Country Risk Rating

Recent poll data support our view that the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) will come out ahead of the governing Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) in Mexico's mid-term... 2009-04-02

Protests against alleged abuse of citizens by the army took place in northern Mexico on February 18, with protestors blocking Mexico-US border points to express resentment at the... 2009-03-06

In an effort to offset the ongoing decline in Mexico's flagship Cantarell field oil field, Mexico's state-owned oil giant Pemex is looking to increase capital expenditure substantially... 2009-03-05

We believe there is an outside risk that the growing number of protests that have been taking place across Mexico, the most recent aimed at persuading the government to freeze diesel... 2009-02-05

On February 3 ex-general Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñónes was assassinated, only 24 hours after having been appointed a municipal advisor on public security, according to local press.... 2009-02-05

BMI believes that attempts to heal the rift in Mexico's left-wing Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) are unlikely to bear fruit, with the party's charismatic former presidential... 2009-01-08

According to data released by Mexico's state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), crude output in November fell to 2.7mn barrels per day (b/d), a drop of 7% y-o-y and its... 2009-01-08

The extent of President Felipe Calderón's challenge in curtailing Mexico's powerful drug cartels was revealed on November 27, with the government announcing that only 42% of the... 2008-12-01

An interesting development took place in Mexico's political landscape, on November 17, when the leader of the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) offered an electoral... 2008-11-28

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