In Mexico, despite a significant banking penetration and a commitment to digital payments, the flagship digital payment system, CoDi, has struggled to gain traction over six years, prompting the government to mandate digital payments for gas stations and toll booths by 2026, amidst concerns about the system's effectiveness and the need to address fundamental barriers such as bank disincentives, operational fragmentation, and user distrust to foster a genuinely digital economy. #DigitalPayments #Fintech #CashlessEconomy #MX

Mexico's energy security is precariously reliant on external gas imports, with domestic natural gas production declining for over a decade, necessitating the establishment of a committee of experts to explore sustainable exploitation of unconventional gas reserves in order to mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure a stable electricity supply amid accelerating global demand and geopolitical uncertainties. #EnergySecurity #NaturalGas #SustainableDevelopment #MX #US #AR #EG

According to investigator Víctor Sánchez from the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, the recent capture of 'El Jardinero,' a key figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and instrumental in the production of synthetic drugs like fentanyl, will significantly impact the cartel's operations, especially in Guerrero, Nayarit, and Guanajuato, and complicate its alliance with 'Los Chapitos,' a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel amidst ongoing drug trafficking disputes in Mexico. #DrugTrafficking #OrganizedCrime #CartelWars #MX #US