One of the most chilling conversations we’ve recorded in Mexico Decode is out! Along with Pablo Ferri we discuss how drug cartels “recruitment” their members: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-drug-c...

Menstrual Leave, Mexico-Canada Affair & Useless Stock Exchange Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/sheinbaums...

How are Mexican billionaires made? The story is far more underwhelming than most people imagine: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexica...

It seems like Mexico wants you to quit Diet Coke. And here’s why: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/why-mexico...

The Guardian quoted our founder, @viririos.bsky.social, on Mexico’s soda tax… but forgot to mention she edits Mexico Decoded :( Read more on the tax in this newsletter 👇 Newsletter: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/deadly-gas...

Fox News Fans, Independence Cries & Capital Repatriation. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/deadly-gas...

Le Monde cited us on the connection between Sheinbaum’s anti-corruption strategy and her business development agenda! If you’d like to dive deeper into these topics check this: On corruption: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexico... On business development: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumponomi...

What Do 20+ Years of Research Reveal About Mexico’s Organized Crime? Today, on the Mexico Decoded podcast, we explore it with professor Omar García Ponce. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/organized-...

Mexico is raising tariffs to its maximum in 30 years. Is this trumponomics the Mexican way? 🚨 Spoiler: no, it’s something much more interesting 👇🏽 www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumponomi...

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Bankers’ Loopholes, Palestine Chants and Navy Scandals. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/bankers-lo...

A text went viral trying to "explain" why Mexicans don’t have dishwashers — including the wealthy. It got it so wrong, we decided to put out the real reason: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/the-dishwa...

Mexico just fired every judge and replaced them with elected ones — a democratic experiment no country has ever dared to try. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/mexicos-el...

Musk Litters Mexico, Radical Judiciary, and a $1.5B Quarry. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! Read more at the link in our bio. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/musk-litte...

Everybody is reading Mexico Decoded — except you 💕🥭 mexicodecoded.com

The future of government may already be happening in Mexico —thanks to a secret 50k-person army you’ve never heard of: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/servants-o...

What We Get Wrong About Mexico’s Cartels. Today on the Mexico Decoded podcast, we explore cartel power and politics with journalist @ioangrillo.bsky.social www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexico...

Mexico has its own Chernoby —a policy made disaster that Sheinbaum’s new housing plan risks repeating: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/the-mexica...

Golden Retirements, DEA Rebuffed, & Tomato Troubles. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/golden-ret...

Who Gets Ahead in Mexico — and Why Most Don’t Today on the Mexico Decoded Podcast, I talk to Luis about one of the Mexican economy's biggest puzzles: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/who-gets-a...

Trump's Favors, Adidas's Faux Pass & Mexico City's Return to the lake. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumps-fav...

Mexico just achieved a historic drop in poverty — without the usual playbook. Here’s what the world can learn from it 👇 www.mexicodecoded.com/p/what-the-w...

Trump says he can bomb away Mexico’s drug cartels — but could he? The fallout might be far greater than anyone expects: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/can-the-us...

Mexico Decoded Podcast is out!! 🎙️ In this first episode, we dig into whether Mexico is becoming authoritarian —as some claim— with Edwin Ackerman, Associate Professor at Syracuse University. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/is-mexico-...

Cartel messages, coach bidding, wars on democracy on the drafting table. Weekly summary of Mexico's top stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! www.mexicodecoded.com/p/cartel-mes...

Trump once again backed down at the last minute from slapping tariffs on Mexico. Many mocked him for “chickening out” again. The reality is he has a ruthless strategy that is giving him major wins: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/why-trump-...

Yep. Mexican Coke isn’t really Mexican. A surprising story of how trade and migration policies created an unlikely export: open.substack.com/pub/mexicode...

Credit Card Cartels, Nissan's Farewell, Deadly Mototaxis and more. Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! Read more at the link in our bio. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/credit-car...

How to get rich in Mexico? There are only two real paths —and almost no one talks about them. 👇 www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-to-get...

Mexico is rescuing its state oil company Pemex —without calling it a bailout or adding debt. It’s not privatization. It’s something else... and it comes with two major problems: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/what-mexic...

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! Soccer scandals, cargo wars, avocados flying south, and more: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/soccer-sca...

A criminal pact in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco kept violence low — until it didn’t. Here’s what its collapse reveals about how crime really works in Mexico 👇 www.mexicodecoded.com/p/a-death-sq...

Is Mexico a narco-state? The Oscars think so. Netflix too. But behind movie scripts, the story is far more complicated: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/is-mexico-...

Weekly summary of Mexico's top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out! Bleak growth, cartel lawyers, a sui generis housing reform, and more: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/bleak-grow...

Here’s what Trump’s latest tariff threat reveals about his plans for Latin America And why, bluff or not, Mexico should pay close attention: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumps-new...

Is Mexico a middle-class country? The answer might surprise you. Here is a visual and data-driven guide to how Mexicans really live. www.mexicodecoded.com/p/is-mexico-...

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories is out! Pride turns radical, Trump backs down, a tax collection boom and more: mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/viral-raci...

Mexico is telling one story to Trump. But few know how its security strategy is actually changing on the ground. We break it down: 🖋️ @viririos.bsky.social mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/how-mexico...

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories! Pride turns radical, Trump backs down, a tax collection boom and more: open.substack.com/pub/mexicode...

Mexico’s social programs are widely misunderstood abroad. The perception says one thing. The numbers say another. 🖋️ @viririos.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mexicode...

A summary of the top 5 stories you should know about Mexico. From gig workers' rights to cockfighting, this week was all about Mexico redrawing the boundaries of power: mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/mexicos-we...

There’s a story we’ve told ourselves for years about who censors the press in Mexico. It’s tidy, familiar, and wrong. The truth is messier—and closer to home. By: @viririos.bsky.social mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/not-the-na...

Mexico’s economy is stalling. Violence is too high. Yet, Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is one of the most popular on Earth. By: @viririos.bsky.social mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/decoding-s...

"Mexico Decoded" 🟧 is a Substack that unpackings Mexico’s politics, economy, and power —straight from the source. Here is a note on what it is about, and why you should subscribe to understand Mexico beyond the clichés👇 mexicodecoded.substack.com/p/mexico-dec...