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Mexico's Chamber of Deputies on Nov. 20 initially approved a bill to eliminate seven independent agencies responsible for overseeing economic competition, social development, data protection, telecommunications, energy, oil and gas activities, and education policies, El Pais reported Nov. 20.

Mexico: Chamber of Deputies Approve the Elimination of Independent Bodies

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Only seven out of Mexico's 11 Supreme Court justices voted to roll back parts of a controversial judicial reform enacted in September, falling short of the eight votes required to pass the measure, Reuters reported on Nov 6.

Mexico: Supreme Court Vote Rejects Overhaul of Judicial Reform, De-escalating Institutional Crisis

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum signed into law a bill Congress and most state legislatures approved that restricts courts' powers to challenge constitutional reforms, including the controversial judicial reform enacted in September, La Jornada reported on Oct. 31.

Mexico: Government Shields Constitutional Reforms From Legal Challenges and Further Consolidates Power

Mexico's Supreme Court published a proposal that would allow the popular election of high court justices (but not trial and appellate court judges) as established in the judicial reform enacted in September, El Economista reported on Oct. 29.

Mexico: Constitutional Crisis Escalates Amid Dispute Over Legal Challenges to Judicial Reform

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she would not comply with a court order to suspend a judicial reform enacted on Sept. 15 and will denounce before Congress and the Federal Judiciary Council the judge who has repeatedly ordered the suspension, El Universal reported on Oct. 22. 

Mexico: Likely Constitutional Crisis Over Judicial Reform To Fuel Legal Uncertainty

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The Federal Judicial Council ordered Mexican judicial workers to resume activities and end a strike that started on Aug. 19 to oppose the government-backed reform of the judiciary branch enacted in September, El Universal reported on Oct. 16.

Mexico: Judicial Workers To Remain Mobilized Against Reform

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Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved in a 353-122 vote a constitutional reform that increases the executive branch's control over state-owned energy companies, El Economista reported on Oct. 10. 

Mexico: Interventionist Energy Reform Advances in Congress

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The newly inaugurated administration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will seek to strengthen the domestic manufacturing sector by asking U.S. vehicle and semiconductor producers and companies in the electronics and aerospace sectors to replace components made in China and Southeast Asia with parts from Mexico, The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 8.

Mexico: Government Hints at Import Substitution To Boost Investment Amid Supply Chain Derisking Efforts

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U.S. border patrol officials drive near the wall along the Mexican border in Sasabe, Arizona, on Dec. 8, 2023. 

The fallout from Trump's pledged tariffs and mass deportations could worsen living conditions in countries like Mexico, though countries with like-minded leaders, like Argentina, may fare better.

What Trump's Focus on Immigration, Trade and Ideology Means for Latin America

A combination of photos shows U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (left) speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (right) holding a press conference in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Trump will increase pressure on Mexico to curb immigration and drug trafficking by threatening tariffs and other economic retaliation, harming the country's investment climate.

What Another Trump Term Means for Mexico

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election event in the early hours of Nov. 6, 2024.

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Trump will place more tariffs on U.S. trade partners and reduce support for Ukraine, but he will largely maintain Biden's approach to the U.S. tech rivalry with China and the Middle East conflict.

Trump's Win Will Ripple Across the World

National Action Party Sen. Miguel Angel Yunes Linares (L) addresses lawmakers in the legislature's upper house about the judicial reform proposed by the government in Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sept. 10, 2024. 

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A series of interventionist constitutional reforms is putting Mexico's private sector on edge, but global de-risking will likely continue to attract foreign investment in the long term.

Interventionist Constitutional Reforms Unlikely To Deter Foreign Investment in Mexico 

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Supporters of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) wave flags during an election rally in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 27, 2024. 

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: Austrian Elections and a U.S. Port Workers Strike

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Join our analysts for this webcast recording exploring key topics identified in RANE's 2024 Fourth-Quarter Geopolitical Forecast.

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A special session of the U.N. General Assembly is held on the Palestinian bid for full membership to the United Nations at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on May 10, 2024.

