Mexico, in full United Mexican States (Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos), federal republic in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the east by the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea; on the south by Belize and Guatemala; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Mexican federal jurisdiction extends, in addition to Mexico proper, over a number of offshore islands. The area of the country is 1,958,201 sq …showed first 75 words of 9848 total…

…showed last 75 words of 9848 total…did not share in any of the wealth created by the oil operations. In April 1996 the Mexican government began the first stage in the privatization of the nation's state-owned railroad by seeking bids to construct a rail line between the border cities of Tijuana and Tecate. Zedillo also oversaw a major overhaul of the country's social security and health care systems at the end of 1995. The reforms aimed to encourage workers to save more of