LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 16 April 2018

Development: On 14 April, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto met with US Vice President Michael Pence in Lima, Peru, after US President Donald Trump dropped out of the Summit of the Americas.... Read More

* Mexico’s federal government has said that the nation’s improved credit rating is thanks to better management of public finances.... Read More

Fiscal policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is sub-optimal.... Read More

As this issue went to press there were indications that Canada, Mexico and the United States might be close to announcing a partial deal on their renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).... Read More

Brookings, the US-based economic and social think tank, in collaboration with the Uruguay-based Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social (CERES), has just published a collection of essays focusing on the economic policy dilemmas facing the region, under the title ‘Spotlight Latin America’.... Read More

Predictions of global warming and extreme weather generate serious concern but often seem to be somewhere in the indeterminate future and, on top of that, difficult to quantify.... Read More

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More on-and-offshore acreage will be auctioned in the region this year than ever before, providing a possibly unique opportunity for international oil and gas companies to win exploration and production contracts in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.... Read More

Amazon in Brazil talks: Us online retailer Amazon.com was in late March reported to be involved in talks to acquire the Via Varejo retail chain in Brazil from the controlling group Casino Guichard Perrachon SA of France.... Read More