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Mexico targets 25-fold increase in semi-conductor production in next three years
Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard announced Mexico is aiming to increase its semiconductor production capabilities 25-fold in the next three years.
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El Salvador's Bukele tops regional approval rankings for June
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele remains the most popular president in Latin America, with a 69.1% approval rating, according to the June ranking published last week by pollster CB Global Data, which surveyed between 1,988 and 2,674 people in each country.
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Mexico President rebukes US ambassador over sovereignty comments
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has publicly rebuked US Ambassador Ronald Johnson, telling him to "respect Mexico's internal affairs" and confine himself to bilateral coordination topics.
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Mexico to discuss SWIFT alternative for dollar-free trade with Russia
Russia and Mexico will discuss a SWIFT alternative for dollar-free trade at a business forum this autumn, the Russian embassy said, though US influence over Mexican banks remains a significant obstacle.
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USMCA to keep tariffs as US opens bilateral talks with Mexico, freezing out Canada
The United States intends to maintain tariffs on imports from both Mexico and Canada even after the USMCA is revamped, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer confirmed on May 26.
Mexico and the EU rewrite their trade relationship with farms at the heart of it
Mexico-EU interim trade deal locks in agricultural liberalisation decades in making. Cheese quotas, meat phase-outs, 568 protected foods. Both sides call it a hedge against US tariff uncertainty.
Latin America's democracies face silent erosion from within, UN warns
Latin America and the Caribbean's political systems are experiencing a gradual institutional decay that rarely manifests as outright democratic collapse but instead hollows out governance from within, the UNDP has warned in a new report.
China's lithium push in Latin America locks region into raw materials trap, report warns
Beijing controls 65% of global lithium refining while Latin America supplies the raw materials and absorbs the environmental costs. A new report warns the region risks permanent relegation to the bottom of the energy transition value chain.
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ECLAC cuts Latin America growth forecast as Middle East war fans inflation
ECLAC trims Latin America's 2026 growth forecast to 2.2%, warning that soaring oil prices, tighter credit and slowing global trade are locking the region into a fourth consecutive year of sluggish expansion.
Latin America's unfinished battle with inflation leaves the region exposed to the Iran shock
The Middle East conflict has landed on Latin America at an awkward moment. After two years of gradual progress bringing inflation under control, the region's central banks now face the prospect of that effort being undone by an external conflict.
Latin America oils up as Hormuz crisis reshapes global energy supply
From Vaca Muerta to the Orinoco, Latin America is sitting on the world's most coveted untapped crude. The Iran war may finally force it to act.
IMF raises Latin America growth forecast but warns of uneven impact from Middle East war
The IMF raised its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean by a tenth of a percentage point to 2.3%, while cautioning that the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East will most impact the region's smaller economies.
Latin America growth slips as weak investment persists, World Bank says
The World Bank has cut its 2026 growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2.1%, down from 2.4% recorded last year, warning that the region faces a toxic combination of weak investment, tight fiscal space, and productivity deficits.
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Mexico risks Beijing trade retaliation in bid to curry favour in Washington
Mexico is caught between two giants: courting the US with tariffs on Chinese goods while risking a trade backlash from Beijing that could undermine its own industrial base.