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Mexico & Nafta - December 2018
Introduction
With Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador poised to be formally inaugurated on 1 December, the final edition of the Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta of the year delves into some of the priority projects that López Obrador has vowed to advance as soon as he assumes office, and some of the questions hanging over the projects.... Read More
Infrastructure
Construction on the ‘Tren Maya’, President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s flagship infrastructure development project, is scheduled to begin on 16 December, but the incoming president has faced criticism for issuing official approval before public consultations or environmental impact surveys have been completed.... Read More
Economy
As Mexico’s incoming President Andrés Manuel López Obrador prepares to take office on 1 December, we are about to see how many of his electoral campaign promises come to fruition.... Read More
Politics
In 2012, Mexico set aggressive clean energy production targets that it is most likely not going to reach.... Read More
Security
Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) on 31 October ruled in favour of two petitioners who had appealed against the laws that criminalise the use of cannabis for recreational purposes.... Read More
Highlights
Negative outlook: On 31 October Fitch Ratings, the international credit ratings agency, downgraded its outlook on its Mexico ‘BBB+’ credit rating from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’.... Read More
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