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Events pertaining to '''2021 in Mexican politics and government'''.

==Monthly events==
===January===
*January 1
**The minimum wage is increased 15% to MXN $123.22 generally and MXN $185.56 along the northern border.<ref>{{cite news |title=¿Cuál será el salario mínimo en México para 2021? |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/economia/cual-sera-el-salario-minimo-en-mexico-para-2021 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=El Financiero |date=December 21, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
**Single-use plastics are banned in Mexico City (CDMX).<ref>{{cite news |title=Estos son los plásticos de un solo uso prohibidos en la CDMX desde este 1 de enero |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/1/estos-son-los-plasticos-de-un-solo-uso-prohibidos-en-la-cdmx-desde-este-de-enero-255433.html |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |language=es}}</ref>
*January 2
**Governor [[Carlos Mendoza Davis]] {{PAN party}} of [[Governor of Baja California Sur|Baja California Sur]] vetoes the 2021 state budget.<ref>{{cite news |last=León |first=Raymundo |title=La Jornada - Gobernador de BCS veta ley de ingresos y presupuesto de egresos 2021 |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/01/estados/gobernador-de-bcs-veta-ley-de-ingresos-y-presupuesto-de-egresos-2021/ |access-date=January 2, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |language=es}}</ref>
**The farm lobby criticizes [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]'s decision to ban [[Genetically modified food|genetically modified corn]], and [[Organic farming|organic farmers]] praise it as a move that should protect smaller farmers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn; organic growers welcome it |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/mexico-farm-lobby-blasts-ban-on-gmo-corn-organic-growers-welcome-it/ar-BB1cqdkR |access-date=January 4, 2021 |work=msn |agency=Reuters |date=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
*January 4 – President López Obrador offers political asylum to [[WikiLeaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]], who is in the United Kingdom pending extradition to the United States for trial on espionage charges.<ref>{{cite news |title=AMLO ofrece asilo político al fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/4/amlo-ofrece-asilo-politico-al-fundador-de-wikileaks-julian-assange-255559.html |access-date=January 4, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 4, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 5 – [[Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo]] becomes [[Secretariat of Economy|Secretary of Economy]] (SE) nearly a month after being named to the post.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asume Tatiana Clouthier en la Secretaría de Economía |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/05/economia/asume-tatiana-clouthier-en-la-secretaria-de-economia/ |access-date=January 5, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 5, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 11 – The ''[[Instituto Nacional Electoral]]'' (National Electoral Institute, INE) rules that President López Obrador′s daily press conferences (''Mañaneras'') are political propaganda and have to end on April 4 when campaigning begins. Exceptions can be made in cases of public health (including the pandemic), education, and civil protection.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Carina |title=El 4 abril deberá suspenderse la transmisión íntegra de las "mañaneras": Lorenzo Córdova |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/11/el-abril-debera-suspenderse-la-transmision-integra-de-las-mananeras-lorenzo-cordova-256056.html |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 11, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 12
**Restaurant owners in Mexico City the State of Mexico hold ''[[cacerolazo]]s'' (protest involving the beating of kitchen utensils) against the closure of restaurants. 13,500 restaurants In Mexico City<ref>{{cite news |title=Restauranteros de la CDMX exigen con "cacerolazo" que les permitan abrir |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/restauranteros-de-la-cdmx-exigen-con-cacerolazo-que-les-permitan-abrir |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=11 January 2021 |language=es}}</ref> and 10,000 in the State of Mexico<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dávila |first1=Israel |last2=Briseño |first2=Héctor |title=Restauranteros del Edomex y empleados exigen reabrir |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/12/estados/restauranteros-del-edomex-y-empleados-exigen-reabrir/ |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 12, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> have closed since the beginning of the pandemic. Restaurants and similar establishments are believed to be where virus spread occurs most readily.<ref>{{cite news |title=En restaurantes se da el mayor número de contagios por Covid-19: Sheinbaum |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/en-restaurantes-se-da-el-mayor-numero-de-contagios-por-covid-19-sheinbaum |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=11 January 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**Juan Antonio Acosta Cano, deputy in Congress of Guanajuato ({{PAN party}}) and precandidate for municipal president of [[Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas]]) is assassinated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=García |first1=Carlos |first2= |title=La Jornada - Asesinan en Guanajuato al diputado local del PAN Juan Antonio Acosta |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/12/estados/asesinan-en-guanajuato-al-diputado-local-del-pan-juan-antonio-acosta/ |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |language=es}}</ref>
*January 13 – President López Obrador introduces plans to eliminate private prisons. The government pays an average MXN$3,500 (USD$177) per day for each prisoner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garduño |first1=Roberto |last2=Urrutia |first2=Alonso |title=La Jornada - Anuncia AMLO que eliminará concesiones de cárceles a privados |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/13/politica/anuncia-amlo-que-eliminara-concesiones-de-carceles-a-privados/ |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 13, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 14 – President López Obrador promises to protect free speech against blockage by [[social media]] outlets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexican president mounts campaign against social media bans |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-marcelo-ebrard-mexico-media-social-media-a5303f532810447575ccf2af6692a2d4 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=14 January 2021}}</ref>
*January 15 – INE approves the electoral coalitions ''Va Por México'' ({{PAN party}} {{PRI party}} {{PRD party}}) and ''Juntos hacemos historia'' ({{MRN party}} {{PT party}} {{PVEM party}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Aprueba INE coaliciones "Va Por México" y "Juntos hacemos historia" para elecciones 2021 |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1501/mexico/aprueba-ine-coaliciones-va-por-mexico-y-juntos-hacemos-historia-para-elecciones-2021/ |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=January 15, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 16 – [[Facebook]] puts a warning on a post when Cardinal [[Juan Sandoval Iñiguez]] ([[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara]], 1994-2011) lies about the [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Facebook puts warning on virus video by retired cardinal |url=https://apnews.com/article/guadalajara-coronavirus-pandemic-latin-america-mexico-6798d15dc713a4a80099c7e74d0bc283 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*January 18
