Sheinbaum Reveals First Cabinet Members
The president-elect revealed she will announced the next six members of her cabinet next Thursday, June 27
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Mexico Asks for Ecuador’s Removal from United Nations
Despite Mexico’s request, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he hoped “the tensions between Ecuador and Mexico will be addressed through dialogue”
Read moreTwo Mexicans Taken Hostage by Hamas
The state of health of the Mexican hostages is unknown, as is their current location
Read moreRace for Morena’s 2024 Presidential Candidacy Officially Begins
With Morena’s National Council having established the party’s designated campaign rules, the race for the succession of López Obrador has kicked off with the candidates’ sweeping government resignations
Read moreUN Agency Predicts Only 2.1 Percent LatAm Growth in 2022
XINHUA The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by only 2.1 percent in 2022, representing a slowdown compared to 6.2 percent in 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reported last week. According to the commission’s projections released on Wednesday, Jan. 12, the economy of the Caribbean region will grow 6.1
Read morePrivate Sector Rejects AMLO’s Proposed Electric Reform
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s private business sector has accused Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform to the nation’s electric industry of being an “indirect expropriation” of investments made by private companies. The proposed law would allow Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to gain preference over private energy plants to upload their production to the grid, limiting
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO Political Lockup No sooner had Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) backed down Friday, Jan. 22, on permitting states government and private businesses to purchase anti-covid vaccines, then the 10 governors belonging to the opposition group Federalist Alliance (AF) fired back, complaining that AMLO’s change of mind had come “too late.” “The authorization to join this
Read moreLatin American Foreign Trade Drops to 12-Year Low
XINHUA Latin America and the Caribbean’s foreign trade in 2020 registered its worst performance since the 2008 global financial crisis, mainly due to the covid-19 pandemic and its impact on economies, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said on Friday, Jan. 22. In its newly released annual report, International Trade Outlook for Latin America
Read moreAfter Turbulent 2019, Leftists Foresee Stable, Prosperous 2020 for LatAm
XINHUA There’s no denying that 2019 was a turbulent one for Latin America, with protests, violent clashes and a fierce tug of war between conservative and progressive currents in countries long considered bastions of stability. But as the region staggers into 2020 with stagnant or even shrinking growth, many liberal observers are hoping that the first year of this new
Read moreUN: More Women Entering Latin American Workforce
XINHUA … More women are entering the workforce across Latin America, with an increase of 11 percent in the last 30 years…
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