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    • 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, 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

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Mexico
      Mexico law targets elections watchdog

      Measure championed by López Obrador alarms critics who say it threatens democracy

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Americas politics & policy
      North American leaders set aside tensions to focus on chips and migration

      Leaders from US, Mexico and Canada discuss ways to enhance economic co-operation at Mexico City summit

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s Congress approves López Obrador’s cuts to electoral authority

      Populist president’s reform will undermine ability of INE to organise elections, warns opposition

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico bill threatens independence of electoral oversight, warns official

      Former official says Andrés Manuel López Obrador will undercut democratic gains made since one-party rule

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Mexico
      López Obrador proposes handing more power to Mexico’s military

      President submits reform to strip the country’s National Guard of civilian leadership

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexico’s president proposes ban on beer brewing as drought intensifies

      López Obrador takes aim at industry using dwindling water resources while local people suffer

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Petroleos Mexicanos
      Mexico presses ahead with multibillion-dollar bet on fossil fuels

      Formal opening of Pemex’s Dos Bocas refinery heralded a landmark by president despite questions over profitability

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico elections chief sounds alarm over López Obrador’s ‘reform’ plan

      President wants to overhaul independent election body ahead of contests in 2024

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Mexican politics
      Mexico’s opposition loses ground to president in state governor elections

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling party is on track to win four out of six ballots

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s president seeks to tighten grip with electoral overhaul

      López Obrador proposes plan to cut funds for political parties and loosen propaganda rules

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexico nationalises lithium in populist president’s push to extend state control

      López Obrador continues agenda of resource nationalism but analysts question strategy

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexican president’s radical energy reform defeated in congress

      López Obrador’s proposed legislation stoked anxiety in private sector and US government

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s López Obrador declares victory in recall referendum

      President touts results of vote that opposition condemned as a farce despite turnout of less than 20%

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s top court hands López Obrador a win on electricity reform

      Decision leaves in place a proposal that has drawn the ire of the country’s private sector and the US government

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s president reveals rate rise hours before official announcement

      López Obrador later apologises after raising fears of undermining central bank’s independence

    • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Mexico’s leader should learn from his mistakes

      Scandal over son’s lifestyle ought to prompt the president to rethink

    • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
      News in-depthPetroleos Mexicanos
      Investors urge Mexico’s Pemex to step up on ESG

      Absence of detailed plan for green energy transition among a number of ‘fundamental issues’ at state-controlled oil group

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Mexico
      Mexico’s next central bank governor in doubt

      Revelation of López Obrador’s rethink on choice of Arturo Herrera sparks concern at time of high inflation

    • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
      Mexico
      Mexico’s opposition pushes back on rules to fast-track public projects

      López Obrador says the move will clear bureaucratic hurdles but critics say it is unconstitutional

    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Global InsightChristine Murray
      López Obrador has little to show for his fight against corruption

      Mexico president’s personal credibility is strong but state institutions lack resources to tackle graft

    • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
      Christine Murray
      Mexican president’s war on ‘neoliberalism’ moves on to campus

      López Obrador says he is stamping out inequality and corruption but his critics are also facing pressure

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