**[[Ricardo Anaya]] ({{PAN party}}) announces his candidacy for [[2024 Mexican general election|president in 2024]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ricardo Anaya rechaza la diputación plurinominal del PAN; buscará la presidencia en 2024 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/18/ricardo-anaya-rechaza-la-diputacion-plurinominal-del-pan-buscara-la-presidencia-en-2024/ |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 18, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
**''[[Foreign Policy]]'' reported that former ambassador [[Roberta S. Jacobson]] would be in charge of [[Mexico–United States border]] affairs at the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] under President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite news |title=La exembajadora Roberta Jacobson se hará cargo de la frontera con México: Foreign Policy |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/18/la-exembajadora-roberta-jacobson-se-hara-cargo-de-la-frontera-con-mexico-foreign-policy-256504.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 18, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 20
**President López Obrador calls upon [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]] to quickly resolve migration issues for Mexicans living in the United States, including the granting of [[Multiple citizenship|dual nationality]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexico calls on Biden to fix immigration status of Mexican nationals |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/lopez-obrador-calls-u-fix-134728177.html |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=Yahoo! News |agency=Reuters |date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Christopher Landau]] ends his term as [[Ambassadors of the United States|United States Ambassador to Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Christopher Landau anunció que el 20 de enero terminará su gestión como embajador de EEUU en México |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/08/christopher-landau-anuncio-que-el-20-de-enero-terminara-su-gestion-como-embajador-de-eeuu-en-mexico/ |access-date=January 8, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 8, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*January 22
**U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] makes his first two official telephone calls to foreign leaders to Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Biden and López Obrador discuss immigration, COVID-19, and other topics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador in first outreach to foreign leaders |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-calls-canada-s-trudeau-mexico-s-lópez-obrador-in-first-outreach-to-foreign-leaders/ar-BB1d0RRo |access-date=January 22, 2021 |via=msn |agency=AP |publisher=NBC News |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Twitter]] blocks several accounts related to the [[Fourth Transformation]] because they broke rules related to [[Messaging spam|spam]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vergara |first1=Rosalia |title=Twitter bloquea cuentas afines a la 4T por "manipulación" |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/1/22/twitter-bloquea-cuentas-afines-la-4t-por-manipulacion-256800.html |access-date=January 23, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 22, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 24 – President López Obrador announces he has a mild case of COVID-19. Interior Secretary [[Olga Sánchez Cordero]] will take over for him in his daily news conferences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexico's president says he's tested positive for COVID-19 |url=https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-marcelo-ebrard-mexico-coronavirus-pandemic-vladimir-putin-7cf4feae9e363d519d5c336202be0ae6 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
*January 25 – Deputy [[Gerardo Fernández Noroña]] ({{PT party}}) apologizes to [[Adriana Dávila Fernández]] ({{PAN party}}) for suggesting a comment he made in 2019 suggesting she had links to organized crime.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caballero |first1=Alejandro |title=Gerardo Fernández Noroña se disculpa de manera pública con la diputada panista Adriana Dávila |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/politica/2021/1/25/gerardo-fernandez-norona-se-disculpa-de-manera-publica-con-la-diputada-panista-adriana-davila-256978.html |access-date=February 2, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=January 25, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*January 26
**Environmental groups led by the Global Alliance for Alternatives to Incineration (GAIA) demand that Mexico comply with the [[Basel Convention|Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal]] in relation to the importation of dangerous [[plastic waste]]. SEMARNAT reported the importation of 8,312,812 tons of plastic waste between 2013 and August 2020 (90% from the United States), and a 29% increase of imports from January to August 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ecologistas denuncian opacidad en manejo de desechos plásticos tóxicos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/01/26/sociedad/ecologistas-denuncian-opacidad-en-manejo-de-desechos-plasticos-toxicos/ |access-date=January 27, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=January 27, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**Senator [[Lilly Téllez]] ({{PAN party}}) criticizes the government for its acquisition of 24 million doses of [[Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine]] from Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title="Es la barata, por eso la eligió el Gobierno": Lilly Téllez criticó la compra de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/26/es-la-barata-por-eso-la-eligio-el-gobierno-lilly-tellez-critico-la-compra-de-la-vacuna-rusa-sputnik-v/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 26, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref> The [[List of diplomatic missions of Russia|Russian embassy]] refuted charges that the vaccine is of poor quality, and Morena {{MRN party}} demanded an apology.<ref>{{cite news |title="Ineptos, perversos y arrastrados": Lilly Téllez atacó a senadores de Morena por apoyar la vacuna Sputnik V |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/30/ineptos-perversos-y-arrastrados-lilly-tellez-ataco-a-senadores-de-morena-por-apoyar-la-vacuna-sputnik-v/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 30, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*January 29 – Authorities removed 150 empty tents from the [[Zócalo]] of Mexico City that had been installed as a protest in November 2020. Ten people were injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=VIDEO: así fue el desalojo por parte de autoridades de CDMX a campamento opositor del Zócalo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/30/video-asi-fue-el-desalojo-por-parte-de-autoridades-de-cdmx-a-campamento-opositor-del-zocalo/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 30, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*January 31 – Hundreds, mostly women, march to demand justice for [[Mariana Sánchez Dávalos]], a young doctor whose body was recently found in Nueva Palestina, [[Ocosingo]], Chiapas. Marches took place in [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]], [[San Cristóbal de las Casas]], and [[Tapachula]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henríquez |first1=Elio |title=Exigen justicia para médica pasante asesinada en Chiapas |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/01/estados/exigen-justicia-para-medica-pasante-asesinada-en-chiapas/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 1, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>

