The Boom in Mexican Computer Exports
Trump’s China tariffs rerouted the AI data-center supply chain to Mexico, now the world’s third-largest computer exporter—overtaking its own auto industry.
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Ayotzinapa: An Opportunity to Move Forward
The FGR’s arrest of ex-Governor Ángel Aguirre—accused of ordering footage of the Iguala bus destroyed—revives a case stalled for nearly 12 years.
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Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Elena Poniatowska talks with Senator Susana Harp on recognizing Afro-Mexican peoples, halting textile plagiarism, and Mexico’s racism.
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Archives of the PRI’s ‘Political Police’ Reveal Its ‘Tradition’ of Spying
Contralínea’s serial report on Mexico’s secret-police files shows the PRI spied on Sheinbaum from age 6, her mother (branded a ‘communist’), and AMLO from his start in politics, among a vast range of targets.
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Trump’s Pushing It — But Claudia Sheinbaum’s No Pushover
David Raby on the El Mayo abduction, USMCA fights, ICE killings of Mexican-Americans, and the economic strength behind Sheinbaum’s firmer line with Washington.
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Guadalajara’s Water at Risk of Privatization
Jalisco’s governor floats water privatization amid a contamination crisis on his own government’s watch, joining other right-wing opposition states embroiled in water scandals.
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Beyond the Rubble
Natural disasters expose the strengths and weaknesses of every society. Venezuela’s earthquakes proved its communes were far more than an ambitious political vision — they were the social infrastructure people relied on.
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Johnson: Truths, at Last
US Ambassador Johnson credits Mexico for a 76% drop in fentanyl flows and historic seizures, exposing Trump’s ‘failed state’ rhetoric as pure propaganda.
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Washington’s Tariffs Against the World
Behind the forced-labor pretext lies a midterm gamble; even as Mexico edges out China as top US supplier, Campa argues any relative win is a Pyrrhic victory.
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Vulcan: Mexico’s Victory
Vulcan plundered the Riviera Maya for decades, then demanded $1.9 billion from Mexico in a corporate tribunal and still lost. AMLO ended the mining operations and declared the site a protected natural area.
