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    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Citigroup Inc
      Citigroup abandons long-planned sale of Banamex to pursue IPO

      US lender drops effort to sell Mexican retail bank it bought in 2001

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Letter from Mexico: a five-hour wine tasting full of surprises

      New local drinkers plus new international styles make Mexico’s viticultural scene one to watch

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      News in-depthUS immigration
      US and Mexico braced for border ‘chaos’ with end of Title 42 migration rule

      Expiration of pandemic-era immigration restrictions threatens to exacerbate a crisis that could last weeks

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexico’s president doubles down ahead of tense succession

      Quick-fire move to pass 20 laws seen as attempt to cement Amlo’s legacy

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      OutlookMichael Stott
      US-China rivalry could trample Panama underfoot

      Beijing’s increased investment in the strategic nation has raised America’s hackles

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Tiendas 3B sells hard discount retail to brand-loving Mexicans

      An American executive has taken a model pioneered by Germany’s Aldi and Lidl to Latin America

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Mexican politics
      Mexico’s leader criticises move to block military control of National Guard

      Supreme court ruling halts López Obrador’s expansion of armed forces’ role

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      An A to Z of FT readers’ favourite city runs

      Your most beloved urban running routes, from Athens to Zurich

    • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
      InterviewPanama
      Panama expects to escape watchdog’s money laundering ‘grey list’ this year

      Central American nation has been under international intense pressure to clean up financial system

    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Bitcoin
      El Salvador hasn’t defaulted. Don’t thank Bitcoin

      Bagholder Bukele learns the old ways are sometimes the best

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Iberdrola SA
      Mexico hails ‘new nationalisation’ as Iberdrola sells $6bn of power assets

      Spanish group was a target for leftist president López Obrador

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Mexico
      Mexico’s president seeks help from China’s Xi on deadly fentanyl imports

      Plea from Andrés Manuel López Obrador follows pressure from US lawmakers over trafficking of drug across border

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      News in-depthUS immigration
      Fatal fire at migrant centre follows mounting tension at US-Mexico border

      Blaze that left 39 dead renews focus on disarray in treatment of asylum seekers

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan clings to its rare diplomatic friends as China looms large

      Beijing has threatened Tsai Ing-wen over US trip where she is expected to meet officials

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      US immigration
      At least 40 people dead in fire at Mexico migration detention centre

      Incident comes as migration through the country to the US is near its highest level in 20 years

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Energy Source
      Is the oil price bounce on? Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, a breakthrough for private investment in Mexico’s energy sector

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal migration
      Panama warns of surge in US-bound migration through deadly jungle

      People fleeing poverty and repression are often unaware of dangers of terrain infested by bandits and snakes

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      InterviewFomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV
      LatAm retail group Femsa aims to crack Mexico’s unbanked ‘puzzle’

      Network of convenience stores an advantage in country where less than half of adults have a bank account

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Taiwan
      Taiwan loses diplomatic ally as Honduras confirms link to China

      Central American nation was one of Taipei’s last partners in Washington’s backyard

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      News in-depthMexico
      US turns up heat on Mexico after cartel kidnappings

      Deaths of US citizens and steeply rising fentanyl casualties prompt rising frustration in Washington

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
      Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

      Gideon talks to academic and writer Denise Dresser about President Andrés Manuel Lóp…

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexico’s peso hits five-year high on interest rates and US benefits

      Currency is best performer among major economies this year and analysts expect it to strengthen further

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      News in-depthEl Salvador
      Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison: the jail giving inmates less space than livestock

      FT analysis finds 40,000 detainees would have just 0.6 sq metres of cell space each in ‘city of crime’

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Americas economy
      Tesla to build car plant in Monterrey, says Mexico’s president

      López Obrador confirms investment after finalising details with carmaker’s chief executive Elon Musk

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Gideon Rachman
      Amlo’s strongman act is weakening Mexico

      The president’s attacks on national institutions threaten democracy and stability

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