During the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries originally from the Spanish Netherlands, moved among semi-nomads (Yaquis and Tarahumaras) in the inhospitable northern Mexico.

His effigy appears at the foot of the statue of Christopher Columbus, erected on Avenida de la Reforma in Mexico City.

The changes brought about by President Porfirio Díaz's liberal economic policies have made it possible to normalize the situation between the two countries.

Because of this, Belgian traders, small industries, teachers and scientists began to immigrate to Mexico in a real 'bonanza atmosphere'.

To set up flax cultivation in the state of Chihuahua, a new ambitious colonization project, “New Belgium”, was devised under the leadership of veteran Ch.

Belgium, for its part, mainly exports metal products, which in Mexico are used, for example, for the tram lines in Mérida or the town hall of Orizaba.