<![CDATA[The Mexico Political Economist: Mexico: The Podcast]]>https://www.mxpe.org/s/mexico-the-podcasthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M1NA!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4086c3f8-63d1-445a-9618-859aa4009f18_1280x1280.pngThe Mexico Political Economist: Mexico: The Podcasthttps://www.mxpe.org/s/mexico-the-podcastSubstackThu, 07 May 2026 01:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Hidden gems of Mexican archeology]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/hidden-gems-of-mexican-archeologyhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/hidden-gems-of-mexican-archeologyThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:03:56 GMT“A lot of these archeological sites are subject to politicisation. Like Teotihuacán.” Ominous words from Tavo, as this episode was recorded a few days before the tragic anti-tourist shooting at Teotihuacan.

Mexico is full of archeological gems. In this episode, Tavo and Alex actually head to some of the country’s less known, but just as spectacular sites, that give Teotihuacan or Chichen Itzá a run for their money.

Mexico: The Podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Leave us a review and a comment, and for even more insider insights on Mexico, subscribe to www.mxpe.org

Mentioned in this episode:

The Mexico Political Economist is hiring!

The army bulldozes the Yucatán peninsula

]]><![CDATA[How Mexico's most famous park opened up to all]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/chapultepec-parkhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/chapultepec-parkThu, 09 Apr 2026 11:03:55 GMTContinue down the leafy and historic paths with Tavo and Alex. But no longer just the well-known first section but the, until recently, wild second, third and fourth sections.

This is part II of the past and present of Chapultepec park.

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Mentioned in this episode:

How the government took back control of the feral sections of Chapultepec

Mexico: The Podcast going hard against Morena party policy

]]><![CDATA[Mexico's most famous park]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexicos-most-famous-parkhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexicos-most-famous-parkThu, 26 Mar 2026 11:03:37 GMTThis week Tavo and Alex take a stroll down Chapultepec park. Explore its greatest landmarks and historical moments—from a US invasion to a hidden piece of nineteenth century tech.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Our episode on Cinco de Mayo

]]><![CDATA[The Mexico-China relationship today]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-mexico-china-relationhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-mexico-china-relationSat, 07 Mar 2026 13:03:20 GMTIn this episode, Tavo and Alex discuss current Mexican and Chinese relations.

Missed part 1 of Mexico-China? Here’s the previous episode!

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Mentioned in this episode:

How Mexico was “China’s first victim”

Tavo explains inflation in Mexico

Mexico’s tariffs on China

Chinese investment in Mexico

]]><![CDATA[China in Mexico, a history ]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-china-mexico-historyhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-china-mexico-historySat, 21 Feb 2026 15:10:52 GMTIn this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look back at the mutual influence and relations between China and Mexico.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Colonial Mexico and Imperial China’s early relations

Mexico’s porous borders

Echeverría’s Third World ideology

]]><![CDATA[Mexico's first post-revolutionary technocrat]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-gomez-morinhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-gomez-morinThu, 05 Feb 2026 11:03:38 GMTManuel Gómez Morín was many things: A member of the government, an opponent of the government, a lawyer, a massive stick-in-the-mud, and the subject of today’s episode of Mexico: The Podcast. In it Tavo and Alex unpack the life of one of Mexico’s most influential men, and how his personal qualities have created the political situation the country is in to this day.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Alex’s book: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

]]><![CDATA[Mexico's anti-interventionist foreign policy]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-foreign-policyhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-foreign-policyThu, 22 Jan 2026 11:03:18 GMTLong before Mark Carney declared the international rules-based system dead, Mexico was working to balance the global law of the jungle with its own principles.

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look into over a century of Mexican foreign policy, as they seek to answer whether Mexico has been more principled or pragmatic.

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Mentioned in this episode:

A previous episode on Vicente Fox’s approach to government

Alex’s book on the Mexican right: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

]]><![CDATA[Mexico's economy in 2026]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-economy-2026https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-economy-2026Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:54:56 GMTMexico’s economy didn’t do all that well in 2025… Things could get much worse.

In episode one of season two of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex dissect the factors that will affect Mexico’s economic growth, investment, and prosperity in 2026.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Why local governments suck at taxation

Mexican inequality, explained

Taxing Mexico’s moguls

Unexpected tax collection increase in 2025

Pemex, explained

Mexico’s judicial election, explained

What happens to Mexico after Trump’s Venezuela strikes

Plan Mexico Project

]]><![CDATA[Guadalupe-Reyes]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-guadalupe-reyeshttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-guadalupe-reyesThu, 11 Dec 2025 11:03:13 GMTIn this yuletide episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Alex raises a glass to a time honoured tradition and toasts Tavo for being an integral part of it.

The Guadalupe-Reyes “marathon” is a Christmas tradition like no other; here we explain what’s behind it.

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Mentioned in this episode:

La Guadalupana song

Why Mexicans are so good at partying

A look inside Tavo’s time in the central bank

]]><![CDATA[What it means to be right-wing in Mexico]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/what-it-means-to-be-right-wing-inhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/what-it-means-to-be-right-wing-inThu, 27 Nov 2025 11:03:04 GMTHow did Mexicans go from avoiding being called “conservative” to opposition figures coming to show off they’re on the extreme right?

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo grills Alex on his upcoming book—La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)—and about what it truly means to be on the right in Mexico.

