UNAM has 300,000 students, and is the largest University in Mexico. It is the most important university in Latin America, and boasts, in the entire Spanish speaking world.
Geographically, its huge - a small city. It has free buses throughout the campus to transport people around. The Faculty of Economics hosts the Ho Chi Minh auditorium, with a huge painted picture of Ho Chi Minh. The Faculty of Philosophy hosts the Che Guevara auditorium.
There is a Karl Marx auditorium about as well. Economics and Philosophy faculties have regular lefty forums. A discussion in Ho Chi Minh auditorium about Marxist economics gathered 300 students.
Lots of murals adorn buildings, librarys. There is a museum in the campus, a Cultural Centre.
Politically, huge general strickes hit UNAM in 1999 when the administration tried to introduce fees and charges. They failed in their mission, and uni education is pretty much free. Although there are private uni's on the march in Mexico, and some companies don't hire anyone but privately eduacted students.
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