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Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Mexico’s Succession Race Kicks Off

AMLO’s party is riding high—but hasn’t yet picked a nominee for next year’s election.

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Tech’s New Trillionaire

Plus: the economics of Mexico.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 6: The Future

How fishers are working toward more sustainable practices.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 5: Pressure Points

Learn what importers and consumers can do to improve sustainability.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer sifts through pills in a parcel looking for fentanyl in New York.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer sifts through pills in a parcel looking for fentanyl in New York.

U.S.-Mexican Relations Fray Over Fentanyl

Republicans are hammering the Biden administration over the spike in fentanyl trafficking.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 4: The Cartel of the Sea

And how the weak response from the Mexican government is impacting local fishers.

After crossing the border from Mexico, immigrants reach for soup donated by volunteers in San Luis, Arizona, on May 23, 2022.
After crossing the border from Mexico, immigrants reach for soup donated by volunteers in San Luis, Arizona, on May 23, 2022.

Biden’s New Southern Border Plan Might Just Work

The balance of loathing from the left and right suggests the administration is on the right path.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 3: The Embargo

Hear about efforts to cut down on gillnets in the Upper Gulf and save the vaquita.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 2: A Complex Web

Learn how demand for totoaba and blue shrimp led to a dire situation for the vaquita porpoise.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks in Mexico City.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks in Mexico City.

López Obrador’s Reforms Threaten Mexican Democracy

Gutting Mexico’s election watchdog is part and parcel of democratic backsliding all over the Americas.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Part 1: The Aquarium of the World

An ecological wonder is under threat due to illegal gillnet fishing.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard attend a ceremony to commemorate 500 years of Indigenous resistance in Mexico City on Aug. 13, 2021.

Coming Soon: Season 2 of The Catch

Season 2 of The Catch launches on March 21.

Attorney César de Castro speaks to members of the media after a verdict was announced at the courthouse where the trial of former Mexican official Genaro García Luna was held in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 21.
Attorney César de Castro speaks to members of the media after a verdict was announced at the courthouse where the trial of former Mexican official Genaro García Luna was held in Brooklyn, New York, on Feb. 21.

Mexico’s ‘Trial of the Century’

What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs.

A member of a social organization lies on the floor with a Mexican national flag in his chest to protest against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, at the Angel de la Independencia Monument in Mexico City, on Feb. 6, 2010.
A member of a social organization lies on the floor with a Mexican national flag in his chest to protest against Ciudad Juarez's drug gangs' violence, at the Angel de la Independencia Monument in Mexico City, on Feb. 6, 2010.

Mexico’s Government Is on Trial in New York

A former Mexican security official’s corruption charges reveal the hidden politics of the drug trade.

U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hug one another during the 2023 North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan. 10.
U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hug one another during the 2023 North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan. 10.

The ‘Three Amigos’ Talk Microchips

Mexico could benefit from U.S. overtures on semiconductor manufacturing—if its government gets on board.

Journalists and students protest the murder of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez in 2012.
Journalists and students protest the murder of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez in 2012.

The Journalist and the Murderer

A new book investigates the death of veteran Mexican crime reporter Regina Martínez Pérez—with a surprising conclusion.

Migrants line up to be transported from Canaan Membrillo village to the migrants reception station in Metetí, Darién province, Panama, on Oct. 13.
Migrants line up to be transported from Canaan Membrillo village to the migrants reception station in Metetí, Darién province, Panama, on Oct. 13.

Washington Is Eroding Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The latest U.S. immigration plans would dramatically reduce Venezuelans’ ability to seek protection.

Day laborers harvest chives at a field in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California state, Mexico alongside the Mexico-US border, on August 10, 2017.
Day laborers harvest chives at a field in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California state, Mexico alongside the Mexico-US border, on August 10, 2017.

Mexican Farmworkers Are U.S. Heroes

Foreign agriculture laborers deserve far more attention from Washington’s national security establishment.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House in Washington on July 12.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House in Washington on July 12.

Will U.S. ‘Nearshoring’ Go From Buzzword to Trend?

Washington says it wants to relocate supply chains to the Americas but has offered few concrete incentives to do so.

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