Eurasia Group Downgrades Mexico’s Trajectory
Mexiico. Downgrading short- and long-term trajectories due to reduced judicial independence and higher structural fiscal spending
Special Reports
Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: Habemus President
This month, I will start with the analysis of Mexico since the dramatic, still not so surprising, outcome of the elections creates a situation never seen before, where a populist government, without counterweights, can implement policies and change laws according to its government plan and …
Mexico, June 2nd, 2024: the end of a cycle.
This date will define whether Mexicans choose to end the political party regime in the face of the emergence of an empowered citizenry or whether they choose to end the democratic experience and submit to an autocracy that concentrates all the power of the State in a single person. That is all there is to it.
DEA National Drug Threat Assessment
Executive Summary Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the United States has ever faced, killing nearly 38,000 Americans in the first six months of 2023 alone. Fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, like methamphetamine, are responsible for nearly all of the fatal drug overdoses and poisonings in …
Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: Could there be a Xóchitl miracle in Mexico?
When you read this letter, we will be exactly one month away from the presidential elections. After the second debate, in which Xóchitl looked much better than in the first one, I feel that the scales have evened out a little bit, although Claudia is …
U.S. GDP Growth Q1 1.6%
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2024, according to the “advance” estimate. In the fourth quarter of 2023, real GDP increased 3.4 percent. The increase in the first quarter primarily reflected increases in …
Artificial Intelligence Patents by Country
This infographic shows the number of AI-related patents granted each year from 2010 to 2022 (the latest data available). The figures come from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), accessed via Stanford University’s 2024 AI Index Report. This data shows that China first overtook …
Top 10 Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturers
The top 10 EV battery manufacturers by total battery deployment (measured in megawatt-hours) in 2023. The data is from EV Volumes. Chinese Dominance Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has swiftly risen in less than a decade to claim the title of the largest global …
U.S. Department of State 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Mexico
Executive Summary There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Mexico during the year. Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearance; torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by security …
IMF World Economic Outlook April 2024
Global recovery is steady but slow and differs by region The baseline forecast is for the world economy to continue growing at 3.2 percent during 2024 and 2025, at the same pace as in 2023. A slight acceleration for advanced economies—where growth is expected to …