Mexico - October 2021

The October 2021 issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico starts by delving into two long-running public security issues in Mexico: migration and violence caused by drug trafficking organisations (DTOs).... Read More

In early September new caravans of migrants left Tapachula municipality in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, in an attempt to transit north through Mexico and eventually to gain entry into the US.... Read More

Mexico’s drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) appear to be in a constant state of evolution.... Read More

A new wave of floods and another earthquake have highlighted the need for Mexico to update its policy responses and step-up investment in natural disaster-resistant infrastructure.... Read More

On 8 September Mexico’s finance minister, Rogelio Ramírez de la O, presented the federal government’s proposed 2022 budget, which includes its key economic assumptions for the year as well as its revenue and spending plans.... Read More

An investigation carried out by local newspaper Animal Político published on 22 September shows that two years after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that two of his priority social programmes would be implemented in three Central American countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras), less than half of the target population has benefitted.... Read More

On 22 September Mexico’s tourism minister Miguel Torruco launched a campaign in the US to promote Mexico as a key tourist destination for travellers there.... Read More

MEXICO | Cycle of interest rate hikes to continue.... Read More