LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 15 March 2018

Development: In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), published on 14 March, the former head of the specialised electoral crimes unit (Fepade) division at Mexico’s attorney general's office (PGR), Santiago Nieto Castillo, claimed a government official attempted to bribe him to stay silent about the Mexican government’s involvement with Brazilian engineering company Odebrecht.... Read More

*Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that he is willing to accelerate the ongoing renegotiations of the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with the Mexican and US governments in order to avoid them becoming bogged down by Mexico’s 1 July general election and the US’s November mid-term elections.... Read More