be cruel, often killing people in human sacrifices. Cortez conquered them and brought Christianity to the country. It became independent in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo, a priest, started the independence war. It had a bloody revolution in 1910.
== 20th century ==
After the revolution a [[socialism|socialist]] government was installed. [[Atheism|Atheist]] president [[Plutarco Elías Calles]] introduced various anti-Christian laws in the 1920's. The [[cristeros]] started a rebellion against the government to defend their religion. Calles also started the [[PRI]], a socialist party which ruled Mexico for the rest of the century. President [[Lázaro Cárdenas]] nationalized the country's [[oil]] in [[1938]]. Mexicans are still very proud of this but other countries believe that the Mexican government stole their property in Mexico. However, Mexico was lucky because the United States needed Mexico's help in [[World War II]], so the United States decided not to make a point of it.
In the 1970's because of the high spending of the [[liberalism|liberal]] presidents [[Luis Echeverría]] and [[José López Portillo]] the Mexican economy started to get bad. The economy started to recover after the introduction of [[free market]] policies. In [[1994]] [[NAFTA]] was signed, to help the Mexican economy at the expense of the United States. Because the country's economy is still badly managed, many Mexicans migrate to the United States.
Recently Mexico became democratic, and [[Felipe Calderon]] is the current president.
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