XINHUA Mexico’s economically active population (EAP) dwindled by 3.6 million people in the third quarter of 2020, mainly due to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the services sector, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said on Tuesday, Nov. 17. According to the agency’s National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), Mexico’s EAP registered less than 53.8 million
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XINHUA The loss of formal jobs in Mexico due to the covid-19 pandemic will be more evident in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, and the recovery will be prolonged, the international credit rating agency Moody’s Analytics said on Thursday, Sept. 10. In a report on Mexico, the U.S.-based agency indicated that despite signs of rebound in certain jobs, the recovery
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C. (On Jan. 25, Ambassador Wayne offered a conference on bilateral cooperation in the fields of education, innovation and workforce development at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute’s Innovative Forum. This is a transcript of that presentation.) During my years as
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