By Tonatiuh Guillén López How big is the Mexican population today now that the country celebrates its bicentennial? According to...

TREND: In June, US-Mexico trade hit an all-time monthly high (US $57.1 billion). Mexico is still the US’ largest trade...

Mexico’s performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games was a disaster. The world’s 10th most populated nation, boasting the world’s 15th...

After Fabian Medina, then Chief of Staff of Minister Ebrard resigned, I wondered in these very pages, if arms trafficking...

It is ironic that state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) should accuse Moody’s ratings agency of having downgraded it unfairly,...

•RECOGNITION: Puerto Escondido (Spanish for "hidden port") honors its name by appealing to connoisseurs and those wishing to skip the...

TREND: Rebound and recovery in total merchandise trade remained steady across the Top 10 U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry, with...

Half a ton, 500 kilograms, over a thousand pounds of human remains in the form of ash and bone fragments...

Earlier this week, Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard declared the Merida Initiative, the $3 billion U.S.-Mexico security cooperation framework in...

By José Burnes Despite Mexico’s above-average economic performance during the Covid-19 pandemic, Mexico has not been able to take full...

A few days after June midterm election that brought a welcomed sense of democratic normality and political equilibrium to Mexico,...

The U.S. is three times larger in population than Mexico. Its territory is almost five times bigger and its economy...

In the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Laura Patricia Lozano Enríquez found herself locked at home, watching...

• EVASION: The López Obrador administration suspended Monday import permits of 82 companies arguing unspecified non-compliance with Mexican tax laws,...

At the end of last century, state-run oil firm Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) filled the third spot in the most prestigious...

Migrant kidnapping. It is the pan de cada día – a daily occurrence. That’s what I was told recently when...

We all know that the exchange of students between Mexico and the U.S. enriches both countries and the relationship between...

There are to pivotal legacies of Mexico’s neoliberal era with which president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has to live...

By Diego Marroquín Bitar * "Hedgehogs have to trust each other enough to sleep stomach to stomach in the cold."...

Governing is the art of managing the gap between citizen expectations and day-to-day realities says Argentinean economist David Konzevik. Mexico...

Someone on our tour through a former military site in southern Arizona asked how damaged the facility would have been after a launch,...

FANFARE: After health restrictions docked the cruise industry for more than a year, national governments are allowing some ships to...

Recent news on violence in Mexico have focused on events in Aguililla, Michoacán, massacres in Zacatecas, and the confrontation among...

A few weeks ago, president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador listed the constitutional reforms he aims to achieve during the second...

With all the legitimacy and power garnered from his presidential victory three years ago, the table was set for Andrés...

TREND: In May, Mexico was still the US’ largest trade partner for the fourth month in a row, leaving Canada...

After a week-long tour of the Texas-Mexico border, talking with people about migration and how it is being handled, my...

No one can mistake the government of China for the government of Mexico. Regardless of their huge historical and cultural...

· SURGE: The number of Mexican military and National Guard troops that the López Obrador administration has devoted to border...

With a government focused on oil and the recovery in oil prices, some observers anticipate that there could be windfall...

Back in June, one of the most ardent Mexican TV pundits supporting the López Obrador administration said on Twitter that...

There’s an old proverb that says that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Something like this happened...

By Hadrián González Torres Government officials in the U.S. and Mexico are concerned with economic recovery as the border has...

TREND: The top 10 U.S.-Mexico Border Ports of Entry in terms of total merchandise trade in 2020 increased in April...

• REPEAL: Mexico's Supreme Court reaffirmed today its stance against the prohibition of recreational marijuana and repealed some provisions in...

“I invite you to learn the history of this part of la Roma,” read a sheet of printer paper, slipped...

• DELAY: At least a dozen of cargo ships are sitting anchored off Mexico's Pacific Coast waiting for dock space...

At the time of publishing this column, Vice President Harris is visiting the iconic border city of El Paso. Her...

During a trip to Berlin, a tourist guide explained to us that underneath the street we were standing on ran...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to power in 2018 with the clear idea that the economic and government reforms...

TREND: After a short decline in apprehension levels in 2020 mostly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mexico’s migration enforcement levels...

Supporters of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador say that he has a better energy policy than previous Mexican governments, particularly...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) likes to repeat the tale that there is a battle for Mexico between a...

The Nicaraguan government, led by Daniel Ortega since 2007, has been clearing the opposition political field in recent weeks, seemingly...

•EU AND MEXICO: In 2020, the EU was Mexico’s second largest export market, with goods and services sold to member...

1. ‘A lack of humanity’: Hundreds of early-career researchers forced out by Mexico’s science agency” - Rodrigo Pérez Ortega and Inés Gutiérrez report on...

To have an impact on the real world, research needs to be inter-connected, sustainable and scalable, drawing expertise from a...

The results of Mexico recent midterm election left most people neither fully satisfied nor discontent. This perhaps reflects a welcomed...

TREND: In April, Mexico maintained its position as the US’s largest trade partner for the third month in a row...

Citizens spoke loud and clear during Mexico's midterm election. Now, the entire political system will have to adapt to a...

• MIGRATION: Some 30,000 truck drivers have left Mexico for the US during the past years attracted by higher wages...

A year ago, it would have been a surreal, fantastical, dream, but on Friday the CVS in downtown DC I...

