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Trumponomics, the Mexican Way
Prompted by the U.S. Mexico is embracing a new pro-business model not seen in decades.
Sep 11
9
Bankers’ Loopholes, Palestine Chants, and Navy Scandals
Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters
Sep 9
13
2
Why Do Mexicans "Hate" Dishwashers?
My answer to a viral Substack that tried to explain it — and got Mexico all wrong.
Sep 7
48
6
Mexico Just Fired Its Entire Judiciary — For Real
Mexico just fired every judge and replaced them with elected ones — a democratic experiment no country has ever dared to try.
Sep 3
10
4
Musk Litters Mexico, Radical Judiciary, and a $1.5B Quarry
Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters
Sep 1
6
August 2025
The Future of Government May Already Be Happening in Mexico
What a secret army of 30,000 social workers reveal about how democracies can get closer to their citizens.
Aug 28
8
2
What We Get Wrong About Mexico’s Cartels
In this episode of the Mexico Decoded podcast, I speak with Ioan Grillo, one of the world’s leading journalists on Mexico’s drug war, to examine the…
Aug 25
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Viri Rios
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Ioan Grillo
6
2
56:56
The Mexican Chernobyl Nobody Knows About
What President Sheinbaum’s flagship housing program can teach us about policy-made disasters.
Aug 22
3
Golden Retirements, DEA Rebuffed, and Tomato Troubles
Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters
Aug 21
6
Who Gets Ahead in Mexico — and Why Most Don’t
We explore why family background shapes income and opportunity far more in Mexico than in the United States, with economist Luis Monroy-Gómez-Franco. A…
Aug 18
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Viri Rios
and
Luis Monroy Gómez Franco
7
43:26
Trump’s Favors, Adidas’s Faux Pas & Mexico City’s Return to the Lake
Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters
Aug 15
3
What the World Can Learn from Mexico’s Historic Drop in Poverty
How Mexico lifted 13 million people out of poverty without an economic boom.
Aug 14
18
4
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