===February===
*February 3
**The National Electoral Institute (INE) issues a statement saying that it is not prudent to postpone the June 6, [[2021 Mexican legislative election]] and doing so could even trigger a [[constitutional crisis]] by delaying the [[LXV Legislature of the Mexican Congress]].<ref>{{cite news |title=No es prudente posponer elecciones; la democracia no debe ser víctima del covid: Córdova |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/2/3/no-es-prudente-posponer-elecciones-la-democracia-no-debe-ser-victima-del-covid-cordova-257575.html |access-date=February 3, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=February 3, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**INE approves a pilot program allowing some inmates held in preventative prison to vote in the June 6 elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Carina |title=INE da luz verde a prueba piloto de voto en prisión en 5 Ceferesos |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/2/3/ine-da-luz-verde-prueba-piloto-de-voto-en-prision-en-ceferesos-257601.html |access-date=February 3, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=February 3, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*February 6 – Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez, director of [[Artículo 19]], an organization dedicated to freedom of expression,<ref>{{cite news |title=Artículo 19 nombra a nuevo director para México y Centroamérica |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Articulo-19-nombra-a-nuevo-director-para-Mexico-y-Centroamerica-20200818-0089.html |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=El Economista |publisher=El Economista |date=August 18, 2020}}</ref> denounces the publication of a modified cartoon by Rafael Pineda, ″Rapé″, in the official government [[Twitter]] account as ″manipulation of information″. ″Rapé″ noted that he had not authorized the publication of the altered image, which showed President López Obrador as a baseball player hitting a home run by defeating the [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2 virus]]. The tweet was taken down.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gobierno de México publica un cartón modificado de Rapé; él pide bajarlo |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2021/2/6/gobierno-de-mexico-publica-un-carton-modificado-de-rape-el-pide-bajarlo-257782.html |access-date=February 6, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=February 6, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*February 9 – In response to a petition by [[Enrique Krauze]], [[Héctor Aguilar Camín]], [[José Woldenberg]], and other intellectuals that infrastructure projects be put on hold to pay for COVID-19 vaccines, López Obrador noted that Mwxico has already appropriated MXN $32 billion for that purpose; combined with healthy finances, this is more than sufficient.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hay 32 mil millones para vacunas, responde AMLO a carta de Krauze, Aguilar Camín, Woldenberg y más |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/hay-32-mil-millones-para-vacunas-responde-amlo-a-carta-de-krauze-aguilar-camín-woldenberg-y-más/ar-BB1dxj7k |access-date=February 9, 2021 |via=msn |work=Sin Embargo |date=February 9, 2021}}</ref>
*February 16
**Esteban Moctezuma takes the oath of office as Ambassador to the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Esteban Moctezuma toma protesta como nuevo embajador de México en EU |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/esteban-moctezuma-ratificado-embajador-mexico-eu_2 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |work=Milenio Digital |date=February 16, 2021 |language=es-MX}}</ref>
**The ''Instituto Nacional de Migración'' (National Migration Institute, INM) has arrested 1,189 people, 30% of them minors, in fifty operations in the last three weeks for illegal immigration. Most were headed for the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Román |first1=José Antonio |title=Rescató INM a mil 189 personas en 50 operativos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/16/politica/rescato-inm-a-mil-189-personas-en-50-operativos/ |access-date=February 16, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |language=es}}</ref>
*February 18
**Former president [[Vicente Fox]] criticizes President López Obrador′s call for energy saving savings following massive [[Comisión Federal de Electricidad#February 2021 winter storm|power outages]].<ref>{{cite news |title="Me suena a Venezuela": Fox critica petición de AMLO para reducir consumo de energía eléctrica |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/me-suena-venezuela-fox-critica-peticion-de-amlo-para-reducir-consumo-de-energia-electrica |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=18 February 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**Calls increase for {{MRN party}} to withdraw the candidacy of [[Félix Salgado Mecedonio]] for [[2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections|governor of Guerrero]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramírez |first1=Claudia |title=El oscuro caso Salgado Macedonio: en el país de los feminicidios, el partido del presidente postula a un hombre acusado de violación |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/02/18/el-oscuro-caso-salgado-macedonio-en-el-pais-de-los-feminicidios-el-partido-del-presidente-postula-a-un-hombre-acusado-de-violacion/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=February 18, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*February 22
**The ''Auditoría Superior de la Federación'' ([[Superior Auditor of the Federation]], ASF) says it has found a number of irregularities and deficiencies in the [[Secretariat of the Civil Service]] (SFP), the branch of the government that is supposed to crack down on corruption, since 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olivares Alonso |first1=Emir |title=La Jornada - En la Función Pública, anomalías y resistencia a ser fiscalizada: ASF |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/22/politica/en-la-funcion-publica-anomalias-y-resistencia-a-ser-fiscalizada-asf/ |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 22, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> The audit says closing the [[Mexico City Texcoco Airport]] (NAIM) cost MXN $232 billion more than estimated in April 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexican president slams audit flagging cost of airport cancellation |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-president-slams-audit-flagging-221546194.html |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=Yahoo! News |agency=Reuters |date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> López Obrador said, ″I have other data.″<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garduño |first1=Roberto |last2=Jiménez |first2=Néstor |title="Tengo otros datos", replica López Obrador a la ASF |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/22/politica/asf-esta-malinformando-a-adversarios-no-debe-prestarse-a-eso-amlo/ |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=Infobae |date=February 22, 2021 |language=es |quote=Sí, exageran. Y no sólo están mal sus datos, yo tengo otros datos y se va a informar. Me gustaría que ellos (la ASF) aclararan el dato del aeropuerto, que está mal. Si fuera así nos iba a costar el aeropuerto de Texcoco 600 mil millones de pesos. Vamos a aclarar y ojalá antes aclare la ASF.}}</ref>
**The government gives [[Pemex]] a USD $3.54 billion subsidy.<ref>{{cite news |title=El gobierno de AMLO otorgó a Pemex un nuevo estimulo fiscal de USD 3,540 millones para rescatar sus finanzas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/02/22/el-gobierno-de-amlo-otorgo-a-pemex-un-nuevo-estimulo-fiscal-de-usd-3540-millones-para-rescatar-sus-finanzas/ |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=February 22, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
**Argentine President [[Alberto Fernández]] begins an official visit.<ref>{{cite news |title="Es nuestro invitado especial": AMLO dio la bienvenida a Alberto Fernández |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/02/22/es-nuestro-invitado-especial-amlo-dio-la-bienvenida-a-alberto-fernandez/ |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=February 22, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*February 23 – [[Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar]], former leader of {{MRN party}}, proposes a [[wealth tax]] based on the Argentine model.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ramírez Cuéllar propone gravar a las grandes fortunas para mitigar la pandemia |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/politica/2021/2/23/ramirez-cuellar-propone-gravar-las-grandes-fortunas-para-mitigar-la-pandemia-258830.html |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=February 23, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*February 26 – {{MRN party}} withdraws its support for [[Félix Salgado Macedonio]], [[2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections|candidate for governor of Guerrero]] but declares he is innocent of charges of sex abuse and rape.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanchez Jimenez |first1=Arturo |last2=Becerril |first2=Andrea |title=Salgado es inocente, dice CNHJ de Morena, pero ordena reponer proceso en Guerrero |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2021/02/27/politica/006n1pol |access-date=February 27, 2021 |work=La Jornada |date=February 27, 2021 |language=es-MX}}</ref>

