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Mexico’s security apparatus reshuffled
A controversial attorney general replaced with a Sheinbaum loyalist.
15 hrs ago
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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
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Mexico’s financial crackdown on cartels is taking shape
Don’t shoot the middleman—arrest him.
Nov 19
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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
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“US will come around on Mexico out of pragmatism,” Ebrard
Economy Secretary talks USMCA negotiations with The Mexico Political Economist.
Nov 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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October 2025
Prolec: Mexico’s best worst deal ever
A giant acquisition of a Mexican company is a disaster of pure economic logic.
Oct 29
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Firms and the State play a game of “tax chicken”
The Mexican government might be willing to blink… for some companies only.
Oct 28
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Book fair season: The biggest political events of the year
Mexico’s end of year book fairs are hotbeds of political campaigning, organising, and plotting.
Oct 22
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