It means Mexico's government has to pay interests instead of using that money for more productive enterprises. Foreign debt has the same mechanics of a credit card: if you keep using it constantly, you will have to either pay the minimum or be forced to pay for the interests; as well as Mexico's debtors, if you "default" or stop paying those interests, nobody else will give you any credit.
It resulted in a foreign debt crisis, when Mexico couldn't make further payments.
There was no foreign debt after the independence war as Mexico was a brand new nation. The first debt was acquired on 1824 (three years after the war) for a sum of 16.63 million dollars, equivalent to 287 million dollars in current exchange rates.
Government debt can be subdivided into two categories: external debt and domestic debt. External debt is the outstanding debt owed from the Mexican government to foreign governments (such as the United States or Europe), banks, institutions and individuals. Domestic debt is the amount of debt owed to Mexican banks, institutions and individuals within the country.Mexico's government debt can be broken down as follows:External debt: US$46,208.8 million.Domestic debt: US$192,218.7 million.Total Mexican debt: US$238,427.6 million.Now, the indebtedness level is the percentage of debt compared as a percentage of the total sum of products and services sold in the country within a year (also named Gross Domestic Product - GDP). Mexico's Gross Domestic Product is valued at US$788,840 million (est. 2009).Therefore Mexico's debt level is:5.9% of its GDP in foreign debt.24.4% of its GDP in domestic debt.30.3% of its GDP for total public debt.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
Museum of Foreign Debt was created in 2005.
all of Mexico's words are foreign besides "Mexico". no no no even that is foreign
Foreign debt can be a serious problem because it places a burden on a country's economy, requiring significant portions of national income to be allocated to debt repayment rather than domestic investments. High levels of foreign debt can lead to economic instability, reduced credit ratings, and increased vulnerability to global market fluctuations. Additionally, reliance on foreign creditors can limit a nation's economic sovereignty and policy-making flexibility, potentially leading to austerity measures that adversely affect social welfare and development.
Mexico put debt bonds on the foreign markets, for many international buyers to purchase. Many of these international investors were West European, Japanese and American.
Which debts? From what year? Mexico (as well as most countries in the world, in fact) has an outstanding foreign debt; in this particular case, much of it is owed to the United States. Mexico has repaid some of its debt, but as it would take a really big effort to pay all of it, it is only "refinanced".
Is there any country on earth that is not in foreign debt? I am sure there is none.
US foreign debt is now over 4.5 trillion dollars a year. China holds a majority of the US foreign debt.
Mexico had a foreign debt much larger than the country could afford to pay. This resulted in successive devaluations, economic depression and inflation.