===March===
*March 1 – President López Obrador and U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] hold a virtual summit, where they discuss vaccination, migration, security issues, the economy, and energy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vacunación, tema central en reunión AMLO-Biden |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/vacunacion-tema-central-en-reunion-amlo-biden |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=1 March 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 5 – Political campaigns begin.<ref>{{cite news |title=La Jornada - Comienzan las campañas en NL, SLP, Colima, Sonora y Guerrero |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/05/estados/comienzan-las-campanas-en-nl-slp-colima-sonora-y-guerrero/ |access-date=March 6, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 5, 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=INE pide a Morena bajar spot; "compartan antes que desaparezca", dice Delgado |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/ine-pide-morena-bajar-spot-compartan-antes-que-desaparezca-dice-delgado |access-date=December 31, 2020 |work=El Universal |date=30 December 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 7 – Families and other demonstrators cover a metal barrier erected to protect the [[National Palace (Mexico)|National Palace]] with signs, photographs, and flowers in memory of women who have been victims of violence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Familiares de víctimas de feminicidio hacen una ofrenda en el Zócalo |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/07/politica/familiares-de-victimas-de-feminicidio-hacen-una-ofrenda-en-el-zocalo/ |access-date=March 8, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 7, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 8
**Metal walls measuring {{cvt|3|m|ft}} installed in Mexico City′s [[Zócalo]] to protect historic buildings are turned into a shrine on [[International Women's Day]]. Demonstrators also express their rejection of Felix Salgado as a [[2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections|candidate for governor of Guerrero]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Daina Beth |title=Women's Day marches in Mexico bring anger to the streets |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/womens-day-marches-mexico-bring-195127475.html |access-date=March 8, 2021 |work=Yahoo! News |agency=Reuters |date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> The [[Hidalgo metro station]] was closed until further notice because of demonstrations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gómez Flores |first1=Laura |first2= |title=La Jornada - Encapuchadas dañan instalaciones del Metro |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/08/capital/encapuchadas-danan-instalaciones-del-metro/ |access-date=March 8, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 8, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**Police hunt down demonstrators in [[Aguascalientes City|Aguascalientes]] after violence breaks out. Thirty women, including a 13-year-old girl, plus three men are arrested from a crowd of 6,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cerbon |first1=Monica |title=Policía de Aguascalientes "caza" a mujeres tras protesta; hay 33 detenidos |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2021/3/9/policia-de-aguascalientes-caza-mujeres-tras-protesta-hay-33-detenidos-259726.html |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=March 8, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> There are demonstrations in every state.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hubo protestas en los 31 estados; en algunos se reportan desmanes |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/09/estados/hubo-protestas-en-los-31-estados-en-algunos-se-reportan-desmanes/ |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 8, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**[[:es:Estefanía Veloz]], commentator of the program ''De Buena Fe'' on [[Canal Once (Mexico)|Canal Once]] of the [[Instituto Politécnico Nacional]] (IPN), resigns from {{MRN party}} due to the candidacy of Felix Salgado Macedonio in Guerrero.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandoval |first1=Edgar |title=Estefanía Veloz renuncia a Morena; uno de los motivos, la candidatura de Salgado Macedonio |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mexico/estefanía-veloz-renuncia-a-morena-uno-de-los-motivos-la-candidatura-de-salgado-macedonio/ar-BB1enr7f |access-date=March 9, 2021 |via=msn |work=UNO TV |date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
*March 9 – President López Obrador endorses the [[Feminism in Mexico|feminist cause]] but says the crowd in the Zócalo on March 8 was small due to violence backed by conservatives.<ref>{{cite news |title=No llenaron el Zócalo, dice AMLO sobre la marcha del 8M |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/no-llenaron-el-zócalo-dice-amlo-sobre-la-marcha-del-8m/ar-BB1epuZw |access-date=March 9, 2021 |via=msn |work=24 Horas |date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
*March 10
