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On 12 October 2023, Columbus Day – locally known as Day of the Pluricultural Nation – the Mexico City government renamed the adjacent Metrobús stations (Lines 4 and 7) and their pictograms replaced the silhouette of the Columbus statue with that of The Young Woman of Amajac. [26]
In the second article of the Mexican Constitution, Mexico defines itself as a pluricultural nation in recognition of the diverse ethnic groups that constitute it and where the indigenous peoples [12] are the original foundation. [13] The number of indigenous Mexicans is measured using constitutional criteria.
Mexico City has recently been integrating rapidly, doing much better than many cities in a sample conducted by the Intercultural Cities Index (being the only non-European city, alongside Montreal, on the index). [100] Mexico is an ethnically diverse country with a population composed of approximately 123 million in 2017.
On December 18, 2020, by decree of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the name of October 12 was changed to "Day of the Pluricultural Nation". [79] [80] The statue of Columbus along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma was removed and replaced with a replica of The Young Woman of Amajac, a sculpture depicting an Indigenous woman. [81] [82]
“As we made clear in Mexico City today, we are committed to partnering with Mexico to address our shared challenges, including managing unprecedented irregular migration in the region, reopening ...
This city constructed a large part of the population of the Mezquital Valley, although many of them continued to live to the south and east, in the state of Mexico and the Eastern Highlands. [17] Around the year 1100 AD, Otomi-speaking peoples formed their capital city-state, Xaltocan. Xaltocan soon acquired power—enough power to demand ...
Mexico's outgoing president could be basking in triumphs. But Andrés Manuel López Obrador is pushing a radical overhaul to the judicial system that is spurring fear for democracy.
There is a significant Roma population in Mexico, most being the descendants of past migrants. According to data collected by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in 2000, they numbered 15,850, [1] however, the total number is likely larger. [1] In Mexico, they are commonly known as gitanos or rom.