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Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is a federal republic in the southern half of North America.
It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico.
Covering almost two million square kilometers (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world.
With an estimated population of over 120 million, it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous country in Latin America.
Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district (that is also its capital and most populous city).
Other metropolises include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.
Pre-Columbian Mexico was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya and Aztec before first contact with Europeans.
In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain.
Three centuries later, this territory became Mexico following recognition in 1821 after the colony's Mexican War of Independence.
The tumultuous post-independence period was characterized by economic instability and many political changes.
The Mexican–American War (1846–48) led to the territorial cession of the extensive northern borderlands, one-third of its territory, to the United States.
The Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship occurred through the 19th century.
The dictatorship was overthrown in the Mexican Revolution of 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system.
Mexico has the fifteenth largest nominal GDP and the eleventh largest by purchasing power parity.
The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States.
Mexico was the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), joining in 1994.
It is classified as an upper-middle income country by the World Bank, and a newly industrialized country by several analysts.
By 2050, Mexico could become the world's fifth or seventh largest economy.
The country is considered both a regional power and middle power, and is often identified as an emerging global power.
Due to its rich culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americas and seventh in the world by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Mexico is a megadiverse country, ranking fourth in the world by biodiversity.
In 2015 it was the 9th most visited country in the world, with 32.1 million international arrivals.
Mexico is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8+5, the G20, the Uniting for Consensus and the Pacific Alliance.
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Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney, author, politician, and political commentator.
A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007.
He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to Mitt Romney.
Santorum was elected as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania in 1994.
He served two terms until losing his reelection bid in 2006.
A Catholic, Santorum is a social conservative who opposes same-sex marriage and artificial birth control.
While serving as a senator, Santorum was the author of what came to be known as the Santorum Amendment, which promoted the teaching of intelligent design.
In 2005, Santorum introduced the Workplace Religious Freedom Act along with Senator John Kerry.
In the years following his departure from the Senate, Santorum worked as a consultant, private-practice lawyer, and news contributor.
On June 6, 2011, Santorum announced his run for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
Upon announcing his campaign suspension on April 10, 2012, he had won 11 primaries and caucuses and received nearly 4 million votes, making him the runner-up to eventual nominee Mitt Romney.
Santorum officially endorsed Romney on May 7, 2012.
On May 27, 2015, Santorum announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election.
He ended his campaign on February 3, 2016.
In January 2017, he became a CNN senior political commentator.
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