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Originally Posted by hidari
Mexico is part of North America. Seems that many a person is not aware of that when I speak to them in English or Spanish. My two Mexican friends say it is part of North America. However, I reckon it is a matter of maps, culture, or plate tectonics
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Most of Mexico is on the North American Plate. It follows along the west coast of the US and Mexico and ends just below the Yucatan, (where it swings east to the mid-atlantic,) butting up to the Caribbean Plate and Cocos Plate to the south.
Stitchawl