Alasdair Baverstock is CGTN’s Mexico correspondent, based out of Mexico City, and covering the entire country and wider region.
A British journalist who began his career in print, Alasdair reported previously from Madrid and Caracas, before his role in Mexico.
As Mexico correspondent, Alasdair’s mission is to paint a wider and more in-depth picture of the region, bringing stories of success, innovation and cultural nuance to a country that is so-often reduced to drug cartels, violence and corruption through international coverage.
As the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump continues its crackdown on undocumented immigration, Mexico is also ramping up its efforts to remove undocumented migrants trying to reach the two countries’ shared border. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock has more from Mexico City. Read More...
Global supply chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic pushed major logistics companies to embrace AI. At the Logistics World Summit and Expo in Mexico City, industry leaders showcased how AI is transforming operations. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports. Read More...
In Mexico, artificial intelligence is helping streamline the financial sector and reduce costs by automating credit scoring, fraud detection and risk management. Introducing greater efficiency in lending should help small, and medium-sized businesses. They constitute the overwhelming majority of Mexican businesses but have had a […] Read More...
Mexico has responded to Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcements, as the country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum spoke at her morning press conference about her own country’s position following the reshaping of global trade brought on by the tariffs. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock has more. Read More...
With U.S. President Donald Trump set to unleash a sweeping array of new tariffs on America’s trade partners around the globe, traditional trade flows are being reconsidered. The burgeoning trade conflict, with retaliatory levies also expected, is bringing regional production into sharp focus. That’s certainly […] Read More...
Following visits to El Salvador and Colombia, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem finished her whistlestop Latin American tour in Mexico, meeting with the country’s government on security and migration topics which the Trump administration has highlighted. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports from the Mexican capital. Read More...
Not long after taking office last fall, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took up the cause of childhood health – announcing junk food would no longer be available in schools. The ban, seen as key to addressing crisis levels of childhood obesity, is set to take […] Read More...
Under the 1944 water treaty between the U.S. and Mexico, the countries agreed share water from the Colorado and the Rio Grande rivers. Now Trump denied Mexico's request. Read More...
Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important tool in everyday life, but it can also be a daunting one for those with limited exposure to the technology– so why not go to bootcamp? AI bootcamp that is, as CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports from Mexico City. Read More...
The threat of U.S. tariffs looms over entire industries around the world, not least the agricultural sector, in which increasingly integrated supply chains have been rattled by market uncertainty. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports. Read More...
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