Year: 2019

• NUMBERS: The number of cruise passengers arriving at Mexico's Caribbean port of Cozumel will close the year surpassing the ...

• ARRESTS: Mexico's Attorney General Office (FGR) said Monday that the total number of suspects it has arrested in connection ...

• SOUR: The implementation of a new international low-sulfur requirement for ships in 2020 (IMO 2020) is set to hurt ...

• NOT ENOUGH: Despite growing in 0.9% with respect to 2018, Mexico's tax revenue collection did not reach the Ministry ...

• LEADER: Mexican online sales are expected to grow between 35% and 38% this year -the strongest pace around the ...

• FIGHT: Saturday's attack against a service station and a bar in the town of Uriangato (pop. 62,000) where six people ...

• FASTER: Venture capital investment in startup companies located in the western state of Jalisco is growing at a faster ...

• PROTEST: Mexico's largest manufacturing chamber (CONCAMIN) warned that an all-encompassing plan floated last week to strengthen the state power ...

• RECORD: Mexico has only approved 2,124 asylum requests in 2019 -according to new government data-,  a figure that experts ...

• SHUT DOWN: Mexico's environmental prosecutor office (PROFEPA) temporarily shut down some potato growing operations for illegally extending over 104 ...

• ARREST: Mexican federal forces arrested the police chief of the small town of Janos in the state of Chihuahua ...

• BOOTS: Exports of men cowboy boots made in Mexico grew 16% during the first 10 months of 2019 continuing ...

• FALL: The total number of bookstores across Mexico shrank more than 30% in less than three years from around ...

• DEMANDS: State power utility (CFE) has presented an all-encompassing plan measures that it says the Mexican Government and regulatory ...

• RECORD: Mexico's second largest low-cost airline, VivaAerobus, forecasts carrying 20% more passengers in in 2020 reaching a total number ...

• SURVEILLANCE: Mexico denounced Bolivia's Government for what it called "increased police" harassment against the Mexican Embassy and its Ambassador's ...

• TUNNEL: The world's largest storm sewer tunnel began operations in Mexico City marking the end of an 11-year long ...

• MURDER: A prominent US endodontist was fatally shot in an apparent carjacking on the Mexican side of the border ...

• CONTROL: Mexican bottling and retail multinational Femsa announced it will become the sole shareholder of Chilean drugstore operator Socofar ...

• OPERATIVES: Mexico extradited 7 alleged operatives of several Mexican organized crime groups to the US during the past few ...

• GROWTH: The number of foreign residents living in Mexico reached 537,000 in 2019 -more than double the 262,000 estimated ...

• BOOST: The Mexican subsidiary of US railroad operator Kansas City Southern expects to close 2019 with a 90% growth ...

• RECORD: Mexico's tequila industry is on track to set a new annual record with 320 million liters produced between ...

• DEFENSE: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended his plans to strengthen Mexico's state power utility (CFE) just one day ...

• ATTACK: An unknown number of assailants shot and killed Jorge Valtierra, the acting police chief of Acámbaro (pop. 112,000) ...

• CLEARED: The Mexican government's Ministry in charge of investigating discrepancies in asset declarations of public officials cleared the head ...

• CONSULTATION: Just days after the Mexican Government claimed unanimous support, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) criticized ...

• CERTAINTY: Mexico's central bank board recommended the Government to boost certainty for investment given the weakening of the Mexican ...

• RECORD: Mexican immigration authorities have taken into custody a 172,748 migrants between January and November of 2019 which represents ...

• IMPORTS: China has lifted the last non-tariff barrier for the importation of premium tequila -made with 100% blue agave ...

• POSTPONEMENT: Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE) delayed for 5 years the enforcement of a long awaited rule that mandates ...

• ARREST: State authorities in Guerrero state arrested Marco Antonio García Morales -the chief of staff to the mayor of ...

