• OPENING: French multinational hotel group Accor has opened its first Sofitel branded property in Mexico along Paseo de la...

The big question is how Mexicans are going to get out of this one. Aside from President Andrés Manuel López...

• PROTEST: Women in Mexico staged a nationwide protest Monday, by staying off the streets in cities like Veracruz on...

• BOOST: The Mexican government increased the size of its 3-year old foreign currency program from USD 20 billion to...

• DECISION: A Mexican federal judge rejected on a technicality a legal challenge by Phillip Morris International against President Andrés...

• COMMITMENT: Telecom giant AT&T says they are committed to investing in Mexico despite what they say are "disadvantageous" competition...

Yesterday on ESPN+ I caught the “Derby d’Italia,” as the rivalry between Italian Serie A football giants Juventus and Inter...

• THOUSANDS: Thousands women filled the streets of at least 61 cities all across Mexico in marches demanding a stop...

• KILLED: At least six women were found killed Sunday throughout Mexico despite massive protests across the country against gender...

• RECORD: The Mexican peso's value against the US dollar fell overnight to its lowest mark in three years sliding...

• FIRE: Authorities in the central state of Guanajuato are investigating a suspicious car fire near Mexico's National Guard garrison...

• COST: The nine-day long protest of teachers blocking a key rail line between the port of Veracruz and the...

• PROTEST: Days ahead a nationwide protest of Mexican women against gender violence, workplace abuse and all forms of women...

• READY: The consortium of companies led by Texas-based Talos Energy, stated this week that it is ready to develop...

• ATTACK: The mayor of the Ahumada municipality in the northern state of Chihuahua, Juan de Dios Valle Camacho, survived...

I am struck by the determined support that young American voters have given to populist Bernie Sanders who, in fact,...

• POWER: Emissions from a state-owned power plant in the nearby Tula region are by far the main source of...

• DEAL: Mexico's state-owned airport operator (GACM) finalized a deal to buy the 49% stake owned by Aleática (formerly OHL)...

• BLOCK: The Mexican government says it has frozen more than USD 19.5 million in bank accounts owned by six...

• COURT: A Mexican federal judge granted a definitive suspension against the construction of the Mayan Train to a small...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has all the power. There is almost no opposition in Mexico. Mexico is today...

• VIOLENCE: At least 254 women were killed in execution-style murders in Mexico during January and February of this year...

• SAFETY: More than 460 residents of the small municipality of Zirándaro (pop. 18,000) in the southwestern state of Guerrero...

• SHARE: Danish wind giant Vestas retained its leadership in the Mexican wind turbine market in 2019 of about 30%...

• PROTEST: Hundreds of teachers affiliated with Mexico's largest teachers union (SNTE) blocked several rail lines in three states of...

The master of the house unequivocally, maybe unbearably, threatened his wife: bring me a little girl as a “gift” or I...

• FORECAST: The global economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak have already forced the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...

• MASSIVE: A major tree-planting program launched by the López Obrador administration that was supposed to provide 575 million timber...

• HOMES: Mexico's statistics agency (INEGI) began gathering Monday the 2020 decennial census across the country that will guide public...

• GROWTH: Remittances to Mexico from migrants abroad remained strong in January, reaching a total value of USD 2.58 billion,...

On a visit this past week to Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico I was confronted by a tale of two...

• APPROVAL: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's approval rating fell from 78% last March to 59% today with most Mexicans...

• CASES: Mexico's health authorities confirmed Sunday a total of five coronavirus cases detected in the country all of them...

• INJUNCTION: A federal judge in Mexico temporarily halted a new anti-obesity government regulation mandating front-of-package labeling on processed foods,...

• FAMILY: A prominent anti-violence activist family in Northern Mexico says it has become the object of a chase by...

As homicides levels in Mexico are rising and US pressure is mounting, the AMLO administration is turning further away from...

The protest movement against femicides forces us to reflect on the profound gravity of social patterns that we normalize in...

• ACTIVIST: One of Mexico's most prominent anti-violence activists, Julián LeBarón, has left Mexico for the US after receiving death...

• SUPPLY: The dislocation of US supply chains from China due to the coronavirus outbreak has opened new export opportunities...

• THREAT: The promise by the US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, to Florida Senators that he will begin inquiries into...

• LOSS: Mexico's state-owned oil company (Pemex) reported a 92% increase in its yearly losses in 2019 reaching the equivalent...

• MEASURES: Three of Mexico's Pacific Coast seaports with direct trade links with China -Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas and Ensenada- are...

• UPTICK: Mexico saw an uptick in the number of women kidnapped in Mexico in January reaching a total of...

• EFFECTS: The hacking incident against Mexico's Ministry of Economy servers is already affecting the Mexican tomato industry, forcing them...

• EXCHANGE: Mexico's state-owned electric utility (CFE) has formally proposed to bring back more generous retirement terms -including lowering of...

The typical reaction of government in Mexico when a complex and neglected problem becomes even  more complicated by the government's...

• LICENSES: Baja California Governor, Jaime Bonilla (Morena party), granted six profitable notary public licenses this week including one to...

• DEBATE: The Mexican Senate kicked off this week the legislative debate to decriminalize the possession and production of marijuana....

• NUMBERS: The number of women killed in Mexico in January reached a total of 319 counting both alleged murders...

• WIND: Eleven new power generation projects, worth USD 1.3 billion in 2020, are expected to increase Mexico's installed wind...

• RANSOM: Unknown hackers attacked servers of Mexico's Economy Ministry, causing the slowdown of some administrative procedures but without compromising...

