Mexico

Mexico's economy is under severe strain. Moody's cut the credit rating to Baa3, and the government slashed its 2026 growth forecast as investment falters. Carlos Slim's $5 billion investment and the EU trade deal review offer some counterweight, but fiscal pressures dominate.

• 5EU to remove remaining barriers as it reviews trade deal with Mexico
• 4Moody’s Cuts Mexico Credit Rating as Fiscal Pressures Mount
• 3Mexico Cuts 2026 Growth Forecast as Investment Falters
• 3Carlos Slim backs Sheinbaum's economic policy with $5 billion investment
• 3Platts proposes to launch Mexico Clean Energy Certificates assessments, July 1

President Sheinbaum is under dual pressure from the U.S. and domestic critics. Trump's threats of intervention and scrutiny of Mexican consulates coincide with a bill allowing election annulment for foreign interference, while Sheinbaum clashes with Madrid's Ayuso over security and colonial history.

• 10Mexican consulates under scrutiny, CBS reports
• 10Sheinbaum responds to Trump's threat of intervention
• 6Sheinbaum and Ayuso clash over security during Mexico visit
• 5Alarm at Mexico bill allowing elections to be annulled for ‘foreign interference’
• 5Sheinbaum asks cabinet to strengthen field work

Security tensions with the U.S. have escalated sharply. The CIA is accused of involvement in a cartel assassination, and Mexico deported CIA agents after a request to the U.S. The arrest of Sinaloa's ex-security secretary in Arizona and the loss of a U.S. surveillance blimp add to the friction.

• 7Ex-security secretary of Sinaloa arrested in Arizona
• 7CIA accused of role in Mexico cartel assassination, sparking tensions
• 3US military surveillance blimp on loan to CBP is lost at the southern border, wreckage found in Mexico
• 3Ten dead in Mexico shooting
• 3Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico

A crisis of disappearances dominates society, with searching mothers marching and reports of child recruitment. The Sheinbaum-Ayuso row over colonial history and press freedom concerns over TV Azteca add further societal strain.

• 4Sheinbaum reignites controversy with Ayuso over Mexico's colonial past
• 4Ayuso tribute to Hernán Cortés sparks Mexico City political row
• 3Mexico faces child recruitment and disappearance crisis
• 2Mexico restricts entry from Ebola-affected countries
• 2Deported Cuban migrants are stranded in Mexico after suffering mistreatment in US detention centers, report says