**[[Josefina Vázquez Mota]], presidential candidate for {{PAN party}} in [[2012 Mexican general election|2012]], accuses former presidents Fox (2000-2006) and Calderon (2006-2012) of gender violence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vázquez Mota señala a Fox y Calderón de violencia de género |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/vazquez-mota-senala-fox-y-calderon-de-violencia-de-genero |access-date=March 10, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=10 March 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**[[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]s criticize feminists who particiapate in violent demonstrations. ''Mujeres Libres y Soberanas'' said, ''″No podemos reclamar derechos generando violencia, porque de esa forma se originan más asperezas″'' (″We cannot claim rights by generating violence, because that originates more roughness″). Verónica Camargo of #NiUnaMenos, said, ''″No me siento representada cuando una mujer reclama con odio, violencia e ira″'' (″I do not feel represented when a woman complains with hatred, violence and anger″).<ref>{{cite news |title=La Jornada: ONG feministas critican las marchas violentas, pues generan más caos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2021/03/10/politica/004n1pol |access-date=March 10, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=10 March 2021 |language=es-MX}}</ref>
*March 15 – A group of demonstratorts shout down [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] in downtown Mexico City, demanding release of 139 motorcyclists arrested on March 5 in [[Tepito]].<ref>{{cite news |title=¡Justicia, justicia!": así irrumpieron manifestantes en plena conferencia de Claudia Sheinbaum |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/03/15/justicia-justicia-asi-irrumpieron-manifestantes-en-plena-conferencia-de-claudia-sheinbaum/ |access-date=March 15, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=March 15, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*March 22 – Members of the ''Frente de Pueblos en Defensa del Agua y la Tierra de Morelos, Puebla y Tlaxcala '' (″People′s Front in Defense of Water and Land of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala″) protest on [[World Water Day]] to demand that the government guarantee that water from the [[Amacuzac River|Cuautla River]] not be used for the Morelos Integral Project (PIM) thermoelectric plant of the [[Federal Electricity Commission]] (CFE).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morelos Cruz |first1=Rubicela |first2= |title=Se movilizarán contra planta termoeléctrica en Morelos |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/23/estados/se-movilizaran-contra-planta-termoelectrica-en-morelos/ |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 23, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 24 – Bolivian President [[Luis Alberto Arce Catacora]] arrives for an official visit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Rosa Elvira |last2=Martínez |first2=Fabiola |title=Recibe AMLO a Luis Arce, presidente de Bolivia |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/24/politica/recibe-amlo-a-luis-arce-presidente-de-bolivia/ |access-date=March 24, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 24, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 25
**AMLO appeals to the [[Judiciary of Mexico|Electoral Court of the Federal Judicial Branch]] to block a ruling by the ''[[Instituto Nacional Electoral]]'' to prevent {{MRN party}} from achieving a majority in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Existe una estrategia política para que Morena no tenga mayoría en la Cámara de Diputados: AMLO |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2503/mexico/existe-una-estrategia-politica-para-que-morena-no-tenga-mayoria-en-la-camara-de-diputados-amlo-enterate/ |access-date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=Arestegui Noticias |date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>
**Accompanied by Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, AMLO pays homage to 504 years of indigenous resistance to colonialism by the inhabitants of [[Chakán Putum]], Campeche.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garduño |first1=Roberto |first2= |title=Homenaje a los héroes anónimos de Chakán Putum |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/26/politica/homenaje-a-los-heroes-anonimos-de-chakan-putum/ |access-date=March 26, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=March 26, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*March 29
**Salvadoran President [[Nayib Bukele]] demands justice for Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran immigrant murdered by police in [[Tulum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bukele pide justicia por muerte de ciudadana salvadoreña en Tulum, Quintana Roo |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/2903/mexico/bukele-pide-justicia-por-muerte-de-ciudadana-salvadorena-en-tulum/ |access-date=March 29, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=March 29, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
**Seven Mexican soldiers are being held in La Esperanza, [[Tacaná]], [[San Marcos Department]], Guatemala, after a 30-year-old Guatemalan was killed in [[Mazapa de Madero]], Chiapas. The incident is being investigated as a murder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fiscalía investiga homicidio de guatemalteco en reten del Ejercito en Chiapas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/03/30/fiscalia-investiga-homicidio-de-guatemalteco-en-reten-del-ejercito-en-chiapas/ |access-date=March 30, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=March 30, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*March 30 – The [[United States Department of State]] calls fake news attacks by [[Sanjuana Martínez]], director of ''[[Notimex]]'', on ″Artículo 19″ and ″Signa Lab″ an attack on human rights.<ref>{{cite news |title=Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos apunta a Sanjuana Martínez y Notimex por campañas de desprestigio en redes |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3003/mexico/departamento-de-estado-de-estados-unidos-apunta-a-sanjuana-martinez-y-notimex-por-campanas-de-desprestigio-en-redes/ |access-date=March 31, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=March 30, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> AMLO defends Martínez and points out that censorship does not exist in Mexico.<ref>{{cite news |title=Afirma AMLO que Artículo 19 está financiada por empresas extranjeras y pertenece al movimiento conservador |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3103/mexico/afirma-amlo-que-articulo-19-esta-financiada-por-empresas-extranjeras-y-pertenece-al-movimiento-conservador/ |access-date=March 31, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=March 31, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>

