•OFFER: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he will extend asylum protection to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder...

Smothered by the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a terrible year all around the world. Mexico too has been hit...

Early in December, I was invited to debate Elvira Concheiro PhD, a Marxist sociologist and expert on German philosopher Friedrich...

TREND: Of the top ten U.S.-Mexico ports of entry in terms of total merchandise trade in 2019, Santa Teresa PoE...

Time magazine editors made a sensible choice in picking Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their “Person of the Year.”...

Often, I have written about how we fall short of understanding violence in Mexico by solely focusing on the annual...

•VACCINE: The first 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine arrived in Mexico City on Wednesday with the Mexican government...

•WARNING: Mexico's competition authority (COFECE) warned Monday that a set of proposed regulatory changes in the Mexican fuel market -set...

TREND: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of foreign students enrolled in Mexican public and...

This has not been a fun year for anyone. I know that I have struggled. Let’s take the year’s end...

•LOCKDOWN: One of the world's largest metro areas, Mexico City (pop. 22 million) will return to a partial lockdown Saturday...

On Tuesday, the Mexican Congress passed a new law severely restricting the operations of foreign law enforcement agents in Mexico....

• MURDER: The former governor of Mexico's western state of Jalisco, Aristóteles Sandoval, was shot dead Friday morning after an...

By Ariana García Reyna * Throughout the 12 years of its implementation, the Mérida Initiative has comprised all the major...

TREND: The governments of Mexico and the United States have agreed to prolong restrictions on non-essential border crossings until January 21,...

•STUDY: One in every four Mexicans (31 million) would test positive for coronavirus antibodies, according to early estimates by government...

•UNCERTAINTY: Uncertainty stemming from the López Obrador administration's energy policies was one of the reasons why electric car maker Tesla...

There is no issue more critical for Mexico than the poverty that characterizes the country’s South. It is an issue...

It is said that we live in the age of post-truth politics. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say...

It’s V-Day in the United States. As I write this, the first Covid-19 vaccines are being administered across the country,...

• COST: Travel restrictions at the US-Mexico border have had an unprecedented impact on Texas border counties with US $4.9...

This week Cannabis Wire, an online publication reporting on the cannabis industry, called December “a historic month”; a sentiment echoed...

By Aranza García and Cristina Martínez Pinto Now that the presidential transition in the US is set to begin, it...

It comes as no surprise to anyone that the world is fast becoming dramatically complex. This is nothing new. During...

TREND: In October 2020, bilateral trade flows grew 10.55% compared to the previous month and hit its highest level this...

For those interested in Mexico’s current affairs, 2020 was anything but boring and 2021 will not likely disappoint either. Amid the...

•VACCINATION: Vaccination in Mexico against the coronavirus will start next week with the first round of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines going...

Conflicts and disagreement with the business community has marked the first two years in government for President Andrés Manuel López...

Prior to his victory in the 2018 presidential election, many of us warned that a victory of Andrés Manuel López...

  •Lauren Cocking - Northern Lauren: a colourful look at all things Mexico •Tiffany and Tom - Epicurean Expats •Nicholas...

  • Mexico is home to the largest population of US citizens living abroad: at least 740,000 of the immigrants...

In an effort to promote a rethink of US drug policy, Congress mandated a Commission to “conduct a comprehensive review...

•DEMAND: Tijuana's proximity to the huge consumer market of Southern California and the expansion of cross-border e-commerce fulfillment centers are...

1. Jelisa Castrodale writes about the New York-based class action lawsuit against Dutch company Heineken for allegedly misleading consumers regarding...

The Joseph Biden administration will seek to fundamentally recenter the turbulence-laden U.S. relationship with Mexico toward a much more comprehensive...

•Mexico - International Monetary Fund (IMF) •Mexico - The World Bank •Mexico - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) •...

•CHANGE: The coronavirus pandemic has forced the permanent closure of 1.01 million Mexican businesses hitting particularly hard the country's tourism-depending...

Early last year, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) promised that on his second anniversary in office (December 1),...

•FLIGHTS: Troubled airline Interjet suspended flights across Mexico for a fifth day in a row given that it has no...

•RESUMPTION: Rail connectivity in and out Mexico's Pacific seaport of Lázaro Cárdenas has reopened with at least five cargo trains...

•REBOUND: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador enters his third year in office with a rebound in his approval ratings after...

Things in Mexico were certainly not perfect two years ago. It had been some time since the promise of being...

•SERIOUS: The rise in the number of coronavirus deaths and coronavirus cases in Mexico during the past six weeks is...

TREND: In 2019, the top five U.S.-Mexico ports of entry (PoE) in terms of total trade accounted for 80% of...

Donald Trump is still at it – waging a scorched-earth war against one of America’s greatest national assets: trust.  The...

•MURDER: The weekend murder of French-Mexican restauranteur Baptiste Jacques Daniel Lormand alongside one of his business associates has shocked Mexico...

by Pedro Casas Alatriste * The world is shifting into a geographical-focused development, empowering the concept of regional blocks. Ours...

•PROJECTION: Coronavirus will end up being the leading cause of death in Mexico in 2020 according to new estimates by...

Without any legal amendments, but by tying the hands of regulators and by breaching the USMCA trade agreement, the López...

