Uploaded on 2017-05-11 by Yves Silva

In this image there are three buildings. However, we will focus only in the one closer to us. Its name is "Estela de Luz" and it was built in 2010 as a monument for the celebration of the bicentenary of Mexico's independence war. The reason I chose this monument is because, according to many newspapers, it is 65% foreign and the description goes like this: "Así, los cuarzos se trajeron de Brasil; el sistema de péndulos mecánicos que contrarresta el efecto del movimiento será producido por la empresa Gerb de Alemania; el sistema de iluminación correrá a cargo de la compañía Osram, filial de la alemana Siemens; la maquinaria para hacer el doblado de las placas sólo se encontró en Italia. Incluso, los estudios que arrojaron cambios estructurales importantes fueron elaborados en Canadá" - La Jornada. An appropiate translation would be like this: "The rock crystal were brought from Brazil; the mechanical pendulum system that counteracts sismical movement was made in Germany; the ilumination system will be installed by Osram, a subsidiary company of Siemens; tha machinery to process the rock crystal was from Italy and the studies of the structures were made in Canada". So, I think that this is a very accurate and ideal example of the results that globalization has achieved.