• RIFLES: Mexican forces have recovered 109 American-made Barrett .50-caliber rifles since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in ...

• REMAIN: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday via Twitter that he had privately met with AT&T's CEO, Randall ...

• NEW SITES: The US Department of State reissued its travel advisory for Mexico in which it added two areas ...

• PERMITS: Retailers are urging Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE) to expedite issuance of pending permits along the whole fuels ...

• REVERSE: Mexico's energy regulatory commission (CRE) allowed Pemex -the state-owned oil company and dominant player in the market- to ...

• TROOPS: Around 1,100 Mexican National Guard troops are expected to arrive Tuesday to the Irapuato-Celaya industrial corridor in the ...

• INCREASE: Mexico will raise its daily minimum wage in 2020 by 20% -to the equivalent of USD 6.36- with ...

• ASSURANCES: Mexico's displeasure with one provision in the US implementing bill for the new North America trade agreement (USMCA) ...

• RECORD: The number of police officers killed in Mexico is expected to climb in 2019 well above the 421 ...

• OBJECTION: Mexico's North American trade negotiator, Jesús Seade, has objected the dispatch of up to five labor attachés to ...

• FUEL OIL: Mexico's state-owned electric utility (CFE) is ready to increase the amount of heavy fuel oil it buys ...

• CRISIS: One of Mexico's top-ranked private universities, ITAM, is facing student protests after the alleged suicide of an undergraduate ...

• HELLS: Industrial activity has transformed at least six regions in Mexico into real "environmental hells" with extreme air, soil ...

• RATIFICATION: Just two days after its signature by the three countries, Mexico's Senate ratified the protocol of amendments to ...

• MEETINGS: Family members of the murdered victims of the November 4 massacre in Northern Mexico held meetings with members ...

• ATTACK: Heavily armed men who claimed to be part of the organized crime group known as the Jalisco New ...

• ZERO RISK: The inclusion of two bilateral mechanisms  in the new regional trade agreement (USMCA) to allow the US ...

• THOUSANDS: At least 7,235 Ecuadorians have been denied entry to Mexico in 2019 at different airports around the country ...

• HOUSE: Mexico's Lower House of Congress passed an amnesty law aimed at benefiting non-violent and first time offenders jailed ...

• COURTS: Mexican federal courts granted the renewables sector a win against a rule change by the López Obrador Government ...

• SUPERVISION: The Mexican Government agreed to include two bilateral mechanisms under the new US, Mexico, Canada trade agreement (USMCA) ...

• TOP COP: Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former Public Security Minister and the architect of the war against organized crime ...

• INDIGNATION: The murder of a young mother, Jacqueline Alba, and her two daughters in the Naucalpan municipality in Estado ...

• BEGINNING: The long awaited 1.32 Bcf/d La Laguna-Aguascalientes natural gas pipeline by Mexico City-based Fermaca began operations on Tuesday ...

• GROWTH: The share of Mexicans adults who are overweight or obese grew from 71.3% in 2012 to a record ...

• CASES: The López Obrador Administration detected at least 314 cases of public contracting under suspicion for irregular practices during ...

• SHARE: Mexico's share of the US imported beer market has grown to 71% during the first ten months of ...

• SUMMIT: Top negotiators from the US, Mexico and Canada are meeting in Mexico City on Tuesday hoping to finalize ...

• RECORD: President López Obrador has deployed the Mexican military at record levels compared to his previous two predecessors with ...

• DEBACLE: More than 1,500 murders, at least 161 disappeared and 500 businesses closed are some of the consequences of ...

• DOUBTS: Despite the Mexican Government promise, the use of Performance-based Navigation (PBN) will not increase the number of flights ...

• RED LINES: The López Obrador Administration made public a final set of unmovable conditions that its US counterpart ought ...

• DESIGNATION: Close to two thirds of Mexicans (63%) are against the idea of the US Government designating Mexican drug ...