1. EVENT l Mexico: Results of the Midterm Elections The Mexico Institute – Woodrow Wilson Center & Center of U.S.-Mexican Studies...

1. BLOG l High on the Hog: Mexico´s Love Affair with Pork Cristina Potters, Mexico Cooks, shares history, cooking charts and...

After Vice President Harris’ trip to Mexico, and on the same day the White House published the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Cooperation...

“If it feels a bit damp, it’s because I just sanitized,” says José Antonio as my partner and I slide...

TREND: The top 10 U.S.-Mexico border ports of entry in terms of total merchandise trade in 2020 showed strong signs...

By Mónica Rodríguez * The Biden administration has already proved that it looks to reshape the US-Mexico relationship into a...

• BOOM: A larger harvested area, higher yields and lower prices have propelled Mexico's already booming avocado exports with analysts...

Do they realize what kind of trouble they are getting into by purchasing the Deer Park refinery in Houston, Texas?...

•CHARM: Its architecture and layout made it a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Still, it is San Miguel de Allende's soul that...

US Vice President Kamala Harris is making an attempt at values-based foreign policy in her current visit to Mexico and...

• LOSS: The projected loss of his supermajority in Mexico's Lower House of Congress in Sunday's midterm election will hinder...

• ELECTION: A raging war between drug gangs in the western state of Michoacán that has left the small municipality...

On June 6, the Mexican people will vote in the country’s midterm elections. Midterms frequently draw less attention than voting...

It's been more than 23 years since the nominally-leftist PRD political party won Mexico City’s mayoral election. It was the...

•DISAPPEARANCE:  Claudia Uruchurtu, a Mexican-born British resident involved in civil rights causes, was last seen as she was being forced...

When oil prices collapsed in 2014, it was a hard blow to the whole oil industry. Countries such as Saudi...

TREND: In March, Mexico maintained its position as the US’s largest trade partner for the second month in a row...

By Andrew Davis * An international economic slowdown, global pandemic, and a general disintegration of trade has led business to...

It’s puzzling how countless countries, particularly in Asia, reconcile tremendous disorder with extraordinary economic performance. Anyone who has observed the...

Nothing about Covid-19 is fair. Protecting the world’s population with the vaccine is highlighting individual and national ethical dilemmas. The...

By Vanda Felbab-Brown and Alejandro Castillo Lopez The vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, is in crisis. It is dying...

North America has a transformational president. His inclusive, redistributive policies are admirable. Unfortunately, I am not talking about Mexico's president...

• FORENSICS: Mexico City selected Norwegian engineering firm DNV to perform an independent forensics analysis of Monday's deadly subway overpass...

For some years in Mexico, I had the chance to teach a course on public policy. Its focus was not...

In an old Prussian tale, famous in the legal world, a king decides to expropriate a miller's estate because it...

•RESILIENCE: The Mexican Pacific resort of Los Cabos has several reasons to celebrate during the season: a string of international...

• COLLAPSE: The death toll of Monday's collapse of a subway overpass in Mexico City rose to 24, while the...

  By Antonio O. Garza Jr. * In his first 100 days, President Joe Biden set out rebuild vital economic...

1. BLOG | Mexico Falls Further Behind on Climate at Leaders Summit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) / April 23,...

Walking around Mexico City, it’s not uncommon to stumble upon the scars of the 2017 earthquake—crumbling buildings, or the remnants...

• FIRST: Mexican authorities identified the country's first case of the B.1.617 variant of the Covid-19 virus that is feared...

First Act Breaking tradition with previous U.S. ambassadors to Mexico, Christopher Landau publicly knocks President López Obrador’s perceived inaction against...

• CONVERSION: The largest car manufacturer in Mexico, GM, announced it will invest more than US $1 billion in its...

At his presidential inauguration in December 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised to "guard and keep" the Mexican Constitution....

The Supreme Court stands alone among the three branches of government in Mexico to have undergone an in-depth reform in...

TREND: With economic recovery continuing, truck crossings with loaded containers showed positive signs in the first quarter of 2021, while...

Advancing towards energy security, understood as self-sufficiency in fuels and in energy production, is reasonable and desirable as a policy...

• IMPORTS: Mexico's corn imports reached a new high of 4.2 million metric tons, mainly from the US, during the...

1. COMMENTARY | López Obrador Threatens Judicial Independence Human Rights Watch / April 26, 2021   2. PRESS RELEASE |...

• FLYING: The worldwide semiconductor shortage has forced Mexico's electronics manufacturing industry to fly chips directly from Asia instead of...

It is not secret that the US and Mexico have a common gun violence problem. Like any addiction, to control...

• PROPOSAL: US private sector groups are warning Mexican Senators that a rush to pass this week a new film...

For years, Mexican citizens have been disenchanted with politics. First, economic reforms in the late 1980s were supposed to restore...

The López Obrador administration is determined to pass unconstitutional laws. Its playbook is quite simple: leverage its governing majorities in...

Soon, Mexico will likely become the world’s third country to legalize all aspects of cannabis production and all types of...

The list of things that flow between Mexico and the U.S. is long: people, goods, money, resources. Conversations about the...

By Cecilia Yarza * Being up to date on the bilateral agenda between Mexico and the United States is essential...

TREND: A sizeable share of immigrants in Mexico do not have access to health insurance at a critical moment for...