As a kid growing up in Mexico, while most of my friends supported giant clubs like Club América and Cruz...

1. ARTICLE l AMLO and Mexico's Most Important Electoral Body Are on a Collision Course Americas Quarterly-ASCOA / April 14....

• CANCELLATION: The López Obrador administration has notified private developers of the South Texas-Tuxpan marine gas pipeline (SDTT) that it...

1.  BLOG l Huasteca Potosina: A Road Trip to San Luis Potosi, My Dream Destination in Mexico  Trisha Velarmino takes...

One could be forgiven for thinking that Mexico is a Nordic country based on its statement at the 64th session...

Early morning press conferences at Mexico's National Palace are closer to theater than truth. They are an effective staging in...

• SURPRISE: Mexico's ruling coalition managed to pass a surprise, last-minute legal change that could allow the president of the...

• FUEL: Mexico's state owned oil company Pemex doubled its production of high-sulfur fuel oil in February from the same...

• SLIDE: The small town of Bacadéhuachi in Mexico's northern Sierra Madre holds the world’s largest lithium deposit, and the...

• CONFIDENCE: A majority of Mexican voters, 65 percent, say they have confidence in the country's independent electoral body (INE)...

Inequality is a structural feature of Mexico: social background, geographical location, and the environment have built an uneven playing field...

In recent weeks, there have been signals about an impending fiscal reform in Mexico. Early in March, the Lower House...

TREND: In February, Mexico became the US’s largest trade partner again, surpassing China by US $1.6 billion due to a...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has defined energy topics as a top priority of his government, yet his energy...

1. UPDATE l Mexico's Economic Recovery Continues; Outlook Improves Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / April 6, 2021   2....

An Open Letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Human Rights Advocates, As a follower and friend of Mexico...

• PRESSURE: The record number of Central Americans filing asylum claims in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas this year...

TREND: The popular wellness retreat on the Mayan Riviera deals with issues that threaten its very sustainability as a tourist attraction....

The government of Mexico is on the verge of legalizing cannabis for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes, legislation that would...

1. BLOG l Back Home in Mexico Janet Blaser shares her story about her to Mazatlán in Mexico after riding...

By Lila Abed and Jorge Armijo * The immigration crisis at the Mexico-US border and the challenges on trade will...

• SIEGE: Mexico’s governing party MORENA has laid siege to the country's electoral authority's headquarters in Mexico City in protest...

One of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador's most ardent supporters, 30-year old political activist Antonio Attolini stated recently that...

• REBOUND: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lifted its forecast for Mexico's economic growth in 2021 arguing that...

China has become a topic of endless debate: Will China replace the United States as the next superpower? Is China's...

1. EVENT l Migration: Investing in the Neighborhood. Opportunities for US-Mexico Migration Cooperation The Mission Foods Texas – Mexico Center...

TREND: The top 10 U.S.-Mexico border ports of entry in terms of total merchandise trade by value showed mixed signals...

• DIRTY: Mexico's state-owned utility CFE drastically increased its use of electricity coming from mostly fuel-oil-burning power plants in January...

The Mexican government has revised the official death toll caused by Covid-19. The updated data is 60% higher placing the...

The political strategy to discredit the democratic process for one's own benefit has proven to work in contemporary societies. You...

Recovering sovereignty over oil is the key objective of Mexico’s hydrocarbons policy, says president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. To start...

The recent US $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package approved by the U.S. Congress is 58 percent larger than Mexico's nominal...

TREND: Children represent a large share of Mexico’s 1.2 million immigrant population. Although the number of immigrant children has remained...

Few people have hit the nail more on the head when describing Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s limitations than...

When divorce is out of the question, the two parties have to find a way to compromise. That’s been the...

• BILL: Notwithstanding the Easter week holiday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's majority in the Lower House will push a...

1. EVENT l Power Games: Examining Mexico's New Electricity Industry Law The Center for the United States and Mexico- Rice...

Deterrence is a word the I keep hearing in response to undocumented migration at the US- Mexico border. A new...

• HISTORIC: The Mexico City metro area experienced Sunday one of its worst episodes of air quality with particulate air...

On March 10, 2021, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies legalized production of cannabis for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes. The law...

1. BLOG: Ria Talken tells her experience on getting the most-anticipated Covid-19 vaccine in San Miguel de Allende. Read her blog: "Getting...

Earlier this month, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave a speech at the annual convention of the Mexican Banking...

by Joel Abraham Enríquez * U.S. remittances have for years exceeded receipts from oil exports and foreign tourism as a...

• OPERATION: A Honduras-based textile entrepreneur organized a secret health drive in the Mexican southern state of Campeche that ended...

Over the last two decades, Mexico has struggled to address high insecurity levels and the impact of criminal activities in...

• REBOUND: Hotels in Mexico's most popular tourist destinations like Los Cabos and Cancún are expected to reach the maximum...

*In solidarity with José Ramón Cossio An old joke goes like this: a candidate offers constituents a choice of heaven...

• CHINESE: The first batch of nearly one million doses of China's CanSino Covid-19 vaccine bottled in Mexico finally left...

The surge in migrants trying to enter the United States these days was as predictable as the surge in the...

1. EVENT l Mexico Under AMLO David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies – Harvard University / March 23, 2021...

• TRANSCONTINENTAL: Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to acquire Kansas City Southern for US $25 billion in cash and shares creating...

