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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (7172)6/9/2000 1:02:00 PM
From: marcos  Read Replies (3) of 9127
 
Oh of course, that pbs site ... yes it is quite objective - pbs.org ... and thorough .. gives the background of the whole anglosaxon push to conquer the continent ... Gonz lez Quiroga - pbs.org

In re population of M‚x - according to this sixth grade textbook -

1821 - something less than 7 millions, of whom the majority were in or near the Valle de M‚xico [and of the whole the majority were indians, the majority of the remainder mestizos] .. the population had been reduced by almost one tenth during the eleven years struggle against the spanish.

1900 - 13.5 millions
1910 - 15.2 millions
1921 - 14 millions [losses to the revolution and to influenza]
1960 - 35 millions
time of printing [ca 1990] - 90 millons

This sentence begins the page 'Poblaci¢n' - Por mucho tiempo los gobiernos de M‚xico se preocuparon porque el pa¡s no estaba suficientement poblado. ['governments worried that the country was not sufficiently populated' - this was a very strong concern, which lasted longer than the problem]

In 1930, 17% live in centres with population over 15.000.
In 1960, 36%.
In 1990, 57%.
[this imho is as scarey as the totals, the way people are concentrated without space ... and what if a sizable fraction discovered the joys of country life - there would be no more country ... somebody just mentioned the varying perceptions of space needed to live, well personally i think in the dozens of hectares - per capita]
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