Tag: Mexico

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 05:20 UTC

  Mexican new president reaches first agreements with the opposition

  

  Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Sunday signed a pact with the country's leading political parties to increase competition in the telecommunications sector and overhaul the education system.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 21:50 UTC

  Chile and Mexico among the best performing members of OECD in next two years

  

  Chile and Mexico will manage to a great extent to avoid the negative prospects from OECD members in the next two years. The half year report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development anticipates a serious weakening of activity in the Euro zone, the US and Japan, but the two OECD Latinamerican members as well as emerging power Brazil will have a contrasting performance.

• Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 05:19 UTC

  Mexico’s war on drugs a “failure” according to public opinion poll

  

  The war on drugs launched by outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón six years ago has been a ‘failure’ concluded a public opinion poll on public security and law and order, done by the Mexico United against Crime non government organization.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 07:00 UTC

  Mexican president-elect pledges a tax reform bill in his first year in office

  

  Mexico's president-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, will present a tax reform bill during his first year in office, his top aide said on Tuesday, without providing any details on the plan.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 05:03 UTC

  Mexico asks WTO to begin dispute procedure over Argentina’s trade restrictions

  

  Mexico will ask a World Trade Organization panel to adjudicate a dispute over trade restrictions with Argentina, said Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 20:48 UTC

  Mexican president-elect and PM Cameron pledge to double bilateral trade by 2015

  

  Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto called in London this week for expanded “cooperation and trade” between his country and Britain based on their shared vision of “free trade”.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:31 UTC

  Investors are falling in love with Mexico while Brazil loses its ‘darling’ status

  

  The following article was published by Canada’s The Globe and Mail and gives an insight to investors thinking from the north regarding Latinamerica’s two largest economies, Brazil and Mexico.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:50 UTC

  Brazil good at global PR, but loses ground as an IMF group leader

  

  A good one and a bad one for Brazil: The New York Times announced on Sunday that it will launch an online edition Portuguese language edition in 2013 given the country’s growing global clout, but on the other hand Brazil’s nine nation constituency at the IMF will lose a member, Colombia that will join Mexico.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:42 UTC

  Mexican president-elect Peña Nieto brings up trade issues during visit to Brazil

  

  Latin America’s two largest economies should be expanding rather than curbing trade flows, Mexico’s President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto said in veiled criticism of a Brazilian restriction on Mexican car imports.

• Monday, September 17th 2012 - 18:29 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum will send strong message to world public opinion

  

  The Falkland Islands don’t expect Argentina to accept the results of the coming referendum, but will show the rest of the world, particularly South and Central America that the Islands are a democracy and have the right to self determination, said Falklands’ lawmakers in an interview with the Mexican newspaper Excelsior.