Apr 12, 2018 | Menas Associates, Mexico
So-called Millennials, aged 18-36, represent over half of all of Mexico’s electorate and they have been the voting majority in the past two presidential elections. Turnout still hovers at around 60% which is why all the main candidates are trying to tap into the...
Mar 10, 2018 | Menas Associates, Mexico
The seventh round of NAFTA negotiations between the US, Canada and Mexico concluded in Mexico City on 2 March. Three days later, the countries’ top negotiators held a joint press conference to reveal the overall progress of what they have coined ‘NAFTA 2.0’. The...
Feb 21, 2018 | Menas Associates, Mexico
A recent survey produced by Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX) employers’ federation revealed that nearly half of all of its 36,000 affiliated national business members reported that they suffered losses from crime or corrupt authorities in...
Jan 11, 2018 | Menas Associates, Mexico
For the first time in the Mexico’s history both federal and local elections in 29 states will be held on the same date. Voters will also elect senators and deputies to both houses of Congress as well as a couple of thousand local public officials. For the local...
Dec 4, 2017 | Menas Associates, Mexico
Security sources have told Menas Associates that this year has seen the highest number of homicides in 20 years, and the trend is expected to continue rising. Although data on homicides is only available from 1997, the figures through to October make it the most...
