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Why Mexico’s addicted to business chambers and councils
“We all have very different ways of working,” Altagracia Gómez tells The Mexico Political Economist.
Dec 10
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A police force by any other name
Ongoing changes to Mexico’s security apparatus reveal fewer soldiers and more spies.
Dec 9
3
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A new sector accounts for virtually all Mexico’s manufacturing growth
Mexican industry is evolving in real time—the stats can’t keep up.
Dec 3
4
Mexico’s security apparatus reshuffled
A controversial attorney general replaced with a Sheinbaum loyalist.
Dec 1
3
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November 2025
MXPE’s first book is out!
How a book started on this very newsletter.
Nov 26
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Sheinbaum can placate the protestors bringing Mexico to a standstill
It starts with an awkward conversation with her closest business advisor.
Nov 25
4
Mexico’s financial crackdown on cartels is taking shape
Don’t shoot the middleman—arrest him.
Nov 19
5
Mexico is a technological jack of all trades, master of none
As Big Tech mulls investment, Mexico dithers over its role in the future of technology.
Nov 18
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Agro-industry has itself to blame for Mexico's price crisis
Unconditional government handouts are only making things worse.
Nov 12
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The Mexican government’s answer to a mayor’s brutal murder
Plan Michoacán’s attributes explain much of Sheinbaum’s security approach.
Nov 10
3
“US will come around on Mexico out of pragmatism,” Ebrard
Economy Secretary talks USMCA negotiations with The Mexico Political Economist.
Nov 5
5
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Bravery alone won’t beat the cartels
The murder of a mayor speaks to a core issue with the war on drugs.
Nov 3
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