===April===
*April 4 – [[2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections|Campaigns for governor]] officially begin in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Michoacán, Querétaro, and Tlaxcala.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elecciones 2021 en México: arrancaron campañas en todo el país |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/04/04/elecciones-2021-en-mexico-arrancaron-campanas-en-todo-el-pais/ |access-date=April 4, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=April 4, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*April 22 – Mexico participates in the [[Earth Day]] world summit on [[climate change]] convoked by U.S. president Joe Biden.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Rosa Elvira |title=Participará México en cumbre climática convocada por Biden |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/03/05/politica/participara-mexico-en-cumbre-climatica-convocada-por-biden/ |access-date=March 5, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |language=es}}</ref>

===May===

===June===
*June 6
**[[2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections]] – Preliminary results from INE give {{MORENA party}} or allies eleven states, {{PAN party}} two, {{PVEM party}} and {{MC party}} one each. The big loser was {{PRI party}}, which controlled eight governorships before the election.<ref name=electresults>{{cite web |last1=Sevillano |first1=Luis |last2=Galindo |first2=Jorge |last3=Clemente |first3=Yolanda |last4=Alonso |first4=Antonio |title=Resultados de las elecciones de México |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/elecciones-mexicanas/2021-06-07/resultados-de-las-elecciones-de-mexico.html |website=EL PAÍS |access-date=June 10, 2021 |language=es-MX |date=2021-06-07}}</ref>
**[[2021 Mexican legislative election]] – Preliminary results from INE indicate that {{MORENA party}} and its allies ({{PT party}} and {{PVEM party}}) received an absolute majority (50% + 1) but not the 2/3 required to amend the Constitution.<ref name=electresults/> Morena won about 197 seats on its own and {{PAN party}} won about 111 seats, not including its allies {{PRI party}} and {{PRD party}}.<ref name=electresults/>
**[[2021 Mexican local elections]]
***[[2021 Coahuila elections]]
*June 9 – U.S. vice president [[Kamala Harris]] meets with AMLO to discuss immigration.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrow |first1=Brendan |title=Biden allies reportedly pan Harris' 1st foreign trip as a 'disaster' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-allies-reportedly-pan-harris-140533316.html |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=The Week |access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Scheduled and anticipated events==
*August 21 – [[2021 Mexican corruption trial referendum]]

== History by government agency ==
''Note: This section is provided for updates by government body or agency in a narrative format.''

