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June 3, 2021

Mexico’s Midterms, Hong Kongers Remember Tiananmen, and More

Mexico holds pivotal midterm elections, Hong Kongers attempt to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and Peruvians vote in a divisive presidential runoff.

Indigenous Zapotec women, who are selected as polling station officers by the National Electoral Institute (INE), count ballots as authorities continue the distribution of voting materials ahead of the mid-term elections on June 6, in the rural village of San Bartolome Quialana, in Oaxaca state, Mexico May 31, 2021.

Podcast by Robert McMahon and Shannon K. O'Neil The World Next Week

September 8, 2022

Mexico

Secretary Blinken Visits Mexico, Sweden’s Election, Big Power Summitry in Uzbekistan, and More

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Mexico with an economics-focused agenda; Swedes head to the polls for a general election that’s expected to be a close race between the ruling left-wing …

Participants listen to China's President Xi Jinping, who delivers a speech via a video link during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Didor Sadulloev

Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

August 28, 2018

NAFTA

Trump’s Deal With Mexico: A New NAFTA?

President Trump has struck a new NAFTA deal with Mexico, but with severe disagreements remaining between the U.S. and Canada, his approach to trade negotiations is about to get its biggest test yet.

In Brief by Edward Alden Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

September 17, 2019

Americas

China’s Manufacturing Loss Should Be Mexico’s Gain

But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is wasting the opportunity.

GENERAL MOTORS: GM projected $1 billion extra costs this year for tariffs and raw materials. Steel and aluminum prices have eased, but prices for other commodities such as palladium have risen, it said.

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

June 27, 2018

Mexico

Is Political Change Coming to Mexico?

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will likely become Mexico’s next president at a time of mounting concern over corruption and violence, but his reform plans are hazy.

Interview by Rocio Cara Labrador and Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America Studies Program