In a ceremony that fused Japanese and Mexican traditions, Nissan celebrated a historic milestone by setting the first stone of its new manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes. This is the company’s third manufacturing complex in the country and the second in the state of Aguascalientes.

Mexican automakers fear that new greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards will lead to steep rises in the cost of new vehicles.

President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto is famed for his good looks, but his celebrity wife Angelica Rivera is just as likely to turn heads.

The return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has provoked the biggest political awakening of Mexico’s youth since the late 1960s. The students that comprise the #YoSoy132 movement could now play a vital role as a national watchdog and a catalyst for reform.

Mexico expects to receive a record high of at least 24.6 million foreign tourists in 2012, Tourism Secretary Gloria Guevara revealed on Friday.

Following a recount of more than half the votes, Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) has confirmed Enrique Peña Nieto as the winner of the July 1 presidential election.