Mexican Cuisine

Mexican cuisine is known for it's varied flavors, colorful decoration, variety of spices, and ingredients, most of which are native to the country. Mexican cuisine has been influenced by many different cultures. For example, when the Spanish conquistadors arrived they introduced many new foods to the people that were already there. Chocolate played an important part in Mexican cuisine, and it was first drunk rather than eaten. Back in the day, chocolate was also used as currency and for religious rituals. Mexican cuisine consists of tacos, chimichangas, tamales, ect.

Air Pollution in Mexio City

In the 1990's, the United Nations declared Mexico City to have the worst air quality in the world. In fact the air is so bad, that it has affected many different animals. One of the biggest factors to Mexico City's air pollution problem is the burning of fossil fuels. The National Institute of Public health says that breathing the air in Mexico City, affects children worse than cigarette smoke does. Most drivers in Mexico City are restricted to only using their cars to one day a week. In spite of all these problems, leaders of Mexico have devised a plan in order to make the city "greener". People have started planting gardens on their roofes', which adds oxygen to the air. Biking is also becoming very popular.

Texting in Spanish Speaking Countries

In America, texting has very recently become one of the most popular ways that we communicate with one another, and this is also true in many of the spanish speaking countries. Here, we have many ways to abbreviate words. In spanish speaking countries, they also abbreviate words to make texting an easy task. Here are some examples:
100pre - siempre
amr - love
a2 - adios
aki - aqui