Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

GIS Dossier: Corruption and political transformation

Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas after he was sentenced to prison for taking bribes

10.04.2019

Graft has long been a feature of political systems where rewarding loyalty takes precedence over economic efficiency or the rule of law. But recent events in Latin America show that popular anger at corruption has become a force to be reckoned with – fueled by the power of global markets, the information revolution, and democratization movements. This report assesses the geopolitical implications.

GIS Feature

POLITICS

Dr. Carole Nakhle

ENERGY

Mexico’s oil sector reforms face a challenge

Investment in exploration surveys in Mexico between 2015 and 2018

11.02.2019

Six years ago, Mexico began the process of reforming its oil and gas sector, opening it up to private investment and ending the monopoly of its state-owned oil company. The election of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has changed all that. Mexico is heading back toward resource nationalism, but stands to lose out in the ultra-competitive global oil market.

Dr. Carole Nakhle

ENERGY

The U.S. and Mexico go from pugilism to partnership

U.S. President Donald Trump announces the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal in the Rose Garden at the White House, October 1, 2018

10.10.2018

Despite confrontational rhetoric from the leaders of both countries, the U.S. and Mexico have plenty of reason to work together. Certainly, U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have some contrasting views on bilateral issues, but both have signaled a willingness to collaborate on priorities from trade to drug trafficking. Appearances aside, cooperation may even flourish over the next two years.

Dr. James Jay Carafano

POLITICS

A powerful new president in Mexico

Mexico’s new leader celebrates his victory in the 2018 presidential election

08.08.2018

Swept into office by an overwhelming electoral victory last month, Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will take office with a degree of power not seen in decades. He has prioritized several issue areas, including poverty, corruption and negotiations over NAFTA, but his specific policy agenda remains unclear. The new Mexican leader's success will depend on balancing decisive action with healthy restraints on presidential power

Dr. Andrew Selee

POLITICS

Mexico’s political system faces a defining moment

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes part in a protest against President Enrique Pena Nieto’s energy reforms

14.11.2017

Less than a year ahead of a presidential election, Mexicans have lost faith in the political establishment. Enter Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who promises to end corruption and crony capitalism. He is leading the polls, but his unpredictability and criticism of free markets has business leaders spooked. The main parties will probably cooperate to keep him out of office – but can they clean up their act?

Armando Regil Velasco

POLITICS

Mexico’s future in the balance

Presidents of Mexico and the U.S. sit at a bilateral meeting

03.10.2017

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has astutely managed the threats to his country posed by the new administration in Washington. Even so, the progress that he has made on key domestic fronts may prove too modest to defeat the left-wing challenge from Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during next year’s elections.

Dr. Andrew Selee

POLITICS

Mexico’s energy reforms and production outlook

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto visits oil drilling platform

01.09.2016

Faced with output declines and the shale revolution, Mexico had little choice but to reopen its oil and gas industry to foreign investors. The early results have been promising, but President Enrique Pena Nieto’s energy reforms are not out of the woods yet.

Dr. Carole Nakhle

ENERGY

Mexico’s education, energy and communication reforms are slow to appear

President Enrique Pena Nieto visits a drilling platform operated by Pemex, which faces reform (photo: dpa)

17.06.2014

Mexico’s Enrique Pena Nieto began his presidential term with a bang nearly two years ago, announcing radical reforms of the three areas which most analysts regarded as the bottlenecks preventing growth. But powerful unions, cronyism, inefficiency and a sluggish economy are making those reforms difficult to progress and it now appears that any changes in the near fu...

Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin

ECONOMY

Recession fears put Mexico's economic reforms at risk

Teachers in Mexico City protested against major education reforms proposed by President Pena Nieto (photo: dpa)

10.10.2013

Since Enrique Pena Nieto became President of Mexico in December 2012, commentators around the world have concentrated on its economic potential and programme of reforms, rather than its crime rate. But this favourable perspective of the nation is in danger of being short-lived as it moves into recession and protests against the changes become the norm in the street...

Professor Gerardo Esquivel

ECONOMY

GIS Dossier: Corruption and political transformation

INFOGRAPHIC: Mexico oil market

Mexico’s oil sector reforms face a challenge

The U.S. and Mexico go from pugilism to partnership

A powerful new president in Mexico

Mexico’s political system faces a defining moment

Mexico’s future in the balance

Mexico’s energy reforms and production outlook

Mexico’s education, energy and communication reforms are slow to appear

Recession fears put Mexico's economic reforms at risk