Economic expansion for region projected to be slowest globally as external pressures mount
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected IMF forecasts predicting the country's economy will contract by 0.3% in 2025, insisting her government's economic strategies will counteract the impact of US tariffs.
Latin America's economy is slowing, with Mexico at the centre. The IMF slashed its 2025 forecast, citing US tariffs, global tightening, and rising geopolitical tensions.
Under Mexico City's gentrified surface, the wounds of Tlatelolco and Ayotzinapa remain unhealed. After 11 years, the author finds a quieter nation with booming foreign investment, yet questions if democracy has truly triumphed over cartels.
Mexico's government expects to open negotiations with the United States to renew a bilateral agreement on tomato exports after Washington announced its intention to withdraw from the pact.
Latin American leaders gathered in Honduras on April 9 to condemn United States trade measures during the ninth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Growing tensions between Mexico and the United States are exposing deep fractures in their long-standing security partnership.
Trump's trade war unexpectedly boosts Latin America, with investors spotting fresh opportunities in a reshuffled global economic landscape.
The region's progress on UN goals is hampered by weak institutions and debt burden, warns UN commission in a new report.
The United States has imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on 185 countries, yet Mexico and Canada have managed to sidestep the harshest of these measures, thanks to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Most regional economies hit with baseline 10% rate while Venezuela, Nicaragua and Guyana face steeper levies.
A recent confiscation of millions of litres of illicit fuel in Mexico has sparked discussions about the country's ongoing battle against fuel smuggling, widely known as "huachicol."
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's approval rating has risen to 82% despite ongoing tensions with the US, according to a recent poll.
The discovery of human remains at Rancho Izaguirre in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, has once again highlighted the brutal violence that dominates parts of Mexico.
Latin America and the Caribbean has long been a region with one of the most informal labour markets. A large part of the workforce is outside of the formal economy, leaving many people without access to benefits and protections.
Beijing is delaying approval for carmaker BYD to build a plant in Mexico amid concerns that the smart car technology developed by China's biggest electric vehicle maker could leak across the border to the US, the FT reported.
Mexico City's legislature has approved a ban on traditional bullfighting, replacing it with a "cruelty-free" alternative that prohibits injuries to bulls.
Volkswagen Group has confirmed it will maintain its plants in Mexico despite US President Donald Trump's threat to impose 25% tariffs on trading partners Canada and Mexico.
US 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports came into force on March 12, escalating trade tensions between Washington and its North American commercial partners.
Mexican state oil company Pemex is seeking markets in Asia and Europe for its crude exports following President Donald Trump's recent imposition of tariffs on Mexican goods, according to Reuters.