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Mexican politics

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

    Judicial overhaul a key part of constitutional changes by populist president

    People, some holding megaphones and others waving flags, hold a protest in a Senate session.
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessMichael Stott
    Business sounds alarm over Mexico’s constitutional shake-up

    Planned sweeping reforms by president risk undermining rule of law

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador stands at a podium with the Mexican coat of arms. He is raising his right hand, and two Mexican flags are visible in the background.
  • Friday, 19 July, 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

    Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum leaves following the announcement of members of her cabinet in Mexico City
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 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

    Claudia Sheinbaum
  • Saturday, 8 June, 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

    Claudia Sheinbaum, former mayor of Mexico City and presidential candidate for the Morena party, shakes the hand of a supporter during the closing campaign rally at Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico election winner Sheinbaum vows continuity as investors fret

    Peso tumbles as leftwing ruling party and allies eye constitutional changes

    Claudia Sheinbaum making a heart sign with her hands
  • Monday, 3 June, 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

    Claudia Sheinbaum smiles and waves as she address supporters after winning
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Mexico wraps up presidential election campaign marked by violence

    Country likely to elect first female leader in polls on Sunday

    Claudia Sheinbaum, centre, makes a heart symbol with her hands as she is surrounded by supporters at a campaign event in Mexico City
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 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

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • Sunday, 21 April, 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

    Migrants breach infrastructure set up by the US on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas
  • Friday, 15 December, 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

    Workers constructing a section of the Mayan Train
  • Tuesday, 17 October, 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

    Side-by-side picture of two women vying to be Mexico’s next president
  • Thursday, 31 August, 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

    Xóchitl Gálvez
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 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

    Montage of images of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against a background of marching Mexican soldiers and the Mexican flag
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 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

    Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she leaves a rally in Mexico City
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    OutlookMichael Stott
    Guessing game heats up over Amlo’s successor

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

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the outgoing Mexican president, has retained his popularity, making his chosen successor candidate a clear frontrunner in next year’s election
  • Monday, 10 July, 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

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

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

    Xóchitl Gálvez talks into a microphone
  • Monday, 5 June, 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

    Delfina Gómez, centre, the candidate for a coalition led by the ruling Morena party, celebrates her election to governor of the State of Mexico on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 9 May, 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

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • Wednesday, 19 April, 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

    Members of Mexico’s National Guard
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 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

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks to media
  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast30 min listen
    Is Mexico slipping into autocracy?

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

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Mexico’s opposition loses ground to president in state governor elections

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling party is on track to win four out of six ballots

    A woman casts her ballot during regional elections in Tizayuca, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Sunday
  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    Mexico
    Mexico’s president spooks markets with central bank nominee

    Peso slides to lowest level since March after unexpected nomination of Victoria Rodríguez Ceja

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