MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Chicago’s Sister City Since 1991

Committee Chair: Alejandro Silva [ Bio ]

Head of Government: Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón
Country:   Mexico  
Did you know? Mexico City has 160 museums, over 100 art galleries, and 30 concert halls. The archeological ruins of Teotihuacan (pyramids), built in the 2nd century B.C., are located just outside the city.  

1991

Focus: Sister Cities Signing Agreement
Chicago and Mexico City became friendship cities in October 1991, when Mayor Richard M. Daley and Mexico City Mayor Manuel Camacho Solis signed a Friendship Cities Agreement at a reception hosted by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. While in Chicago, Mayor Solis addressed the University of Chicago's Mexican Studies Department, visited the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and toured Chicago's Mexican communities. Prior to the signing, Mexico City officials Hesiquio Aguilar and Xavier Casillas participated in the 1991 Sister Cities International Conference held in July.