LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico – 18 November 2019

On 15 November, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the official dates for public consultations concerning his government’s flagship but controversial ‘Tren Maya’ infrastructure project.... Read More

* The budgetary committee in Mexico’s federal chamber of deputies has missed the 15 November deadline to approve the 2020 draft national budget, the first time in 15 years that this deadline has not been met.... Read More

Chile ranks top in the region in the latest competitiveness report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), while Haiti comes in last.... Read More

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With Mexico teetering on the brink of a downgrade by the main credit ratings agencies, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) assessments of the government’s economic policy stance and performance results are particularly closely watched. ... Read More

A German-based firm that organises trade fairs across the world, Deutsche Messe, held an event – ‘Industrial Transformation Mexico’ – in León, Guanajuato in mid-October.... Read More

The economic acceleration promised by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has yet to take hold, with data released at the end of October by the central bank (Banxico) confirming that the economy has continued to stagnate.... Read More

Mexico’s ministry environment & natural resources ministry (Semarnat) on 1 October published the ‘preliminary bases of the emissions trading system (ETS)’s pilot programme’ in the official gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federacion).... Read More