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Mexico - March 2022
Introduction
Mexico’s performance in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), conducted by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International (TI), was notable not because of a significant improvement or decline, but precisely due to a lack of meaningful change.... Read More
Corruption
Mexico’s performance in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International (TI) on 25 January, was notable not because of a significant improvement or decline, but precisely due to a lack of meaningful change. Despite President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s strong anti-corruption rhetoric, which underpinned his 2018 electoral campaign, efforts to tackle corruption remain limited, with high levels of impunity and an increasing number of corruption scandals that implicate those close to the president. ... Read More
Fishing
Since 7 February, Mexican fishing vessels have been banned from operating in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as from entering US ports or accessing port services.... Read More
Crime
Letra S, a Mexico City-based (CDMX) civil society organisation dedicated to defending LGBTI+ rights, announced on 14 February that there had been an escalation in LGBTI+ hate crime in Mexico over the previous two months.... Read More
Investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) net flows to Mexico totalled US$31.6bn in 2021, according to preliminary figures released by Mexico’s economy ministry (SE) on 21 February.... Read More
Environment
In a report published on 21 February, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) noted that Mexico has been a pioneer among emerging economies in climate change mitigation.... Read More
Trade unions
Workers at two auto industry plants in Mexico have elected independent trade unions to represent them in recent weeks, in votes that have been touted by US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai as a victory for workers’ right.... Read More
Avocados
Mexico’s agriculture and rural development ministry (Sader) revealed on 12 February that US authorities had suspended avocado shipments from Mexico, the world’s main avocado producer.... Read More
Economic highlights
MEXICO | Private sector lowers 2022 growth forecast.... Read More
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- Introduction
- Corruption levels stagnate, casting doubt over López Obrador’s key pledge
- US bans Mexican fishing boats from Gulf of Mexico
- LGBTI+ violence on the rise
- President’s discourse limits investment prospects in Mexico
- Energy reform reflects wider lack of interest in climate
- Independent unions likely to remain the exception
- Organised crime threatens avocado exports
- Economic highlights