LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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October 20, 2022

How Successfully is Mexico’s Gov’t Battling Inflation?

Raquel Buenrostro (pictured) was named this month as Mexico’s economy minister, succeeding Tatiana Clouthier, who resigned. // File Photo: @SATMX via Twitter.

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Andrés Rozental, member of the Advisor board, president of Rozental & Asociados and former deputy minister of foreign affairs of Mexico: “Tatiana Clouthier’s resignation was mainly a personal blow to President López Obrador. She ran AMLO’s successful political presidential campaign in 2018-19 and was a close friend, but it was already clear months ago that Clouthier was no longer part of AMLO’s inner circle and was increasingly ineffectual as Economy Minister. Tasked with trying to maintain a relationship with the country’s aggrieved private sector, she was unable to counterbalance the hardline members of AMLO’s cabinet, especially in seeking to amend the energy legislation that has led to a formal US-Canadian complaint against Mexico for violating the free trade agreement known as USMCA. But even more damaging to Mexico’s government than the minister’s resignation has been…”

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Director,
Columbus Group

Merike Blofield
Professor of Political Science,
University of Hamburg

Devry Boughner Vorwerk
CEO,
DevryBV Sustainable Strategies

Joyce Chang
Global Head of Research,
J.P. Morgan

Marlene Fernández
Corporate Vice President for Gov’t Relations,
Arcos Dorados (McDonald’s)

Peter Hakim
President Emeritus,
Inter-American Dialogue

Donna Hrinak
Director,
Adtalem Global Education

Jon E. Huenemann
Council Member,
GLG Inc.

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Craig Kelly
Senior Director,
Int’l Gov’t Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Barbara Kotschwar
Professor of Political Economy,
Georgetown University

John Maisto
Director,
US Education Finance Group

Nicolas Mariscal
Chairman,
Grupo Marhnos

Thomas F. McLarty III
Chairman,
McLarty Associates

Beatrice Rangel
Director,
AMLA Consulting

Ernesto Revilla
Head of Latin American Economics, Citi

Gustavo Roosen
President,
IESA

Andrés Rozental
President, Rozental &
Asociados

Shelly Shetty
Managing Director,
Sovereigns, Fitch

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