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Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 7
This summer's World Cup is the perfect excuse to lock in permanent structures that turn the pitch into the place where Mexico, the U.S. and Canada finally play as one team, Pedro Casas writes.
Opinion: ICE detentions are a humanitarian crisis the world will remember...
President Sheinbaum is not taking lightly the deaths of 15 Mexicans this year in ICE detention, yet her options are limited.
Opinion: Sheinbaum’s political gambit reshapes Mexico in her own image
Eighteen months into her term as Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum is making strategic moves to consolidate her power, María Meléndez explains.
Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 6
CEO of AmCham Pedro Casas explains the five elements necessary for the new USMCA to transform from a simple trade agreement into a strategic framework for joint North American industrialization.
Why getting uncomfortable may be the most important skill you can give your child...
In an era of unprecedented comfort and safety, studying abroad pushes young people to grow and problem-solve in a way regular classrooms just can’t match, Travis Bembenek writes.
Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 5
Mexico doesn’t just want to be the U.S.’s cheap assembly shop; it wants to be the reliable, high-value enabler that attracts the full nearshoring wave. That requires growing the energy matrix, CEO of AmCham Pedro Casas writes.
Opinion: Seat 34B is not a foreign policy
The videos of President Sheinbaum boarding a commercial flight are good storytelling. The problem is that good storytelling and good governance are not the same thing, and confusing the two has costs, María Meléndez writes.
The donkey, the street cart, the drug lord: The insidious media stereotypes still used to portray Mexico
While stereotypical speech or text about Mexico is often quickly called out these days, Charlotte Smith discusses how even well-intentioned portrayals of Mexico can fall prey to choosing reductive, clichéd images.
Coming home to Mexico
The U.S. has a lot going for it, especially when it comes to the enormous variety in grocery stores. But Sarah DeVries loves coming home to Mexico even more.
Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 4
We are leaving money, innovation and jobs on the table because we keep politicizing the issue of labor flows between Mexico and the United States. In his latest article, Pedro Casas of AmCham explains why we need efficient talent migration to compete as a region.
If you know where to look, Mexico is changing quickly: A perspective from our CEO
Between high-tech exports, shrinking family sizes and an increasingly positive economic outlook, Mexico's future is brighter than ever, CEO Travis Bembenek writes.
Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 3
For too long, the U.S.-Mexico border has been framed in mainstream media almost exclusively as a problem. That narrative misses the deeper truth, Pedro Casas writes.
Help: The canine plague is now sweeping Mexico
When did people forget common sense and decide to take their pets everywhere, whether other people are bothered by it or not? In Mexico, just now.
Opinion: What might a regional utopia look like? Part 2
In this week's essay, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico Pedro Casas explains why the North American region needs a deliberate strategy that puts small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the center.
Rolling with the punches of informality in Mexico
When you're raised on punctuality and certain kinds of formality, it's hard to adjust to living in a country where those things are always prioritized. Sometimes really hard.
Are animal spirits returning to the business community in Mexico? A perspective from our CEO
Is optimism returning to Mexico's business community? MND CEO Travis Bembenek thinks the famed animal spirits may finally be stirring.