• October 2 2024
  Mexico’s first female president takes power with pledge of continuity

  Claudia Sheinbaum faces big budget deficit and criticisms of democratic backsliding under López Obrador

  
• September 22 2024
  López Obrador’s son takes senior party post as Mexican president bows out

  Move suggests populist leader will continue to influence dominant Morena party after six-year term ends

  
• September 11 2024
  Mexico’s Senate approves radical plan to elect all judges

  Judicial overhaul a key part of constitutional changes by populist president

  
• September 4 2024
  Inside BusinessMichael Stott

  Business sounds alarm over Mexico’s constitutional shake-up

  Planned sweeping reforms by president risk undermining rule of law

  
• July 19 2024
  Mexico’s Sheinbaum recruits López Obrador loyalists to cabinet

  President-elect being closely watched to see if she will maintain her mentor’s approach

  
• June 11 2024
  Mexico’s president-elect vows to press ahead with controversial judicial overhaul

  Peso slides after Claudia Sheinbaum backs proposed reforms that could lead to direct election of top justices

  
• June 8 2024
  News in-depthMexico

  Mexico’s elite struggles to comprehend left’s landslide election win

  Wealthy are out of touch with the majority of ordinary people, critics say

  
• June 4 2024
  Mexico

  Mexico election winner Sheinbaum vows continuity as investors fret

  Peso tumbles as leftwing ruling party and allies eye constitutional changes

  
• June 3 2024
  Instant InsightMichael Stott

  Claudia Sheinbaum’s mandate is huge but so are her challenges

  Mexico’s president-elect will have less money to spend and a very hard political act to follow

  
• May 30 2024
  Mexico wraps up presidential election campaign marked by violence

  Country likely to elect first female leader in polls on Sunday

  
• May 28 2024
  Mexico

  How Mexico’s president won over the working class

  Andrés Manuel López Obrador hopes to hand over to chosen successor in looming vote

  
• April 21 2024
  Borderlands

  How Mexico’s ‘kabuki pantomime’ fails to stop US-bound migrants

  Dysfunction and corruption are disrupting efforts to stem the flow of people towards America

  
• December 15 2023
  Mexico opens $30bn military-run ‘Maya Train’ aimed at Cancún tourists

  Populist president’s signature project has been criticised for environmental damage and soaring costs

  
• October 17 2023
  Mexico: female-led presidential race cements decades of action

  Support for gender parity among politicians became a consensus thanks to dedicated activism and robust implementation

  
• August 31 2023
  Mexico’s opposition backs indigenous businesswoman for president

  Xóchitl Gálvez faces uphill battle to close wide lead held by Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling party

  
• August 2 2023
  The Big Read

  The militarisation of Mexico’s economy

  The influence of the armed forces has grown dramatically under Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But critics say there is no accountability or transparency

  
• August 1 2023
  News in-depth

  Mexican president’s populism looms over scientist protégé

  Leadership hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum faces questions over whether she can win new voters despite technocratic background

  
• July 17 2023
  OutlookMichael Stott

  Guessing game heats up over Amlo’s successor

  Contenders are jostling for the all-important position as president’s favourite

  
• July 10 2023
  US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

  Politics trumps trade in US and Mexico ahead of 2024 elections

  Business groups complain neither government is abiding by USMCA dispute procedures

  
• July 4 2023
  Outsider threatens to shake up Mexico’s presidential race

  Xóchitl Gálvez has come from poverty to challenge President López Obrador’s chosen successor

  
• June 5 2023
  Mexico’s ruling party wins critical regional election

  López Obrador’s Morena unseats PRI in one of last opposition-held states, building momentum ahead of 2024 national poll

  
• May 9 2023
  News in-depth

  Mexico’s president doubles down ahead of tense succession

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

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

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

  
• April 4 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

  
• March 9 2023
  Rachman Review podcast30 min listen

  Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

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