Mexico probes ransomware attack against Pemex
• PROBE: Mexico's Attorney General Office (FGR) is already conducting an investigation regarding a potential ransomware attack against the state-owned...
• PROBE: Mexico's Attorney General Office (FGR) is already conducting an investigation regarding a potential ransomware attack against the state-owned...
• PIRATES: Around eight armed men attacked the Italian-flag supply ship "Remas" off the coast of oil-rich Campeche state on...
• SUPPORT: The López Obrador Administration is getting behind a legislative proposal presented in Mexico's Congress to get rid of...
• OPTIMISM: Industry leaders in Los Cabos -the seaside resort in Mexico's Baja peninsula- are optimistic that number of rooms...
• ZERO: Growth forecasts for the Mexican economy are converging towards even lower GDP growth estimates with three different financial...
• ATTACK: Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex said late Monday that it had been the target of a cyber attack...
• FOCUS: The increase in illegal contraband of the synthetic opioid known as fentanyl to the US -along with chemical...
• PLANE: The López Obrador Administration granted political asylum in Mexico to Evo Morales, who last week resigned from his...
• SUSPECTS: Mexican authorities have already arrested an unknown number of suspects in the investigation of last week's massacre in...
• STRANDED: At least 19 cargo trains moving 1,724 containers are stranded in Mexico's western state of Michoacán since Monday...
• CONFIDENCE: Foreign and domestic investors do not see the most recent violent events in Mexico -including the killing of...
• CHANGE: The López Obrador Administration will defund most of the Mexican programs supporting medium and large scale farmers starting...
• CONTROVERSY: Republican Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri called Thursday to sanction Mexican officials for what he said was a...
• MASSACRE: At least three women and four children -all of them US citizens- were killed in an armed attack...
• CONVERSATION: Mexican authorities in Mexico City are hosting talks this week between Newmont Goldcorp and local activists in the...
• RECORD: The total number of murders in Mexico during 2018 was 36,685 exceeding official calculations from early this year...
• LOW-COST: Mexico's third largest airline Interjet may be attempting to go back to a low-cost model similar to the...
• DECLINE: 18 days after the operation that ended in the release of Ovidio Guzmán (son of convicted drug lord...
• KEY DATE: The newly resumed US antidumping investigation into fresh tomatoes from Mexico could be coming to an end...
• DILEMMA: The López Obrador Administration's decision to suspend long term clean energy auctions early this year will imply much...
• USED CARS: Five men were shot and killed at a used-car fair in the city of Uruapan (pop. 334,000)...
• FAST TRACK: The López Obrador Administration fast tracked legal changes to Mexico's renewable market by expanding "clean energy certificates"...
• LOSS: Mexico state-owned oil company, Pemex, reported a third quarter net loss of USD 4.5 billion in revenue arguing...
• CONSERVATION: A drop in illegal logging has improved the tree cover area at the monarch butterfly's wintering grounds in...
• THOUSANDS: The number of displaced people in Mexico due to violence and conflict during 2018 was of 11,000, many...
• PROBE: Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) is probing the wealth of one of the country's Electoral Tribunal magistrates on...
• PREMIUM BEER: The world’s largest brewing company, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB-Inbev), says it has begun brewing Corona beer -long considered...
• PEACE: At least 2,000 people (per local media) marched Sunday through the streets of this city in northwestern Mexico...
• RED TAPE: Thousands of Mexicans applications for Spanish citizenship from descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in the...
• CONGRESS: Mexico's Lower House of Congress amended the country's transparency laws mandating the Judiciary Branch -both at the federal...
• FEARS: Around 900 students affiliated to a rural teachers school in the western State of Michoacán (pop. 4.5 million)...
• LOW POINT: Mexico's construction industry experienced in 2019 its worst quarter since 1995 recording a 6.5% participation in GDP...
• STRATEGY: A senior State Department official told the US Congress that the López Obrador Administration has not developed &...
• PROBE: The Mexican Government is investigating a spying ring allegedly run by former members of the previous federal Administration...
• GROWTH: Food multinational Nestlé is expanding its investment in a new coffee processing plant in the Mexican state of...
• ELECTIONS: Despite new regulations to make Mexico's unions more democratic, elections within the powerful oil workers union will have...
• FRONT-OF-PACK: Mexico's Senate passed legal changes mandating front-of-pack labelling on food high in sugar, sodium, saturated fat and calories...
• TOUGH BILL: Despite criticisms from business and several fiscal experts, Mexico's Lower Chamber passed Tuesday a controversial package of...
• NEW RULE: A proposed new rule by the López Obrador Administration to modify the current market of renewable capacity...
• SHOOTOUT: Local authorities confirmed that at least 14 civilians and 1 soldier were killed Tuesday during an alleged gun...
• LABOR CONCERNS: Mexico's Finance Minister, Arturo Herrera, said Tuesday he will send some members of his staff to Capitol...
• GAIN: In the middle of a job market slump, Mexico's Government reported a total of 145,000 jobs created last...
• LOST DIAMONDS: Mexico's Attorney General Office lost track of a cache of jewelry worth at least USD 3.4 million...
• FLAWED PROCESS: Without any kind of voting controls, Baja California's local Congress organized Sunday a controversial ballot measure seeking...
