Mexico's Foreign Policy Agenda in Central America
Mexico's Foreign Policy Agenda in Central America
By
Rafael Fernández de Castro
A renewed gaze south.
In the past decade, Mexico has made strengthening ties with Latin America a top priority, reorienting its gaze from north to south. This is the product of two factors: criticism that Mexico was ignoring its southern neighbors, and strategic concern over Brazil’s assertion of leadership in the region.
Starting in the 1990s with the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico focused its economic and diplomatic energy north, neglecting Latin America. This began to change in the late 1990s, in part due to pressure from Mexico’s southern neighbors.
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