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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 02 December 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 1 December Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador marked the completion of his first year in office with a big rally in the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square.... Read More
* Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) has released its latest statement on public sector finances, according to which the public deficit totalled M$154.1bn (US$7.86bn) between January and October 2019, a “favourable” result well below the expected M$334.2bn deficit.... Read More
From Security & Strategic Review
Omar García Harfuch, the security minister in Mexico City (CDMX), has had to dismiss claims that narcotics that were confiscated in an operation carried out on 22 October had been stolen.... Read More
On 12 October leaders of 27 peasant farmer communities in the state of Guerrero, representing some 30,000 opium poppy growers from the remote municipalities of Heliodoro Castillo and San Miguel Totolapan, condemned the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the leftist Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) party for failing to deliver on its promises to support them.... Read More
An attack carried out by a group of hackers targeting the computer systems of Mexico’s state-owned oil firm, Pemex, has produced significant concern about cyber security in Mexico.... Read More
Since assuming office in December 2018, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has repeatedly emphasised his government’s aims to address and improve the pressing issue of insecurity in the country.... Read More
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- MEXICO: López Obrador celebrates one year at the helm
- In brief: Mexico’s public deficit remains below target
- Mexico City’s new head of security faces reputational challenge
- Guerrero poppy farmers put pressure on government for promised aid
- Pemex cyberattack raises alarm
- Insecurity mounts in Mexico’s maritime areas