Mexico
Mexico - September 2020
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- Introduction
Economy & Politics
- Gov’t agrees to consider amending fiscal pact
Economy
- Domestic trade recovers but remains below pre-pandemic levels
Development
- UNDP highlights need to support businesses to mitigate income poverty
Foreign Relations
- Pandemic puts treatment of Mexicans in Canada in the spotlight
Security
- Romanian skimmers settle in the Riviera Maya
Politics & Security
- Challenge of ensuring transparent electoral campaigning begins
Economic Highlights
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
This month’s Latin American Regional Report: Mexico looks at issues in the spheres of fiscal policy, domestic trade, and economic development that the government faces.
Mexico - August 2020
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- INTRODUCTION
Foreign Relations
- López Obrador opts to treat Trump with pragmatism
- Returning to the top table
Security
- Hoping to clear up past corruption
Economy
- Confidence returning to construction sector despite major contraction
Economy & Politics
- Pension reform likely to be approved with widespread support
Poverty
- Decreasing household income leads to increase in poverty
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The August issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico contains articles on foreign policy developments, the ongoing efforts to punish corruption, the performance of the domestic economy, and pension reform efforts.
Mexico - July 2020
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- Introduction
Economy & Politics
- USMCA benefits are only likely to materialise in the medium term
Finances
- Growing concern over public debt levels
Economy
- Economic effects of the pandemic will undermine investment
Business
- Anti-corporate tax evasion drive compounds challenges for businesses
Foreign Relations
- Presence of Cuban doctors stirs controversy
Security & Technology
- Outdated communications network - another security weakness
Security
- ‘Chino Antrax’ case worries US law enforcement
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
This issue of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico evaluates Mexico’s economic prospects amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the coming into effect of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on regional trade.
Mexico - June 2020
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- Introduction
Economy & Politics
- Electricity market regulation changes spark confrontation
Transport
- Aviation industry wounded
Industry
- Auto industry back on the road to recovery
Economy
- Unemployment data continues to deteriorate
Security & Politics
- Militarisation of public security formalised
Security & Economy
- Shortage of resources becomes more acute
Public Health
- Water shortages could exacerbate pandemic
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
At the halfway point of the year, the June Latin American Regional Report: Mexico includes articles on the continued effects that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is having on Mexico’s economy and the deficiencies in security and public provision it has highlighted.
Mexico - May 2020
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- Introduction
Security
- Pandemic does not stop violence
Corruption
- Shady ventilator procurement
Public Health
- Fears rise over measles outbreak
Economy & Politics
- Trying to adjust to oil price crash
Finances
- Credit ratings downgrades
Monetary Policy
- Banxico takes differing approach
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The May Latin American Regional Report: Mexico contains articles on the violence that continues to afflict Mexico despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic; the concurrent measles outbreak; and corruption in the procurement of medical equipment to fight the pandemic.
Mexico - April 2020
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- Introduction
Economy
- Limited measures to mitigate Covid-19 economic impact
Infrastructure
- Infrastructure investments
Business
- Beer plant cancellation
Security
- CJNG in a vulnerable position
- Falling opium poppy production
Human Rights
- Rising death toll of environmental defenders
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
With the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak reaching the rapid transmission stage in Mexico, the April Regional Report: Mexico focuses on the government’s response to the economic impact of the outbreak and some of the unexpected effects the outbreak is having on criminal activity.
Mexico - March 2020
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- Introduction
Economy
- Coronavirus poses risks to Mexico’s economy
Energy
- A worrying time for Pemex
Telecommunications
- Changes under way in the telecoms sector
Security
- Extraditions to the US continue
Foreign Relations
- Russian minister’s visit bothers US
Security
- Guanajuato, where life has become worthless
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The March Regional Report: Mexico contains articles on the risks that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic poses for Mexico’s domestic economy and those that the linked international oil price crash poses to the state-owned oil firm, Pemex.
Mexico - February 2020
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- Introduction
Economy
- GDP data confirms economic recession in 2019
Energy
- Energy policy in the spotlight
Monetary Policy
- Interest rates fall to three year low
Corruption
- Turning the tide on corruption?
Institutions
- Questions about FGR’s independence emerge
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The February edition of the Regional Report: Mexico looks back at how Mexico’s national economy fared in 2019, and at the progress that the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has made in relation to delivering two of its main pledges: eradicating corruption and establishing an independent attorney general’s office.
Mexico - January 2020
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- Introduction
Security
- Homicide data underlines failure of security strategy
- Seeking more international cooperation on arms trafficking control
Economy
- US Congress ratifies USMCA
Finances
- Market sentiment calms as tensions ease
- Minimum wage rises sharply
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The first Regional Report: Mexico of 2020 analyses the progress that the Mexican government has made in its declared aim of reducing the high levels of violence.