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Finally, as a result of the Mexican-American War in 1846 and 1848and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded a large part of its territory to the neighboring country. In 1850, New Mexico was added to the United States and in 1912 it was admitted as the 47th state of the country.
New Mexico, land of Latinos
The state, located in the southern United States, has the highest percentage of Latinos and Hispanics in the country. This was stated in a study by the City University of New York, cited by CNN. 45% of the more than 2 million inhabitants who reside there consider themselves Hispanic.
In dialogue with CNN, the commissioner of the Bernalillo County, Art De la Cruzexplained how the population of that state feels: “There is a deep feeling of belonging to two parts, not only to the historical part of Spain, but there is also a connection with the original settlers of this land.”
They even highlighted that a large part of this population is very committed to politics and the voting percentage is very high. The governor, Susana Martínez, belongs to the Republican PartyHowever, De la Cruz clarifies that: “she won this district, strongly Democratic, because she was Latina, she was a woman and with that, a bond was created that people wanted to cling to.”
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