MEXICO | Aerospace sector continues to attract investment. On 12 June Brazil’s highly successful aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, and France’s leading aerospace equipment manufacturer, Zodiac aerospace, announced that they would be embarking on a joint venture to build a new plant in Mexico. According to a joint statement the plant, the exact site of which has not yet been determined, will produce cabin components that are to be used by Embraer’s E-170/190 family of airplanes, the largest in its range. This will constitute the first investment that Embraer, the world’s third largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, will make in Mexico and the…

Enrique Peña Nieto entered the second and final televised debate on 10 June knowing that anything short of a decisive defeat would surely be sufficient to return the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) to government after a 12-year hiatus. He did not particularly excel in the debate but neither did he commit any gaffes. Instead, with a large lead in the polls, he concentrated on presenting his campaign proposals, and refused to be drawn into mudslinging with his rivals. This predominantly came from Josefina Vázquez Mota, of the ruling Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), who, desperate to halt her downwards trajectory…