Important FactsThe official name of Mexico is The United Mexican States. It is a country in North America and has a population of 120 million. It has borders with the United States of America, Belize, Guatemala, the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. The capital of Mexico is Mexico City. Central Mexico City, or Mexico City (utt. Mekjikå de effe), has fewer than 9 million residents, but all of Mexico City has more than 21 million residents. Some of the largest cities are Mexico City, Ecatepec, Guadalajara and Tijuana. Mexico is a democratic republic, much like the United States. The term of office of president lasts six years, without the possibility of re-election. The current president is Enrique Peña Nieto.EconomyMexico presents great social contrasts. There, the poor are very poor and the rich are very rich. 50 percent of residents are poor. Additionally, 20 percent of residents live in absolute poverty. The remaining 30 percent is made up of the middle class. The primary source of income is the export of oil and gas from the southeast of the country. The second source of income is the money that Mexicans abroad return to Mexico. Mexico also has agriculture and industry, but these are not primary sources. Jul Eirik: Tourism and cultural lifeTourist attractions in the countryIn Mexico, there are many tourist attractions. Mexico has, among other things, Chichén Itzá. It is a prehistoric city with a pyramid called Temple of Kukulkan. Chichén Itzá is located on the Yucatán Peninsula. The Mayans used the temple to idolize Kukulkan, a feathered serpent. The temple is an important cultural heritage for Mexico. Acapulco is also...... middle of paper ......s Latin American literature, author of novels such as The Most Transparent Region, The Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura. , Terra Nostra y más.Fuentes married film star Rita Macedo 1959-1973. The couple ended this relationship in a scandal and Fuentes later married journalist and reporter Silvia Lemus. Fuentes was the father of three children. Only one of them is still alive: Cecilia Fuentes Macedo, born in 1962, who today works in television production. A son, Carlos Fuentes Lemus, died from complications related to hemophilia in 1999, aged 25. Their daughter, Natasha Fuentes Lemus (born August 31, 1974), died of an apparent drug overdose in Mexico City on August 22, 2005 at the age of 30. Fuentes died on May 15, 2012 in a private hospital in Mexico City after struggling. with heart problems.