To buy the book click here or go to your favourite book shop soon. For international shipping outside of Mexico, the book will be available on Amazon within the next week.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The rise of Porfirio Díaz in the battle of 5 de mayo

The strange nature of Mexico’s 19th Century liberals

More on Mexico’s judicial reform

]]><![CDATA[Markets]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-city-marketshttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-city-marketsThu, 13 Nov 2025 11:03:20 GMTTake a tour around Mexico City’s most iconic markets. From the most humble street tianguis to one of the largest covered markets in the world.

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex explore the market capital of the world—or at least thats how we feel about Mexico City in our hearts.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Explaining the farmer’s protests in Mexico

]]><![CDATA[Why's no one investing in Mexico?]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-investmenthttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-investmentThu, 30 Oct 2025 11:03:39 GMTIn this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex try to explain why the Mexican government can’t get the resources to invest in the economy and why business is too scared to invest either.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Why Mexico’s fundamentals are so strong

The Justice reform saga

Carlos Slim—Political business wizard

The recent Salinas Pliego v government fight

¡Fresas! Mexico’s problematic aristocracy

The Plan Mexico Project

]]><![CDATA[Corruption]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-corruptionhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-corruptionThu, 16 Oct 2025 11:03:19 GMTHow corrupt is Mexico? What are the origins of corruption there? Why is Tavo always getting himself into sticky situations?

Find all about that and more in this episode of Mexico: The Podcast!

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Mentioned in this episode:

How unions in Mexico got corrupted

Recent fuel theft scandal

Why Mexico tolerates corrupt politicians

]]><![CDATA[Do Mexicans hate the US?]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-hate-ushttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-hate-usThu, 02 Oct 2025 11:03:34 GMTAlex gets it wrong! In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast he says that Mexico was invaded by the US in 1917—it was actually in 1914. But does he love or loathe the US any more for it?

Find out in this episode, in which Tavo and Alex delve into whether Mexicans hate the US, whether left or right think differently about Americans, and whether Trump shifts the needle at all on this front.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Pew poll

A bit more on Mexico’s left-right divide

The US has betrayed Mexico

A bit more on Cancún

]]><![CDATA[Tequila]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-tequilahttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-tequilaThu, 18 Sep 2025 11:03:22 GMTThe word “ancestral” comes to mind when people talk about tequila, but what one finds on the shelves has nothing to do with what you’d see just a few decades ago.

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex dive into the delights, history, and economics of Mexico’s most famous tipple.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Why are Mexicans so good at partying?

Judging tequila with the same measure as Mexico’s five most famous people

And a quick reminder about why Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican independence day


]]><![CDATA[Who gets to own Mexican culture?]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-mexico-culturehttps://www.mxpe.org/p/podcast-mexico-cultureThu, 04 Sep 2025 11:03:27 GMTCulture is a massive subject and in a world where globalisation is being questioned and challenged, how do Mexicans assert their ownership over their own culture and how do they share it with the world?

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex ask who gets to wear Mexican clothes but also why people might get offended when you stick to your own traditional garb.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Echeverría’s shenanigans

Benito Juarez’s anti-Indigenous policies.

A bit more on Frida Kahlo

]]><![CDATA[One company could sink Mexico]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/pemex-mexico-podcasthttps://www.mxpe.org/p/pemex-mexico-podcastThu, 21 Aug 2025 11:03:19 GMTThe future of Mexico’s economy and the credibility of Claudia Sheinbaum’s government lies almost entirely on how she deals with Pemex, Mexico’s State-run oil company.

This is part two of a two part series on Pemex. If you haven’t listened to part one, here it is!

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex sally forth to discuss where the Pemex crisis stands now and what dark (or even promising) paths it could take the whole country down.

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Mentioned in this episode:

More info on the news that broke as we recorded

Here’s more on Mexico’s gas dependence on the US

How oil stands out in Mexico’s most recent industrial plan

Carlos Slim’s role in Mexican oil

How Mexico got so good at the financial side of the economy

]]><![CDATA[Mexico's oil company is in trouble. Here's what happened]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/how-pemex-got-so-badhttps://www.mxpe.org/p/how-pemex-got-so-badThu, 07 Aug 2025 11:03:30 GMTPemex is a microcosm of Mexico’s history and fortunes. But don’t be fooled by the “micro” part, it is an enormous company with a history that has defined what being Mexican means.

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex delve into the past and present of Mexico’s most important company.

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Mentioned in this episode:
The effects of World War 2 on Mexico

A past podcast episode on how Mexico got into terrible debt

Our most recent coverage on Pemex

]]><![CDATA[Earthquakes built Mexico]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-earthquakeshttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-earthquakesThu, 24 Jul 2025 11:03:13 GMTIn this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex remember the greatest seismic moments in Mexican history. From the creation of an ancient superpower to the emergence from the rubble of Mexico City’s most unlikely superhero.

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]]><![CDATA[Mexico has built police states before]]>https://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-police-statehttps://www.mxpe.org/p/mexico-podcast-police-stateThu, 10 Jul 2025 11:03:14 GMTThe recent reforms approved by the Sheinbaum administration have caused controversy that her government is creating a surveillance apparatus to spy on everyday Mexicans.

We’ve been here before…

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex compare and contrast Sheinbaum’s intel initiatives to the police state set up by the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. A regime whose powers of espionage failed spectacularly, leading to in-fighting and nothing less than the 1910 Mexican Revolution.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Sheinbaum’s intelligence reforms

Mexico’s National Guard, explained

Our critique of why a lack of intel led to the Mexican War of drugs

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