Mexico

Mexico extradited its drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to New York on Jan. 19, likely ending a decades-long criminal career that included two jail breaks and a lead role in a national drug war, the day before Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency. 

I have immense respect for all kinds of ideas and views. 

Looking at the course of events, the constitutional changes will be processed in parliament and a referendum will be held. Citizens who are still undecided by that point will probably monitor the media debates.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - The Mexican capital, just days from officially bringing its new Constitution into law, will make the right to a 'dignified death' (or the right of terminally ill civilians to end their own lives) a constitutional right.

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said that dealing with inequalities will have to be a central element of leaders' response to the concerns of populist movements, in a speech as quoted by the Associated Press on Jan. 18.

General Motors Co on Jan. 17 confirmed it will invest an additional $1 billion in its U.S. factories in 2017 and will move some parts production from Mexico to the United States that was previously handled by a supplier. 

The investments are in addition to the $2.9 billion the automaker announced last year, GM said.

Eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, a level of inequality which "threatens to pull our societies apart," Oxfam said on Jan. 16 ahead of the World Economic Forum opening in Davos.

The wealth of the world's poorest 3.6 billion people is the equivalent to the combined net worth of six American businessmen, one from Spain and another from Mexico.

The German political establishment responded in a staunch manner to US-President-elect Donald Trump’s interviews to British London Times and German Bild, criticising him on adopting a protectionist economic policy and his stance on Russia and the migrant crisis.

A shooting erupted at an electronic music festival in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen early Jan. 16, leaving at least five people dead and sparking a stampede, the mayor said.

Shares in German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen fell after United States President-elect Donald Trump warned he will impose a border tax of 35 percent on vehicles imported from abroad to the U.S. market.

The chief of U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin met on Jan. 13 with Donald Trump, promising to create thousands of jobs and bring down costs of the stealth fighter the president-elect lambasted.

Trump last month slammed Lockheed in one of his customary Twitter attacks for the "out of control" costs of the F-35 fighter jet, sending the company's share price plunging.