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Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was elected Mexico’s first female president on Sunday in a landslide.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on the election of Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico.Read more +

Un paso importantísimo que México tenga presidenta. En un país históricamente machista, es posible que las mujeres lleguen a posición de máximo poder. La gran pregunta es cómo gobernará. Que sea mujer no significa que avance con una agenda de género. Hay enormes deudas pendientes en México en esta materia…Read more +

The president’s constitutional reforms package puts Mexico’s democracy at serious risk. If it’s approved, it would severely undermine the ability of independent institutions to act as checks on the presidency.Read more +

Tense bilateral relations between Ecuador and Mexico could have an influence on anti-drug cooperation between the two countries, experts say below. Drugs seized in Ecuador are pictured.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on intelligence cooperation between Ecuador and Mexico.Read more +

Estas elecciones son cruciales para el futuro de la democracia mexicana. Si Sheinbaum gana y no se distancia claramente de [López Obrador], y se da una victoria decisiva de Morena en las elecciones legislativas, el partido podría reforzar su control del Congreso. Esto perpetuaría el proyecto populista de López Obrador,…Read more +

Courtesy of Lourdes Melgar

Join the Dialogue for conversation on the future of the Mexican energy space with Lourdes Melgar on Friday, May 24 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT.  Read more +

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Lourdes Melgar is a research affiliate at MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence and a non-resident fellow at the Center of Energy Studies of the Baker Institute.Read more +

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El Diálogo Interamericano junto con el Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford y la Barra Mexicana de Abogados, organiza un evento el 7 de mayo de 2024, de 11:30 am a 2:00 pm (hora Ciudad de México) en el Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM en Ciudad de México, para discutir el contexto actual de ataques a la independencia judicial en México por parte del poder ejecutivo y sus implicaciones en el derecho de acceso a la justicia.Read more +

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On May 2, 2024, the Dialogue's Rule of Law Program, the Stanford Law School's Rule of Law Impact Lab, and the Mexican Bar Association released a report analyzing the constitutional reform proposals presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the Mexican Congress in February 2024. The report concludes that the proposals directed at the federal judiciary constitute a direct threat to judicial independence. Read more +

Upcoming elections this year could affect the USMCA trade deal. Then-Presidents Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico and Donald Trump of the United States, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured signing the accord in 2018.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on the USCMA review.Read more +

Informe de México

El Informe de Progreso de Políticas de Primera Infancia de México, elaborado por Mexicanos Primero, busca medir el avance hacia el cumplimiento de los acuerdos de la Agenda Regional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Primera Infancia.Read more +

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To learn more about Senator Xóchitl Gálvez's energy vision and policy priorities, the Inter-American Dialogue invited Rosanety Barrios Beltrán, one of Mexico's foremost energy experts, for a private conversation.Read more +

Rosanety Barrios Beltrán is one the most recognized energy experts in Mexico. Her professional experience spans 15 years in the Mexican financial sector and more than 20 in the energy sector, in which she worked as a public servant for the Energy Regulatory Commission and for the Secretary of Energy between 2000 and 2018. Read more +

[There is a] remarkable growth [of sophisticated manufacturing by Chinese companies in Mexico].Read more +

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador last week proposed major constitutional reforms that could shape debate in the country’s election.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on constitutional reforms in Mexico. Read more +