The final report on the Mexico City Metro collapse pointed to failures during administrations of two mayors, both now presidential hopefuls.
Stories by Christine Murray
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President seeks to tighten grip with electoral system overhaul, cut to party funding
The constitutional reform bill, which goes to Congress Thursday, would dissolve the country’s highly respected National Electoral Institute.
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Lawmakers gear up for Sunday’s showdown vote on energy future
Opposition politicians plan to reject a radical energy reform in an Easter Sunday vote that will be closely watched by investors.
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Texas relents on some Mexico vehicle checks as border backlogs persist
Texas Governor Greg Abbott backed down on extra inspections for vehicles from Nuevo León as billions in international trade threatened.
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Texas faces calls to end vehicle inspections as delays imperil billions in trade
The governor of Texas is facing growing calls to abandon an inspection program that has led to blockades and long queues at border crossings.
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90% support AMLO in Sunday’s recall vote, but fewer than 20% voted
The few voters who turned out at Sunday’s revocation of mandate referendum overwhelmingly supported López Obrador.
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AMLO reveals interest rate rise hours before official announcement
President López Obrador rattled the financial sector by sharing the Bank of Mexico’s new interest rate before the bank made it public.
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Will López Obrador’s new Mexico City airport take off?
The lack of air capacity has long held back the capital’s economic growth. There are doubts that the new airport will do much to change that.
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Investors urge Pemex to step up environmental, social and governance strategy
Mexico’s state-led vision for energy policy and Pemex celebrates the past. But it is threatened by the lack of a concrete ESG strategy.
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Omicron exposes fragile state of health system in Mexico
A new wave of COVID is showing what happens when the omicron variant hits a country with low booster rates and an underfunded health system.
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Citigroup’s Banamex plan triggers a frenzy of activity in Mexico
The investment banking company’s decision could tilt the internationally-dominated Mexican retail banking sector toward more local control.
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Tourism roars back but violence threatens to shatter Cancún’s tourist bubble
The tourist destination’s spectacular rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is threatened by beachfront shootings.
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Women took a big hit on jobs due to COVID, and they’re still struggling
Female employment participation rates are now worse than before the pandemic in almost every country in the region.
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President spooks markets with nomination of little-known economist to head bank
President López Obrador unnerved financial markets on Wednesday by nominating an obscure public sector economist to head the Bank of México.
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López Obrador has little to show for his fight against corruption
The president claims that corruption has been banished but there has not been a single criminal conviction.
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The once roaring automotive sector falls on hard times
Once a magnet for billions in investments and job creation, auto production and sales are languishing at their lowest levels in a decade.
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President’s war on ‘neoliberalism’ moves to university campus
The president’s diatribes against the National Autonomous University appear to some to be a sign of a growing squeeze on dissent.
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Mexico’s economic contraction clouds pandemic recovery
A sudden drop in gross domestic product in the third quarter has analysts and investors asking: how fragile is the country’s recovery?
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US delegation visits Mexico in push to reset bilateral security relationship
The secretary of state is leading the delegation to meet President López Obrador and discuss migration, drug trafficking and criminal justice.
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López Obrador looks to change constitution to secure state grip on energy
The president has unveiled plans to eliminate independent regulators and nationalize future lithium exploration.
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After a perilous journey north, Haitian migrants face uncertain future
Thousands have endured hellish journeys only to face possible deportation, lack of access to visas and an uncertain future.