• NEW PROGRAM: The López Obrador Administration is betting on a new government company (dependent of the state-owned electric utility, ...

• SLOWDOWN: Mexico remained the US trading partner through October of this year with total trade amounting to USD 517 ...

• POLL: The number of Mexicans saying they have bought counterfeit goods at some point  reached at least 85% with ...

• ESCALATION: The number of cyber security incidents against Mexican financial institutions have grown from an average of one report ...

• POWER: Extortion rackets in Mexico's Pacific Coast resort of Acapulco have brought local business "to its knees" says city ...

• EXPANSION: Emirates Airlines has expanded its interline agreement with Mexico's Interjet which will allow its customers to access connections ...

• VISIT: Weeks after several high profile violent incidents, US Attorney General, William Barr, will meet Thursday with Mexican President ...

• BRIEF: Mexico's Electoral Tribunal filed a a brief before the Supreme Court arguing against allowing the new Governor of ...

• PROTESTS: At a small town one hour south of the US border, dozens of people protested against the arrest of ...

• RECORD: Incidents of cargo truck theft in Mexico reached record highs during the US 2019 Fiscal Year (October 2018 to ...

• REJECTION: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico rejected the Democrats proposal for US inspectors to supervise the implementation ...

• REJECTION: With limited time for the new trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada (USMCA) to be considered ...

• POWER: Mexico's energy regulatory commission (CRE) has authorized homes and small businesses to sell excess electricity they produce via ...

• ARRESTS: Authorities arrested two suspects linked to the Saturday's attack by alleged members of the Cartel del Noreste gang ...

• STAGNATION: Progress among Mexican students in math, science and reading has remained largely stagnant since at least 2003 with ...

• ARRESTS: Mexican authorities arrested Sunday at least three suspects linked to the November massacre of nine people in Northern ...

• PLANT: A car manufacturer is scouting the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Jalisco and the Mexico City area as ...

• ATTACK: Mexican authorities reported at least 20 deaths in the aftermath of gun battles between law enforcement and members ...

• ONE YEAR: Andrés Manuel López Obrador marked Sunday his one year as President of Mexico saying it will take ...

• OUTRAGE: The killing of woman from Monterrey who was shot dead in Mexico City on Monday prompted outrage after ...

• BLOCKED: Two thirds of refugee children in Mexico (6 to 18 years old) are not able to attend school ...

• CHANGE: Around one third of Mexico's workers unions have already modified their internal governing status to include among other ...

• RECORD: Confirmed cases of dengue fever surpassed 10,000 in the western state of Jalisco and bringing the total death ...

• RECORD: Murders in the western state of Jalisco surpassed record highs with at totaling  2,428 through November, a number ...

• BILLIONS: Mexico's private sector pledged to invest a total of USD 44 billion in 147 infrastructure projects between 2020 ...

• REPORT: A new report by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) openly chides President Andrés Manuel López Obrador energy ...

• DESIGNATION: President Donald Trump ramped up the pressure on Mexico by stating that he will designate Mexican drug trafficking ...

• DEFUNDING: Medium-sized farms will be hit hard due to the Mexican Congress drastic defunding of most agricultural support programs ...

• RANSOM: Mexican government sources confirmed Monday that the two tourists -one French businessman and one Mexican actor- who were ...

• STAGNATION: Mexico's economy remained stagnant during the third quarter of 2019 reporting a weak 0.1% growth from the previous ...

• RATIFICATION: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, not to delay ...

• PLAN: The Mexican Government will be announcing Tuesday a USD 13.1 billion infrastructure plan of 61 projects of which ...

• KIDNAPPING: Two mountain tourists, one Mexican and one French, were kidnapped at the Nevado de Toluca natural park in ...

• INVESTMENT: Rail and mining giant Grupo Mexico ($GMBXF) will be formally announcing a USD 230 million investment along with ...

• PETITION: US family members of November 7 massacre in Northern Mexico have launched an official petition to the White ...