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Mexico City: Federal District
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Mexico City, being the seat of the powers of the Union, did not belong to any particular state but to all. Therefore, it was the president, representing the federation, who used to designate the head of government of the Federal District, a position which is sometimes presented outside Mexico as the "Mayor" of Mexico City. In the 1980s, given the size of the city, the inherent political inconsistencies of the system –like that occurred in 1988 when the opposition candidate had won the majority of votes in the Federal District, yet the head of government designated was a member of the party in power–, as well as the dissatisfaction with the inadequate response of the federal government to assist the city after the 1985 earthquake, the residents began to request political and administrative autonomy in order to manage their own local affairs. Some political groups even proposed that the Federal District be converted into the 32nd state of the federation.
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The impression of Mexico City as a smoggy, lawless place might keep your average American traveler away, but locals and more intrepid adventurers have long known Distrito Federal (“D.F.”) to be one of the most vibrant places in the world. For those who can embrace a bit of chaos, the city can come to feel like the secret Paris of North America -- as artistically thriving, as romantic, as bohemian. But the city's charms won't be secret for long. With ex-New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani onboard as "crime consultant," crime has fallen 50 percent in the last decade, and a hip, emerging art scene in Condesa is drawing a new wave of fashionable elite to its tree-lined streets and designer hotels.
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The longest continuously-inhabited city in the Western Hemisphere, Mexico City sits atop the lake basin where the Mexica Indians founded their empire in 1325 and were defeated by the Spanish under Hernán Cortes two centuries later. It wasn’t until 1821 that Mexico declared its independence, after having fought for it for eleven years. After a turbulent period, in which the Federal Republic was established, the country looses the stated of Texas, New Mexico and California during a war with the United States of America, and a Revolution ensues, Mexico comes into a relatively stable stage when the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) takes possession of power from 1929 through 2000. En the XXI Century, Mexico has been governed by Vicente Fox and, currently, by Felipe Calderón, both from the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN).
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Mexico City ranks 8th in terms of GDP size among 30 world cities. More than a third of total Mexican economy is concentrated here. The size of its economy is US $315 billion, compared to $1.1 trillion of that of New York. It is home to the Mexican Stock Exchange. Most of the large local and multinational corporations are headquartered here, mainly in the Polanco and Santa Fe districts.
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Mexico City is a federal district with its own legislature, and the law will apply only to residents of the capital, with a population of 8.7 million. This is the first time any state legislature has approved such a law anywhere in Mexico.
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During the 1980s and 1990s citizens of Mexico City voted in large numbers for presidential candidates from the two leading opposition parties, the National Action Party (PAN) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). In the 1988 presidential elections, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, representing the party that later became the PRD, received the largest number of votes in the Federal District.
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