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Features

Leadership Insights: Mexico Central Bank Governor Alejandro Díaz de León

Alejandro Díaz de León, governor of the Bank of Mexico, speaks to Global Finance about navigating the pandemic as an emerging market and Mexico’s economic outlook.

News

AMLO Consolidates Influence On Banxico

Mexico's president shakes up his economic team and consolidates control over the central bank.

Country Report

Mexico: Flirting With Recession

Pemex woes, trade drama with the US and a slowdown in infrastructure projects threaten the new president’s promises of a growth revival.

Features

Pemexs Woes Could Trigger Mexican Bond Selloff

Mexican state oil company's troubles could trigger a broader debt crisis if the economy goes into recession.

Features

Four Vulnerabilities Pose Risk For Latin America

Economies across Latin America have common vulnerabilities that create riskfor investors, consumers, and governments.

Data

Hard Struggle Ahead For Latin America And The Caribbean

China’s slowdown and trade uncertainties combine with domestic turbulence to make 2019 a year of low expectations for Latin America.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

It’s Always Something: Salon Q&A with Exotix Capital’s Rafael Elias

Global Finance editors sat down with this month's Salon guestRafael Elias, director of Latin America research at Exotix Capital, to discuss the economic outlook for the region and Mexico’s prospects under new leadership.

Features

Mexico Turns A Corner: Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Presidency Begins

AMLO transitions from campaigning to governing.

Award Winners

Embracing Disruption

Latin American start-ups are no longer playing the copycat game, but using new technology to address the region’s unique problems.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

New CPTPP Chips Away At U.S. Prestige

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompted the other 11 nations that were party to the agreement to forge ahead in a new pact without the U.S.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Latin America: Back on Track

Good news from Latin America: With Brazil and Argentina coming out of the 2015-2016 recession, the region has returned to expansion mode and is expected to gain economic strength this year and next. The return of capital inflows and an apparent change in foreign direct investment (FDI) are the most evident signs that investors’ views of South and Central America have tilted more to the positive of late. The region is back on track.

Data

Latin America Back On Track

A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.Foreign direct investment is increasing, commodity prices have bottomed out, and six countries will hold presidential elections through the end of October.