Mexico - February 2024

The first piece in this February 2024 issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico examines the very real dangers facing those searching for missing loved ones in Mexico and the lack of State support they are offered.... Read More

Lorenza Cano had been searching for her missing brother for almost five-and-a-half years when she went missing herself on 15 January.... Read More

Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for the ruling Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), found herself having to defend her campaign against allegations of attempted illicit financing on 10 January.... Read More

January has seen a surge in political violence in Mexico, with politicians - many of them opposition candidates running for local seats in this year’s elections – falling victim to fatal attacks.... Read More

Migrants face a multitude of dangers when crossing Mexico.... Read More

Although now in the last of his six years in office, on 5 February Mexico’s left-wing populist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, launched a 20-point reform programme which could have far-reaching implications for the operating environment of businesses in the country.... Read More

On 31 January Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) ruled that the government’s 2021 electricity reform law was unconstitutional, delivering a serious political defeat to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read More

One of the bright spots of Mexico’s strong economic performance in 2023, when compared to the rest of the region, were record flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), which reached nearly US$33bn in the first three quarters of the year.... Read More

If all goes as planned, the controversial Tren Maya tourist railway project championed by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be completed by the end of February, after the first section was inaugurated on 15 December, and a second stretch on 31 December.... Read More

MEXICO | Industrial production down in monthly terms.... Read More