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Mexico & Nafta - March 2017 (ISSN 1741-444X)
Role of Mexico’s military under growing scrutiny
More than a decade after former president Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), of the right-wing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) party, first declared a ‘war on drugs’, organised crime and drug trafficking continues to take its toll in Mexico. Since 2006 an average of 25 Mexicans have been murdered per day (see sidebar), prompting President Enrique Peña Nieto to reassess the government’s security policy.
- Establishing dialogue with the Trump administration
- Edomex elections could go to the wire
- Presidential election acquires new dynamic
- Sugary drinks tax continues to deliver results
- Economic outlook still contingent on ‘Trump effect’
- Pemex celebrates reduction in loses, ‘farm-out’ agreement
- Role of Mexico’s military under growing scrutiny
- Seeking closer economic cooperation with Central America to control migration