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Jude Webber

Mexico and Central America correspondent

Jude Webber writes about Mexico and Central America for the FT. She was previously a foreign correspondent for Reuters.

She also contributes to the Latam Viva and Free Trade emails.

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  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    US immigration
    Ethical dilemmas on Central America’s desolation row

    Journalists covering migrants’ journeys face an acute moral predicament

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    Petroleos Mexicanos
    Pemex pays up to secure $7.5bn bond issue

    Attractive pricing draws investor support for debt-laden state oil company

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    AnalysisEnergy sector
    Mexico raids the piggy bank to prop up Pemex

    Analysts fear $5bn injection into state oil company could erode state accounts

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Petroleos Mexicanos
    Fitch says Pemex downgrade risk still on the table
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Capital markets
    Mexico to inject another $5bn into state oil group Pemex

    Company launches debt management swap of an expected $15bn to avoid downgrade

  • Monday, 9 September, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico plans fund to help weather economic shocks

    Finance minister says countercyclical policy would support public finances in a global downturn

  • Monday, 9 September, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico’s ‘overly optimistic’ budget raises concern

    Government says plans are realistic but analysts see revenue forecasts as too ambitious

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico says it has dramatically curbed US migration

    Country hopes border crackdown will be enough to appease Trump administration

  • Monday, 2 September, 2019
    Guatemala
    Closure of Guatemala’s anti-graft body sparks concern

    UN programme that helped expose multibillion-dollar corruption networks to shut its doors this week

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico set to allow state group to resume private oil ventures

    President López Obrador moves to backtrack over fierce opposition to energy reforms for Pemex

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico’s central bank cuts 2019 growth forecasts again

    Country avoids falling into a technical recession during second quarter

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico reaches deal to settle pipeline dispute

    Hopes raised that agreement will boost business confidence in López Obrador’s administration

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    Latin America
    US and Mexico resolve tomato trade spat

    Agreement ends anti-dumping investigation and averts duties of up to 25%

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    FT Series
    Cash Trails

    Remittances have overtaken FDI as the largest flow of capital into emerging economies

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    FT SeriesCash Trails
    Overseas earnings trigger Trump tussle with Central America

    White House threatens to use remittances from US as leverage in migration dispute

  • Sunday, 11 August, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Latin America: Brazil’s anti-corruption drive faces a backlash

    The ‘Lava Jato’ probe ensnared business and political figures across the region, but claims against a top judge could stop the clean-up

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    AnalysisPetroleos Mexicanos
    Pemex bonds pique investors’ interest but doubts remain

    Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2019
    US gun violence
    Two mass shootings in 24 hours shake US

    Nine dead in Ohio attack after El Paso massacre kills 20

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    Mexico
    Mexico narrowly avoids recession in second quarter

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador receives setback in quest for growth spurt

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    López Obrador takes on Mexico’s institutions

    As the president attacks corruption and poverty, some worry he is flirting with demagoguery

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Petroleos Mexicanos
    Pemex hails stabilisation of oil production as net loss narrows
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    Latin America
    Latin America tested by lack of medium companies and middle class

    Region lags behind emerging market peers as economy burdened by ‘missing middle’

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    Petroleos Mexicanos
    Mexico’s revival plans for Pemex fail to impress

    Cash injection for state oil company to help build a new refinery and lift production

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    Mexico
    Pipelines dispute adds to Mexico investment fears

    López Obrador wants to renegotiate contracts with US, Canadian and Mexican companies

  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    Mexican Beetlemania outlives demise of the Love Bug

    VW’s beloved ‘vocho’ putters on despite coming to the end of the production line

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