Getting away with murder in Mexico (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/murder-rate-mexico-161031122439604.html

Mexico’s Corrupt Governors (Shannon K. O'Neil, CFR)

Last June, Mexico elected new governors in twelve of its thirty-one states. As millions of voters went to the urns, corruption was a top concern (along with insecurity). Eight states saw the incumbent party kicked out; in four—Veracruz, Quintana Roo, Chihuahua, and Durango—the PRI lost for the first time in the party’s history.

http://blogs.cfr.org/development-channel/2016/10/12/mexicos-corrupt-governors/

Mexico's Colima state: The drug war flashpoint (Duncan Tucker, Al Jazeera)

Once a calm place, today Colima is at the centre of the drug war where cartels battle over key smuggling routes.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/09/mexico-colima-state-drug-war-flashpoint-160916124417083.html

Mexico illustrates global drive toward advancing financial inclusion (Robin Lewis, John Villasenor, Darrell M. West, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/2016/08/11/mexico-illustrates-global-drive-toward-advancing-financial-inclusion/

The Main Idea: Mexico 2016 - Challenges and Opportunities for Growth (AS/COA)

"Imagine the negative impact it would have on California and Texas if trade is blocked with Mexico," said Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico's economy secretary, regarding the negative rhetoric taking place in the U.S. presidential election.

Guajardo joined other Mexican government officials and business executives in AS/COA's Mexico City conference on May 13 to discuss the country's growth trajectory, the progress of the 2013 reforms, the challenges in combatting inequality, and opportunities of trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership

http://www.as-coa.org/watchlisten/main-idea-mexico-2016-challenges-and-opportunities-growth

Members of Congress and experts discuss security, trade, and cooperation on the U.S.-Mexico border (Fred Dews, Brookings)

On March 16, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings and the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) co-hosted a two-panel discussion titled, “A complex reality: Security, trade, and the U.S.-Mexico border.” The event explored how new policies for the U.S.-Mexico border can balance the benefits of a continued rise of legal travel and trade with the simultaneous need for Mexico and the United States to work collaboratively to improve border security.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2016/03/security-trade-cooperation-us-mexico-border

Anticorruption Efforts in Mexico (Shannon K. O'Neil, CFR)

Corruption dominates Mexico’s headlines: helicopter rides for officials’ family members, housing deals from favored government contractors, the still unexplained disappearance of 43 students, and a drug lord escaping a maximum-security prison, for the second time. In a recent survey, Mexicans listed corruption as the country’s top problem, ahead of security and the economy.

http://blogs.cfr.org/oneil/2016/03/08/anti-corruption-efforts-in-mexico/

Using Data to Uncover Hurdles for Mexico’s Female Diplomats (Tania Del Rio, Brookings)

Every January, 157 notable guests arrive in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, or SRE) in Mexico City. Many of them share valuable skills and qualities. They are knowledgeable about Mexico’s economy, its politics, and its people, and they are deeply invested in the country’s progress. They will meet with key figures in government, civil society, business, and academia over the course of a week. They are Mexico’s Ambassadors and Consuls, who represent and assist Mexicans all over the world. But they share one additional trait that often goes unmentioned: 75 percent of them are men.

http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2016/02/23/mexicos-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-using-data-to-uncover-hurdles-for-female-diplomats/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) El Chapo Escape in Mexico Points to Intelligence Links with Narco-Traffickers (Wayne Madsen, Strategic Culture Foundation)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/07/26/el-chapo-escape-mexico-points-intelligence-links-with-narco-traffickers.html

(Istituto fondamentale - USA/Mexico) 'El Chapo' Guzman in context (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/chapo-guzman-context-drugs-mexico-150715122902750.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Mexico) In The Courts And In The Streets: Uber In Mexico City (COHA)

http://www.eurasiareview.com/21062015-in-the-courts-and-in-the-streets-uber-in-mexico-city-analysis/