• STUDENTS: Three university students and one Uber driver were found murdered Monday after attending carnival festivities in the small...

• BORDER: The share of Mexico's tourism GDP originating in it's border with the US accounts for 14.8%, according to...

• FALL: Mexico's state-owned oil company, Pemex, saw its exports of fuel oil reach its lowest point in ten years...

The Mexican book of anecdotes tells the story of President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952-1958) keeping a completely tidy desk, with...

Thanks, Amy! The Minnesota senator and presidential candidate generously proved the point I made in my previous column about US...

• EMPTY: Streets were mostly empty and businesses remained closed Sunday in the colonial city of Córdoba (pop. 218,000) as...

• INCREASE: Mexican state governments' short-term debt contracting grew more than 8 times during 2019 in order to cover current...

• DECISION: A Mexican federal judge will proceed with a drug trafficking trial against a man suspected to have taken...

• PIRACY: The fight against piracy of digital and physical products in Mexico is hurting from the defunding of the...

• EXTRADITION: The Mexican government extradited Rubén Oseguera González (also known as “El Menchito”), the son of one of Mexico's...

• USMCA: One of Mexico's few producers of steel, Ternium, said they will be ready to make investments for the...

• REFORM: Mexico's government is currently devising a tax reform that will be focused on expanding the taxable base and...

• VIOLENCE: At least 19 women in the Pacific Coast state of Guerrero (pop. 3.5 million) have been murdered this...

In his excellent book "On Tyranny", Yale University professor Timothy Snyder, reflects on the lessons of the 20th century to...

• ARRESTS: Local authorities confirmed Wednesday the arrest of two suspects in the case of the murder of a 7-year-old...

• PROHIBITION: The Mexican government said Wednesday it is closing a loophole that authorized the legal importation of e-cigarettes into...

• CRIME: Mexico should pursue illegal trade of totoaba (a fish whose bladder is highly sought after in China's black market)...

• REBUFF: The Mexican agriculture industry rejected Wednesday the US Government's promise to Florida legislators to push for trade remedies...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is The Great Distractor. He refuses to have a real discussion on femicides to...

• BOSS: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is closing ranks with Pedro Haces Barba, the controversial leader of a...

• GROWTH: The number of female kidnapping victims in Mexico grew 24% in 2019, reaching a total of 410, according...

• REBOUND: Mexican coffee production saw a small rebound of 5.8% during the 2018/19 crop year after hitting rock bottom...

• REQUEST: The Mexican unit of retail giant Walmart confirmed that tax authorities (SAT) are requesting the equivalent of USD...

The future is built, whether consciously or unconsciously. The Mexican President, through his actions, decisions and rhetoric, shapes it, like...

• SONORA: Some manufacturing lines in the electric, auto, aerospace and medical equipment industries in the northwestern state of Sonora...

• OMISSION: The killing of Fatima, the 7-year-old girl found dead in Mexico City, showcases a tragedy of errors, where...

• BREAKFAST: Federal and state forces arrested Sunday three Mexican Navy members as they were having breakfast with three operatives...

• FUEL OIL: Mexico’s state-owned utility (CFE) is preparing the purchase of a second-hand floating oil-fired plant -worth USD 400...

Misery should not be a public policy goal.  But, it certainly seems to be if one looks at the experience...

• BAJÍO: The larger Bajío region in Central Mexico has strengthened its position as a key location for auto parts...

• OUTRAGE: The murder of a 7-year old girl in Mexico City provoked outrage in the southeast borough of Xochimilco...

• FAKE: At least 100,000 tonnes of the total 126,000 tonnes of honey sold in Mexico is an adulterated and...

• EXPANSION: Residential improvement retailer Home Depot is expecting to invest USD 105 million in its operations in Mexico, which...

Over the past several weeks, the AMLO administration appears to have quietly reinitiated targeting drug traffickers, at least to some...

• ILLEGAL: The unusual solicitation of funds by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador among Mexico's most prominent tycoons could be...

• REFORM: Mexico's top business lobby (CCE) will put forward a proposal of major reform to the country's pension system...

• CHANGES: Years behind schedule, the rail link between Mexico City and Mexico State capital Toluca, will see more changes...

• SCARCITY: Public hospitals in Mexico's second-largest city, Guadalajara, are facing shortages of basic medications, due to the acute delay...

We give too much weight to the approval rating of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as if it provided him...

• DINNER: More than 200 of Mexico's most important business leaders attended an unusual invitation for dinner, during which Mexican...

• SLUMP: The crime wave rattling the central state of Guanajuato (pop. 5.8 million) has caused a decline in tourism,...

• INVESTMENTS: Top freight rail companies, including Grupo Mexico and Kansas City Southern, are planning to invest USD 693 million...

• ARREST: Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico's state-owned oil company (Pemex), was arrested Wednesday in the southern Spanish...

A friend of mine has it very clear: the Mexican economy does not grow because entrepreneurs are not investing to...

• COSTS: The costs of converting the Santa Lucia airbase into a new civilian airport along with the debt obligations...

• CHARGES: Authorities in the central state of Puebla arrested the new police chief of San Martín Texmelucan (pop. 152,000)...

• YEAR: Mexico's top three national development banks (Banobras, Banamex, and NAFIN) issued loans for USD 29.4 billion in 2019...

• INDUSTRY: The decision by 12 Mexican states to ban the use of plastic bags has forced the industry to...

The past will not return: Mexico and the world changed, each at its own rhythm and circumstance. Thus, the only...