The relationship between the US and Mexico is one of the most complex in the world between two highly populated,...

The saying goes that one defies nature at his own expense and risk. In economics, there is ample evidence of...

•MANDATE: Nearly all Mexicans (95 percent) support adopting of a universal mask mandate to prevent the coronavirus spread in public...

TREND: In the past three years, the number of migrant minors (below age 18) apprehended in Mexico has been on...

In mid-November the US Justice Department dropped previously filed drug charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, paving the...

•DEATHS: Less than a week after surpassing 1 million confirmed cases, Mexico hit another grim milestone by surpassing 100,000 confirmed...

In an extraordinary break with decades of U.S. law enforcement practices, the United States this week agreed to drop drug...

One key question in Mexico these days is understanding whether corruption is a tool for the government to advance a...

• SUBCONTRACTING: The López Obrador administration's proposal to ban most subcontracting of jobs by private companies could have a drastic...

1. Carolyn Cowan writes on the race for the vaquita genome in Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/vaquita-genome-offers-hope-species-survival-180976202/   2.  IHS Markit Energy's...

•EXPECTATIONS: The Mexican aerospace industry expects it will take years before production returns to pre-pandemic levels given the cancellation of...

Mexico was the star of last month’s Boyd Aviation Forecast Summit, an influential annual gathering of aviation industry executives, financial...

•MILLION: Mexico surpassed one million confirmed coronavirus cases this past weekend according to official government numbers. However, the country’s mortality rate...

TREND: In September 2020, US-Mexico bilateral trade grew 3.6% compared to the previous month and has hit its highest level...

The incoming administration of President-Elect Biden will provide a window of opportunity for enhancing U.S.-Mexico security cooperation. In particular, it...

The last four years have been unusual for the Mexico-U.S. relationship. The immigration, security and trade pillars of the bilateral...

With a victory for Joe Biden, U.S. energy policy will lean towards renewable energy and sustainability. In the oil and...

TREND: Puerto Peñasco strives to prove it is more than just a Spring Break getaway. The city has faced two obstacles...

Sir Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying: “Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all...

We’ve all seen the street celebrations in the United States. Personally, I’m still waiting for the euphoria that comes with...

• CLAIMS: Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) doubled down Monday on his decision not to congratulate Joe Biden...

Since Tuesday night, the United States has waited with bated breath for the results of the 2020 presidential and congressional...

Donald Trump made America so “great again” in just one term in office, the nation’s capital city is boarded up...

A central disadvantage of cooperation stalling between the U.S. and Mexico is that while each side is engaged in broadcasting...

During his almost two years in office, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly thanked Mexican immigrants in the...

• CURFEW: The López Obrador administration discarded that Mexico's federal government could impose overnight curfew restrictions like those implemented by...

• INVENTORIES: Manufacturing assembly plants in some areas of northern Mexico, known as maquiladoras, have begun to build up supply...

In the midst of controversy regarding Mexico's energy policy, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he supports "public-sector business" over...

• RECORDS: US natural gas exports to Mexico via pipeline have reached record levels propelled by the Mexican economy's reopening...

• INFECTION: The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed Tuesday that she has tested positive for coronavirus but added...

Former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was arrested at the Los Angeles International airport (LAX) on October 15th on...

TREND: With the continued increased restrictions along the border, total passenger and pedestrian crossings continued to drop in September. However,...

• NEASHORING: Despite the pandemic downturn, the Mexican western state of Jalisco is seeing growing signs of Asian firms relocating...

One feature that defines the current Mexican government is its emphasis on the past. In stark contrast with its predecessors,...

The world consumes US $360 billion of illegal drugs every year. Between 2006 and 2016, the demand for marijuana, cocaine,...

Major crises, like the current Covid-19 pandemic, force us to change and compel us out of our comfortable routines. For...

We are all fed up with the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, it is going to stay here a long time, with...

For weeks, a water dispute between the Mexican government and Mexican farmers and between the United States and Mexico was...

We are living in historic moments amidst a key presidential election in which democracy and international cooperation are at stake...

In memory of Dr. Guillermo Soberón Spanish writer Francisco de Quevedo wrote: "When we say that all time past was better, we...

If voting fraudulently by mail were as easy as Donald Trump would have us believe, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)...

TREND: Mexico is not only the top foreign destination for U.S. travelers, but it is also home to the largest...

SURGE: Eight Mexican states are registering an uptick in coronavirus cases including three northern states located along the US border,...

TREND: In the last 3 months we have seen an almost complete recovery of monthly US-Mexico trade flows to pre-pandemic...

By Cecilia Farfán-Méndez and Michael Lettieri * The images were striking. Plumes of thick black smoke rose from the city’s...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) always asks for more. The country's Supreme Court opened the door for him...

Different indicators in the last weeks suggest that the Mexican economy has stabilized after the initial impact of Covid-19 and...

• MAJORITY: The share of Mexicans who say they know someone diagnosed with coronavirus rose sharply over the summer and...

The market “gave its backing” to state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), they say. Its five-year bond issuance of US...

During one of his recent daily press conferences, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) mentioned me among those Mexican columnists...

If politicians say it, it must be true. That is the way Mexican politics has worked during the past years:...