1. “Interview: Luchadoras. Directors Paola Calvo And Patrick Jasim on Lucha Libre, Feminism And Ciudad Juárez” – Eric Ortiz García...

• INJUNCTION: A federal judge issued Friday a preventive injunction against the implementation of a controversial electricity law backed by...

Although cobbled together, the Mexican government had established a bidding process for the construction of the Mayan Train, one of...

Fields of opium poppies may conjure up memories of Remembrance Day, or perhaps of Afghanistan. Less likely, is that they...

•VACCINES: Mexican authorities seized Wednesday what they said was a batch of 5,755 doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine...

On March 18th, it will be 30 years since the Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, oil refinery was shut down for air...

• MILITARY: The López Obrador administration confirmed Tuesday that it will transfer total control over the 950-miles long Mayan Train...

The current moment in Mexico's can be summed up in a tweet published last week: "President (Andrés Manuel López Obrador)...

Autocracy is a government where one person, without limitations or restraints, can enact or modify laws at will. Mexican president...

• REQUEST: Mexico said today that it is expecting that the Biden administration will give a final answer Friday on...

• ATTACK: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) renewed his attacks against a federal judge for temporarily suspending Mexico's new...

• OVERNIGHT: Hundreds of elderly adults waited in line overnight Sunday in the urban municipality of Tonalá in western Mexico...

1. “Mexico's culture crisis” – As Mexico is struggling though a financial crisis caused by the pandemic, budget cuts to...

By Vanda Felbab-Brown and Elisa Norio * The January 6, 2021 insurrection carried out by Donald Trump’s supporters on the...

1. BLOG: During this time of Lent, Cristina Potters takes us through a fabulous visit to the largest fish market...

TREND: The year started off continuing with December 2020’s trends: Mexico is still the US’ second largest trade partner, China’s...

by Axel Cabrera * It’s been a year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit North America in full force. The disruptive...

The recent scene in the Mexican Congress was to be seen to be believed. One by one, the members of...

• OUTLOOK: The effects of the United States' massive US $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package would spillover across the border...

Observers and scholars of Mexican transition to democracy hold two views. One maintains that the transition ended the day when...

• CHINA: Mexico announced Tuesday that it had secured 22 million new doses of Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines that would reportedly...

1. EVENT l Closing the Gender Gap: Empowering Women´s Economic Participation Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center / March...

• ANXIETY: Mexican women are far more likely to report that the coronavirus pandemic has harmed their mental health, with...

•EXCESS: Mexico City recorded in mid-February the highest excess mortality rate among the world's metro areas with the highest number...

1. “Mexico: Authorities used illegal force and sexual violence to silence women protesting against gender-based violence” - Tania Reneaum and...

The Chief of Staff of Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Fabián Medina, resigned on Wednesday and his reasons for leaving are unclear....

• PUSH: A bipartisan group of members in the US Congress renewed a push to develop a binational plan to...

Days after Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) made references about me during one of his regular morning press...

It is hard to overlook the fact that Mexico's challenges are piling up in several fronts. In 2020, the Covid-19...

TREND: A trip to Cancún is back on the calendars of many international visitors, including families, college students, and political figures,...

• BEERMAKERS: Government-mandated closures of beer manufacturing in Mexico during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic caused a 4.7...

Mexico's state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) racked up enormous losses in 2020. It attributed them to the economic crisis...

• LARGEST: A retired colonel took over Monday as manager of Mexico's largest customs office in the border city of...

• PROJECTIONS: Migrant remittances to Mexico are expected to break records again in 2021 with economists predicting a rise of...

In memory of Luis Martínez Fernández del Campo The U.S. establishment managed to turn the Covid-19 pandemic into yet another...

Humanity has a corruption problem that arises from human nature. It is rooted in selfishness and societies have to create...

1. EVENT l Violent Intermediaries, Drug Cartels, Autodefensas, and the State: from Political Brokerage to Patronage Wars in Michoacán, Mexico ...

Undoubtedly, each government forges its own history, some due to their achievements, others because of their dogmatism. If something characterizes...

1. “Hunting the men who kill women: Mexico’s femicide detective”- Meaghan Beatley on how a Mexican journalist/detective solved a femicide...

TREND: The immigrant population in Mexico continues to grow, according to the recently released data for the 2020 Census. From...

No world leader viewed the Covid-19 pandemic as a political opportunity. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was the...

• WAITING: Hundreds of seniors in the medium-size municipality of García in northern Mexico spent the night in queues waiting...

1. BLOG: Shannon Sheppard shares the history of carnival, the colorful and religious celebration in different towns of Oaxaca Canceled...

by Joel Abraham Enríquez * The world's economy continues to crawl in an often-unsustainable way fueling economic imbalances, wealth inequality, and environmental...

• SPIKE: The number of illegal taps drilled into liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipelines surged 77 percent in Mexico last...

•CERTIFICATES: The municipality of Ecatepec in the greater Mexico City area, one of the hardest hit areas by the pandemic...

• FOREIGNERS: Mexican health officials clarified Tuesday that foreign nationals present in Mexico will have access to the coronavirus vaccine,...

TREND: The top 10 U.S.-Mexico border ports of entry in terms of total merchandise trade by value fell significantly in...

• PROBE: Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) has opened an investigation into a wide fuel-smuggling network from Texas to the...