Mexico - October 2020

With the government led by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador approaching the end of its second year in office, the October Latin American Regional Report: Mexico contains articles that evaluate the effectiveness of public security, public health, and economic and fiscal policy measures it has been adopting.... Read More

Footage of an apparent extrajudicial execution by Mexican soldiers in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, has thrown the spotlight on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s unfulfilled promise to rein in human rights abuses by the security forces.... Read More

The financial intelligence unit (UIF) in Mexico’s finance ministry (SHCP) is trying to present a positive picture of its efforts to combat money laundering, including how it plans to advance these efforts.... Read More

The Mexican state of Oaxaca has taken the unprecedented decision to ban the sale of ‘junk food’ and sugary drinks to children.... Read More

The government led by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador submitted its 2021 budget proposal to the federal congress on 8 September.... Read More

The Mexican press reported on 5 October that according to the investment unit at the finance ministry (SHCP), the cost of the ‘Tren Maya’ railway project that will run around the Yucatán peninsula is running at M$321.39bn (US$15bn), almost M$17.5bn more than the estimates made in January.... Read More

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed to have delivered another of his campaign promises after on 15 September his government held the ‘raffle of the presidential plane’.... Read More

Interest rate cuts: On 24 September Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) reduced its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%.... Read More