• PROMISE: Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said yesterday his Government is committed to respect labor rights and improve...
• OPACITY Mexico's military classified as 'reserved' all information surrounding the construction of a new commercial airport at the Santa...
• LOWEST POINT Consumer prices in Mexico grew 0.26% in September bringing inflation to 3.00 in the year through September...
• EXTORTION WAVE In less than two days, armed men suspected of demanding extortion payments from public transport drivers set...
• TRIBUTE At least 35,000 residentes poured into Mexico City's streets to pay homage to the late José José, Mexico's...
• CERTAINTY As Democrats in the US House of Representatives ponder whether to bring up for a vote the new...
• RATIONING Due to a severe drought affecting at least 26% of Mexico's territory, 11 States plus Mexico City have...
• BET ON MEXICO Amazon's has launched its Prime Video Channels service for Mexico allowing Prime Video subscribers to add...
• DREAM Having a direct flight between Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara, and a city in China is something feasible...
• INVESTMENT Mexico's energy regulatory commission (CRE) approved 25 new power generation projects for a total value of US 9.5...
• IMPACT Old water infrastructure along with a historic drought are hitting an important industry cluster at Tijuana's Otay Mesa...
• REPEAT OFFENDER For a third time in a row, the US has identified Mexico as a country having vessels...
• LOSING STEAM Government efforts to eradicate poppy fields intended for heroin production in Mexico has slowed in 2019 under...
•SURPRISE Justice Eduardo Medina Mora resigned abruptly from Mexico's Supreme Court after having completed only 4 years in the highest...
•REJECTION Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected comments by a US State Department official about the reported wrangling for...
•NEW DELAY Completion of a second stretch of new highway that would cut travel time between the city of Guadalajara...
•DECLINE Government investment in infrastructure in Mexico declined by 19% in real terms during the first seven months of 2019...
• LIMITS Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed his intentions to establish stricter limits to private sector participation in...
• REACTION A high level US diplomat decried Monday the possibility that Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, Pemex, could get operational...
• HOMAGE After his passing on Tuesday, Mexicans kept paying homage to Miguel León Portilla, who at age 93 was...
• COMEBACK Kidnapping for ransom made a comeback in the Central state of Puebla (population 6.1 million) with at least...
• CHANGE OF MIND Despite previous rulings, a Mexican federal judge hinted it will allow a new commercial airport at...
• SWITCH ON Through the a national platform known as CoDi, Mexico's Central Bank and at least 23 private banks...
• BACKLOG Mexico must improve its lengthy asylum procedures in order to effectively address the record number of applications and...
• HEAVY RAIN For a second time in the past few days, tropical storm Narda made landfall Monday night along...
CRISIS At least 21 of 102 wastewater treatment plants in Guerrero state (pop. 3.5 million) have been left abandoned without...
GROWTH Mexico's Finance Ministry released its 2020 budget proposal forecasting a GDP expansion in a range between 1.5% and 2.5%,...
PROCESS The union representing cement workers has begun the process across Mexico to validate existing collective bargaining agreements something that...
TAKING OVER Low cost airlines are now transporting more than half of Mexico's domestic air passengers moving more than 15.5...
• REMOVAL One week after an attack against a nightclub in the city of Coatzacoalcos that left 30 people dead,...
• BUDGET The López Obrador Administration plans to allocate a total of USD 1.2 billion (25 billion pesos) over two...
• DEEP DIVE US cargo airlines serving the Mexican market have seen a decline 12.3% during the first seven months...
• OUTRAGE The release from prison of one of the main suspects in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students triggered...
• VIOLENCE The execution of five men at a bus terminal in Cuernavaca -the capital city of Morelos state- brought...
• DEATH Local authorities will limit the amount of alcohol permitted aboard boats in Mexico City's fabled waterways of Xochimilco...
•Gender wage disparity in Mexico's construction industry remains extremely high with women earning 36% less than men; trend follows big...
• RECORD Mexico is exporting record volumes of bananas to the US with more than 418 thousand metric tonnes exported...
• POWER OF DELIVERY The arrival of food delivery applications to the largest cities in Mexico has triggered a rise...
• NINE MONTHS Amid a rising crime wave and a stagnant economy, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used his...
• SEIZURES Mexico's tax authority reported record seizures of illegally introduced merchandise during 2019 due to the rolling out of...
• FOCUS A continuing fall in the price of oil could potentially put more pressure on Mexico's state oil company...
• FOCUS Migrants from at least 16 African countries that remain stranded in Southern Mexico without legal options to transit...
• WHAT Large tourism investments in the Mayan Riviera are boosting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) numbers in Quintana Roo with...
• LATEST Mexican authorities probe allegations of extortion from organized crime groups as well as the role of Veracruz state...
• WHAT Given Mexico's slower growth rate and lower oil prices, AMLO's Government will have to plan deeper cuts in...
• WHAT: A Mexican Government official predicts Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will grow at a modest pace during the second...
• CUT: For a third time in a row, Mexico's Central bank cut its GDP growth forecast for 2019 to...
• KEY: Wednesday's attack against a local nightclub in the coastal city of Coatazacoalcos (pop. 319k) that resulted in the...
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