Despite the uncertainty associated with the upcoming elections, Mexico’s economic outlook for 2024 looks relatively stable, given a combination of U.S. demand, government spending and remittances
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Territory disputes between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel over the strategically located southern Mexican state exploded this Tuesday with the kidnapping of 16 Chiapas security agents
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OPINION By ALAN BERSIN Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* Catalyzed by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 1990s, North America emerged as a reality before Robert Pastor articulated “The North American Idea” in his widely read book. While centered in Mexico, Canada and the United States, however, the North American region should ultimately reach
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OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is back in the news now that U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar announced last week a potential $500 billion investment in the new transoceanic project to link up Salina Cruz in the Pacific with the Coatzacoalcos port in the Gulf of Mexico. Hazy as Salazar’s financial plan may be for now,
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XINHUA Tropical storm Enrique intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday, June 26, off the coast of the western Mexican states of Colima and Michoacán, the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported. “At 07:15 a.m., the center of Enrique was located approximately 230 kilometers southwest of Punta San Telmo, Michoacan, and 265 kilometers south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima,” Conagua said,
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