Archive - The Mexpatriate

Is free speech under threat in Mexico?

Questions about censorship in the national conversation, plus what I'm reading

14 hrs ago

April 2025

A mixed bag of economic news, plus a reflection on Mario Vargas Llosa and Mexico

Apr 26

Is Guanajuato at a turning point?

A rare glimmer of good security news

Apr 22

"Mexico should lead this conversation"

Former senator Alejandra Lagunes talks about Mexico's place in the "psychedelic renaissance"

Apr 18

An 81-year-old treaty rears its head, plus the Tren Maya hits a milestone

Apr 14

In death, as in life

The questions Isabel Miranda de Wallace leaves behind, plus the judicial election campaign comes to TikTok

Apr 8

March 2025

Evidence of absence

Ay Jalisco, no te rajes...

Mar 31

The Mexpat Notebook: March

On cartel drones, an axolotl census and scuba diving in the CDMX sewage system

Mar 24

To the magnates, go the spoils

A deep dive on oligarchs and inequality in Mexico

Mar 17

Of festivals, firearms, fires and a funeral

Mar 10

The Mexpat Interview: Ernesto Canales

A data-driven look at trade, investment and technology in Mexico with the co-founder of Latinometrics

Mar 2

On "expelled" narcos, polluted presas and film follies

Mar 1

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