===Banxico===
''See [[#Banking and finance|Banking and finance]] below.''

===Federal Electric Commission===
The [[Comisión Federal de Electricidad|Federal Electric Commission]] (CFE) has come under scrutiny after massive blackouts on December 30, 2020, and related to the [[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm]]. The [[National Regeneration Movement|MRN party]] proposed reforming the Electricity Industry Law to the Congress of the Union. The proposal would reverse the energy reform approved under former president Peña Nieto. There are four priorities: 1) hydroelectric energy, 2) other energy produced by CFE (nuclear, geothermal, thermoelectric, and combined cycle gas turbines), 3) wind and solar energy produced by individuals, and 4) other.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Méndez |first1=Enrique |title=Envía AMLO iniciativa que da prioridad a CFE en despacho eléctrico |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/01/politica/envia-amlo-al-congreso-iniciativa-de-reforma-a-ley-de-la-industria-electrica/ |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 3, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> CFE contends that subsidies to renewable energy ″bleed″ billions of pesos.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Méndez |first1=Enrique |title='Sangra' Iberdrola a la CFE con $56 mil mdp en subsidios |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/12/politica/sangra-iberdrola-a-la-cfe-con-56-mil-mdp-en-subsidios/ |access-date=February 23, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 14, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> Critics say the proposed law is an attack on private industry and would violate both the [[Paris Agreement]] and the [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Es un retroceso para México la iniciativa de reforma a la ley de la industria eléctrica |url=https://imco.org.mx/es-un-retroceso-para-mexico-la-iniciativa-a-la-ley-de-la-industria-electrica/ |website=IMCO |publisher=Centro de Investigación en Política Pública |access-date=February 23, 2021 |language=es-MX |date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

The reform was passed and published in the ''Diario Oficial de la Federación'' on March 9, 2021, but a judge suspended it at the request of ″Parque Solar Orejana″ on March 10.<ref>{{cite news |title=Juez suspende de forma provisional efectos de la reforma eléctrica de López Obrador |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1103/dinero-y-economia/juez-suspende-de-forma-provisional-efectos-de-la-reforma-electrica-de-lopez-obrador/ |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=March 11, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> President López Obrador called for an investigation.{{clarify|date=March 2021}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Buscará AMLO que CJF revise actuar del juez que frenó aplicación de la Ley Eléctrica |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1203/mexico/buscara-amlo-que-cjf-revise-actuar-del-juez-que-freno-aplicacion-de-la-ley-electrica/ |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=Aristegui Noticias |date=March 12, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>

===Federal legislature===
{{Main|Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Senate of the Republic (Mexico)}}

==History by issue==
''Note: This section is provided for issue-based overviews in narrative format.''

===Banking and finance===
On December 14, [[2020 in Mexico|2020]], the government introduced proposed changes to allow the [[Bank of Mexico]] (Banxico) to make it capture U.S. dollars in cash. Cynically called the ''Ley Monreal'', because of its support by Senator [[Ricardo Monreal]] {{MRN party}}, critics worry it will lead to an increase in [[money laundering]] and decrease the bank's autonomy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villegas |first1=Claudia |title=Reformas a la Ley del Banco de México: llamadas de alarma desde EU |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2020/12/20/reformas-la-ley-del-banco-de-mexico-llamadas-de-alarma-desde-eu-254907.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 20, 2020 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FMI: México debe cuidar "consecuencias indeseadas" por reforma al Banxico |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/economia/2020/12/16/fmi-mexico-debe-cuidar-consecuencias-indeseadas-por-reforma-al-banxico-254703.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 16, 2020 |language=es}}</ref> Further, Gabriel Casillas, president of the ''Comité de Estudios Económicos del Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas'' ("Committee of Economic Studies of the Mexican Institute of Finance Executives″, IMEF) says the primary beneficiary of the law will be [[Banco Azteca]], owned by billionaire [[Ricardo Salinas Pliego]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cruz Vargas |first1=Juan Carlos |title=IMEF: reforma a Ley del Banxico pareciera beneficiar a una institución financiera en particular |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/15/imef-reforma-ley-del-banxico-pareciera-beneficiar-una-institucion-financiera-en-particular-254601.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es}}</ref> This is because Banco Azteca receives large quantities of dollars sent to families by Mexican expatriates living in the United States, but the bank does not have formal ties with an American banking institution.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tourliere |first1=Mathieu |title=Salinas Pliego en Estados Unidos: Víctima de sí mismo |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2020/12/21/salinas-pliego-en-estados-unidos-victima-de-si-mismo-254925.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 21, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>

