Small businesses are a very essential component of the economic and financial fabric of emerging market countries such as Mexico.
In order for a company to secure a business loan from a bank in Mexico, the owner(s) will need to put up some form of collateral. The collateral can be in the form of business or
This story is about two Mexican citizens who came from two very different economic sides of their society. Yet, their stories converge in that they believed they could achieve a better life by moving north.
Jose was a peasant living in the state of Tamaulipas. A few years ago, a drought ruined his crop. Moreover, he
Mexico was a relatively peaceful country before it became a drug-related war zone, where executions, kidnappings, extortions and beheadings became normal in some cities. Although it is true that many drug lords were arrested and many tons of narcotics were seized during the drug war, more than 100,000 Mexicans died during this time, and cartels
This is a tale of two development models used by northern Mexican cities. Both of them are located in the state of Chihuahua; one of them can be considered a success and the other, although it had a recent turnaround, has seen a bitter and brutal chapter of its history unfold during the last decade.
Salt Lake City and Mexico City are places that have faced large air pollution issues in recent years. Although the two cities are very different, they have the same interest in controlling this malady, and despite the fact that the cities are not comparable, it doesn’t hurt to see what each one has done. Both
