Mexico has been struggling with a crippling economy since the pandemic forced the country into a nation-wide lockdown and took thousands of lives. However, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador believes the country will be able to jump out of this tough situation soon.

Mexico generated more than 50,000 jobs in August in pandemic: President

Mexico issued guidelines on Monday for restarting operations in the automotive, mining and construction sectors, pushing ahead with reopening the economy despite a growing national toll from the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about unsafe work sites.

Mexico begins lifting lockdown despite fears of COVID-19 onslaught

The coronavirus is paralysing one country after another. First, it was china, then it crippled Italy. Now the United States could be next. The World Health Organisation said that the United States has the potential of becoming the new coronavirus epicentre.

While coronavirus infects over 400,000, a look at outbreak deniers

As Mexico threw troubled state oil company Pemex a lifeline in 2019 to stop $80 billion in bonds the investors began to worry that the state itself is a risk for Pemex bonds which is held by investors worldwide being labelled as junk by major credit rating agencies.

Mexico and Pemex face downgrading risks in 2020 as economic growth halts

In the weeks before US President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told Reuters.

After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead

After the initial euphoria had subsided, Mexican business leaders emerged bruised and resigned to a new stricter trade deal with the United States and Canada that could usher in more intrusive enforcement of labor rules in Mexico.

Mexican businesses want clarity on details of USMCA trade deal

Four people were killed and two injured in a shooting on Saturday near Mexico's National Palace, the presidential residence in the capital's historic downtown, officials said.

Four killed, 2 injured in shooting near Mexico's presidential residence

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned Friday he would not allow the US to conduct cross-border armed operations after Donald Trump vowed to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Mexico warns will not allow US military operations against cartels

A year ago, thousands of Central American men, women and children chasing the American dream arrived in Mexico in a massive caravan that has left a lasting legacy -- just not the one people generally thought it would.

One year on, migrant caravan leaves unexpected legacy

Mexico's week of bloodshed: What is going on?

Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested one son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in an operation that triggered intense fighting. Heavy gunfire rocked Culiacan, a city of 750,000 people, in sustained clashes that left blazing vehicles strewn across the street and sent terrified residents running for cover.

Fierce gun battles as El Chapo's son arrested in Mexico

Mexican Supreme Court Justice Eduardo Medina Mora resigned Thursday amid an investigation into claims he transferred millions of dollars into bank accounts in Britain and the United States.

Mexico Supreme Court justice resigns over suspicious bank deposits

Mexican singer Jose Jose, whose powerful, romantic ballads captivated Latin America for more than half a century, died on Saturday. Mexico's Culture Ministry expressed its condolences in a statement, calling Jose Jose, whose real name was Jose Romulo Sosa Ortiz, "one of Mexico's most loved voices.

Jose Jose, one of Mexico's most-loved voices, dies at 71

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his first state of the union address on Sunday, doubled down on his approach to managing Latin America`s second-largest economy, saying the interests of private firms would be subordinated to those of the nation.

Nearly a year in, Mexico's president doubles down on management of economy

A Mexican journalist was found dead with stab wounds on Saturday, authorities said, adding to a growing list of reporter deaths in one of the world's most dangerous countries for the press.

Mexican reporter found dead with stab wounds amid escalating violence

Fifteen years after her daughter's disappearance, 55-year-old Silvia Ortiz spends day after day raking through arid scrubland in northern Mexico hoping to find her remains.

Mexican families scour arid plains for graves of disappeared

Mexico's top electoral court said on Wednesday it would penalise the creators of a TV series after ruling that they had broken election laws by promoting a "dirty campaign" against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador when he was a candidate.

Mexico to penalise creators of TV series seen as 'dirty campaign' against president

US authorities investigating what drove a young gunman from the Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Walmart store hundreds of miles away in the border city of El Paso said on Sunday they are treating it as a case of domestic terrorism.

El Paso shooting: Walmart massacre to be probed as domestic terror case

Mexico narrowly avoided slipping into recession during the first half of 2019 as the gross domestic product grew by a fraction in the second quarter, an initial estimate showed, but weakness persisted across the board.

Mexico narrowly escapes recession with minimal second-quarter growth

A scheme to create 20,000 jobs in Honduras has been agreed between the country's president and Mexico's leader in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants toward the United States.

Mexico, Honduras agree to create 20,000 jobs and stem migration

Mexico's government said on Saturday (July 27) it would help Honduras create 20,000 jobs this year and support its coffee farmers as the two countries seek to curb migration to the United States that has created tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his Honduran counterpart, Juan Orlando Hernandez, pledged to work together to lift prosperity in Central America, where poverty and violence have fuelled an exodus of people north. That migration has angered Trump, who has made border security a priority, and issued economic threats against Mexico and Central America if more is not done to contain the flows. Speaking after the Honduran and Mexican leaders met in the eastern state of Veracruz, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Lopez Obrador had given instructions to help Honduras create 20,000 jobs between now and December.

Mexico to help create 20,000 jobs in Honduras to curb migration

Mexico's moderate Finance Minister Carlos Urzua resigned on Tuesday with a letter that shocked markets by citing "extremism" in economic policy, before President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador quickly named a well-regarded deputy minister to replace him.

In blow to Mexican president, finance minister quits over economic 'extremism'

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday formally inaugurated the National Guard, a militarized police force aimed at cracking down on the country's growing crime rate and securing its borders.

Mexico inaugurates its new National Guard force

Mexico deported 33 per cent more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials said Tuesday, after the country agreed to take "unprecedented" steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

Mexico deports 33% more migrants after deal with US