Debate on the bill was postponed until January 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cruz Vargas |first1=Juan Carlos |title=Titular de la SHCP celebra que diputados aplazaran discusión a Ley del Banxico |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2020/12/15/titular-de-la-shcp-celebra-que-diputados-aplazaran-discusion-ley-del-banxico-254594.html |access-date=December 30, 2020 |work=proceso.com.mx |publisher=Proceso |date=December 15, 2020 |language=es}}</ref> On January 21 President Lopez Obrador announced that he opposed a provision supported by Banco Azteca that would make it easier for banks to sell excess U.S. dollars to Banixco, although he said that the problem of excessive fees charged for sending money from the United to familities in Mexico persists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Salinas Pliego perdió la batalla contra el Banco de México por los dólares en efectivo |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/01/21/salinas-pliego-perdio-la-batalla-contra-el-banco-de-mexico-por-los-dolares-en-efectivo/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=infobae |publisher=Infobae |date=January 21, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

===Corruption===
===Crime===
===Legalization of Marijuana===
{{Main|Cannabis in Mexico}}
After the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Supreme Court]] (SCJN) ruled in 2018 that prohibition of cannabis (marijuana) was unconstitutional, the legislature was given until December 15, 2020 to approve a new law.<ref>{{cite news |title=Qué significa el fallo sobre la marihuana de la Suprema Corte de México y qué dudas plantea su decisión |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-46057118 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=BBC News Mundo |publisher=BBC World News |date=November 1, 2018 |language=es}}</ref> The [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate]] approved a law regulating cultivation, distribution, production, sale, and use of marijuana on November 19, 2020,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Griselda |title=Cómo y cuándo será permitido consumir cannabis de manera legal en México |url=https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2020/11/20/actualidad/1605839666_452388.html |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=AS México |date=19 November 2020 |language=es-mx}}</ref> but the Chamber of Deputies was unable to reach an agreement and the deadline was extended to February 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Río |first1=Mairem Del |title=Hasta febrero sabremos si se aprueba o no la marihuana en México, confirmó AMLO |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/361750 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=Entrepreneur |date=15 December 2020 |language=es}}</ref>

Javier Molina, analyst of the investment firm [[eToro]], notes that legalization of recreational marijuana will increase tax collection, but Alfredo Neme, representative of the National Cannabis Council (CCN), warns that the bill was written will be a boon for large pharmaceutical companies and leaves out public-private associations. New Frontier, an organization that analyzes legal marijuana markets estimates the Mexican market at 2.3 million consumers with a value of USD $3.2 billion (MXN $65.4 billion). Neme said there is a potential investment of USD $6 to $10 billion in investment from 40 companies, which would also boost the creation of formal jobs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Dora |title=Ley sobre Regulación del Cannabis privilegia a farmacéuticas, acusan |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/01/sociedad/ley-sobre-regulacion-del-cannabis-privilegia-a-farmaceuticas-acusan/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 1, 2021 |language=es}}</ref> The [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]] approved recreational, medical, and scientific marijuana use on March 10, 2021, with a vote of 316-129. Recreational marijuana would be reserved for individuals over 18 who must register for its use.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexico: Congress passes marijuana legalization bill |url=https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-congress-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill/a-56832907#:~:text=Mexico%27s%20lower%20house%20of%20Congress,the%20recreational%20use%20of%20marijuana.&text=The%20bill%20was%20passed%20with,older%20and%20with%20a%20permit. |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=Deutsche Welle |agency=Reuters & AFP |date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

Legalization of [[poppy]] growing for medicinal purposes is also being considered.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mexican president says poppy growing being studied |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-president-says-poppy-growing-175426309.html |access-date=March 8, 2021 |work=Yahoo! News |agency=AP |date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>

===Economics===

===Education===

===Elections===
{{See also|List of political parties in Mexico|Instituto Nacional Electoral}}

The July [[2021 Mexican legislative election]] promises to be a battle between {{PAN party}}, {{PRI party}}, and {{PRD party}}<ref>{{cite news |title=PRI, PAN y PRD 'adoptan' la agenda de Sí por México con miras a 2021 |url=https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2020/11/10/pri-pan-y-prd-adoptan-la-agenda-de-si-por-mexico-con-miras-a-2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=ADNPolítico |publisher=Expansion Politica |date=10 November 2020 |language=es}}</ref> on one hand vs. {{MORENA party}} and {{PNA party}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Morena y Nueva Alianza irán juntos en 2021 para mantener la mayoría en Diputados |url=https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico/2020/11/25/morena-y-nueva-alianza-iran-juntos-en-2021-para-mantener-la-mayoria-en-diputados |website=ADNPolítico |publisher=Expansion Politica |access-date=December 19, 2020 |language=es |date=25 November 2020}}</ref> on the other.

President [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]  has proposed referendums on his progress since 2018 and on criminal trials of his predecessors [[Enrique Peña Nieto]], [[Felipe Calderón]], [[Vicente Fox]], [[Ernesto Zedillo]], and [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===Health===
{{See also|COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico}}

===Migration===
{{See also|Emigration from Mexico|Immigration to Mexico}}

==See also==
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===Specific situations and issues===
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*[[COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico]]
*[[Feminism in Mexico]]
**[[Violence against women in Mexico]]
* [[Crime in Mexico]]
**[[Mexican drug war]]
***[[List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico]]
***[[List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-guns-turned-mexico-war-184544888.html How American guns turned Mexico into a war zone (by Stuart Miller, L.A. Times, February 24, 2021)]
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