Tag: Mexico

Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Record violence and killings in Mexico in the first quarter: 8.943 murders

Violence in Mexico hit new heights in the first quarter of 2019, with 8,493 murders recorded from January to March, according to official figures. According to the Executive Secretariat of the Public Security National System, that number represents a 9.6% rise on the same period in 2018.
Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Mexican president announces a “Robin Hood” institute to return corruption assets to the people

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he will create a “Robin Hood” institute to return to the people the ill-gotten wealth seized from corrupt politicians and gangsters.
Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
US-Mexico border stricter controls hitting the highly integrated US auto industry

Long delays at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing for goods destined for American plants and consumers are hitting the U.S. auto industry, and the gridlock reduced by half the number of northbound trucks that crossed the entry point last week.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Trump's carrots stick approach to Mexico and the border illegal crossing dispute

President Donald Trump flew on Friday to visit newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.
Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects

The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.
Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Mexico and Brazil agree on a free trade for light vehicles

Mexico’s government said it had reached an agreement with Brazil on the free trade of light vehicles, subject to a 40% regional content requirement, paving the way for more open commerce between Latin America’s two biggest economies.
Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC
Trump warns GM: “close a plant in China or Mexico and bring jobs home!”

President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure on General Motors, as he calls for the company to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant.
Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Despite credit agencies forecasts, Mexican economy growing says president Lopez Obrador

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that there are no signs of an impending recession despite slow economic growth, adding that his flagship infrastructure projects are on track.
Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 08:44 UTC
S&P slashes credit rating of several leading Mexican companies including national oil Pemex

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) slashed the credit rating for Mexico’s national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, piling more pressure on the government to tighten up the debt-laden oil firm’s finances.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
US imposes more sanctions to Maduro's allies; calls on Mexico and Uruguay to recognize Guaidó as president

The United States targeted Venezuela's government with new sanctions on Monday and called on allies to freeze the assets of its state-owned oil company PDVSA after deadly violence blocked aid from reaching the crisis-hit country during the weekend.