Recently in an event called SMLatam, a study on Twitter in Mexico was made public. Prepared by Mente Digital, the study shows that in 2009 there were about 32 thousand accounts with only over 8k active. By 2010, this number has quadrupled to 146k with over 67k active.
This is quite an interesting growth and mainly driven by a movement during the last quarter of 2009 where people start tweeting against a government initiative that wanted to tax internet with 3%. Mexico has one of the most expensive internet services with the lowest quality so users were against the initiative as it could mean that Mexico would not be up to date in terms of information and communication.
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