The Weekly Rundown: Mexico Ratifies a Controversial Judicial Reform, the U.N. Votes on a Palestinian Resolution

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The Mexican Senate building in December 2019 in Mexico City. The Mexican Senate will begin considering a controversial judicial reform Sept. 8 that it plans to vote on by Sept. 11.

The Weekly Rundown: Judicial Reform in Mexico, An EU Competitiveness Report

Judicial workers on indefinite strike in front of the Federal Judicial Branch on Aug. 19 in Mexico City. Mexico's government is likely to pass several constitutional reforms by September that will likely reduce judicial independence, increase government control over the economy and harm the business environment in the long term.

Mexico's government is likely to pass several constitutional reforms by September that will likely reduce judicial independence, increase government control over the economy and harm the business environment in the long term.

What Judicial Reform Means for Mexico's Business Environment

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates the results of the country's general election in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 3, 2024. 

President-elect Sheinbaum's pledge to enact her predecessor's sweeping institutional and judiciary reforms could spook foreign investors at a time when Mexico stands to benefit from global supply chain restructuring.

Assessing Mexico's Post-Election Economic Outlook

The front pages of Mexican newspapers showing the news of the capture of cartel leader Ismael ''El Mayo'' Zambada are seen in Mexico City, Mexico, on July 26, 2024. 

On top of spurring retaliatory violence in the weeks ahead, the arrests of El Chapo's son and a major Sinaloa Cartel leader could alter Mexico's criminal landscape by weakening one of the country's most powerful cartels.

In Mexico, What To Expect Following the Arrests of Two Major Drug Lords

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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump on June 22 in Philadelphia. Should Trump return to the White House in 2025, a second term would see him target China, Mexico, Vietnam and the European Union to varying degrees.

Should former President Donald Trump return to the White House in 2025, a second term would see him target China, Mexico, Vietnam and the European Union to varying degrees.

What a Second Trump Term Could Mean for Global Trade: Who Trump Would Tariff, and How They Would Respond

Mexico is defined by dramatic geographic features that have shaped the country's politics. Forming the southern portion of North America, Mexico borders the tropical Central American isthmus, a broad band that defines Mexico's northern border with the United States. To the east and west, the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental dominate the Pacific and the Caribbean coasts, forming highlands that cradle of the modern heart of Mexico. The desolate Baja California peninsula shields approaches from the western sea. To the east, the tropical limestone outcropping named the Yucatán peninsula dominates entry from the Caribbean into the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico's central valley, which includes Mexico City and the adjacent Veracruz region, form Mexico's core.     To control Mexico City is to control Mexico, and the greatest conventional threats to Mexico City have traditionally come from the deepwater Port city of Veracruz. Since the 16th century, Spain, France and the United States &mdash; not to mention numerous mutinous factions of the Mexican military &mdash; have used Veracruz to threaten and even conquer what is now Mexico City. Mexico's mountains and frontier territories are traditional hotbeds of unrest. From the rebels of Chihuahua to the drug kingpins of Tierra Caliente and Sinaloa, the historical and ongoing challenge for Mexico is to subdue and incorporate far-flung, geographically-isolated communities. The modern expression of this struggle can be seen in today's war with drug trafficking organizations, but it is a pattern that has been repeated throughout history and has been shaped by Mexico's physical geography. 

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Mexico: Chamber of Deputies Approve the Elimination of Independent Bodies

Mexico: Supreme Court Vote Rejects Overhaul of Judicial Reform, De-escalating Institutional Crisis

Mexico: Government Shields Constitutional Reforms From Legal Challenges and Further Consolidates Power

Mexico: Constitutional Crisis Escalates Amid Dispute Over Legal Challenges to Judicial Reform

Mexico: Likely Constitutional Crisis Over Judicial Reform To Fuel Legal Uncertainty

Mexico: Judicial Workers To Remain Mobilized Against Reform

Mexico: Interventionist Energy Reform Advances in Congress

Mexico: Government Hints at Import Substitution To Boost Investment Amid Supply Chain Derisking Efforts

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