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The arrest of Eduardo Arellano Félix on October 26, who the government believes was joint-head of Tijuana's notorious Arellano Félix cartel, is a short-term boost to President Felipe... 2008-10-29

In a testimony to congress in September, Mexican Finance Minister Agustín Carstens admitted his concern about the recent performance of workers remittance inflows. He followed by... 2008-10-01

On September 25 members of the Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP) confronted elements of the Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI), after the latter protested in opposition of government... 2008-09-29

Unemployment in Mexico rose by 17% m-o-m in July, up to 4.2, the highest unemployment rate since August 2004. We see this upturn as yet another indictor of Mexico's deteriorating... 2008-09-08

President Felipe Calderón's much-hyped energy reform proposals remain firmly in the balance. We believe much political manoeuvring remains between the three major political parties... 2008-07-31

Although inflation dropped between May and June from 4.95% to 4.74% y-o-y, bi-weekly data shows an implied y-o-y increase of over 5% for both the second half of May and first half... 2008-07-07

The approval by the US Senate on June 26 of the Inciativa Mérida, which will provide the Mexican government with US$400mn over the next 12 months to help in their battle against... 2008-07-07

With July 22 confirmed as the date for Mexican political parties to start negotiations on proposed oil reforms, both government and senior Pemex officials are ramping up their arguments... 2008-07-07

Despite the confidence of Pemex chief executive Jésus Reyes Heroles that oil sector proposed reforms will be passed through congress before September, recent comments by the Partido... 2008-06-05

BMI forecasts that Mexico will account for 25.9% of Latin America regional power generation by 2012, developing a power surplus available for export to the US. BMI 's Latin America... 2008-06-05