The magazine that analyzes the power of Mexican municipalities in the economy, governance and Mexico's relationship with the world.

The debate about China in Latin America no longer belongs only to foreign ministries, ports, or national economic agencies. Today it is playing out in industrial municipalities, logistics corridors, energy infrastructure, and cities seeking to integrate into value chains that connect with the United States, Europe, and Africa. The underlying data is striking. Trade between China and Latin America surpassed 500 billion dollars in 2024, while the region closed that same period

In 2026, economic competition is no longer decided exclusively at presidential summits or through trade agreements. It is increasingly shifting to the municipal level, where local governments are learning to innovate “in networks” to attract investment, raise productivity, and solve public service challenges through technology. This dynamic is known as open innovation networks: practical agreements among cities to share data, procurement models, public challenges for startups

In the Mexico–United States debate, we often imagine technological cooperation as a conversation between major cities: semiconductors, electric vehicles, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence. Yet the major geoeconomic shift of 2026 is unfolding far from urban centers—inside rural municipalities competing for investment, water, talent, and connectivity with outdated tools. This is where Japan emerges as an unexpectedly strategic partner, not by “donating technology,” but by

In 2026, the Mexico–United States border ceased to be merely a humanitarian barometer and once again became an economic control board. This is no exaggeration: every adjustment to admissions, asylum processing, deportations, or legal entry pathways has an immediate effect on labor availability, operating costs, and the competitiveness of the industries that sustain the border region. And when labor moves—or is immobilized—so do the supply chains that connect Mexico with its t

In 2026, international promotion by local governments stopped being a ceremonial add-on and became a real instrument of power. In a world where supply chains are being reshaped, competition for investment is intensifying, and reputation is decided in real time, cities that go global without strategy do more than waste travel budgets — they lose business, talent, and political leverage. Smart international promotion — economic, cultural, and territorial — is no longer optional

InterAlcaldes Magazine Announces the 2nd International Mayors Summit in Montreal (July 2026). Montreal, Canada.— In the year North America will host the FIFA World Cup 2026, InterAlcaldes magazine, under the leadership of its CEO Miguel Ángel Ramírez, announces and invites leaders to the 2nd International Mayors Summitin Montreal, one of the official World Cup host cities. The event will take place in July 2026 as part of the festival “Made in Mexico – Fabriqué au Québec 20

In 2025, the binational conversation around migration has been told almost exclusively through numbers—“encounters,” detentions, deportations, and crossings. Yet the real pressure gauge in border cities is not found in a monthly report, but in faucets, sewer systems, and wastewater treatment plants. The border is living a paradox: even as migration dynamics shift in volume or routes, demand for water and sanitation becomes more expensive, more political, and more technologica

The challenge is double and simultaneous: reducing cross-border crime while sustaining North America’s largest trade corridor. In 2024, trade between Mexico and the United States reached $839.6 billion, while Laredo—its prime node—processed tens of thousands of truck crossings per day, accounting for $331 billion in annual trade at that single port. Any policy that slows legal crossings translates directly into costs for jobs, prices, and trust. Discussing border security inf

Migration policy between Mexico and the United States entered 2025 with a paradox: while Mexico consolidated an unprecedented female leadership—Claudia Sheinbaum became the country’s first female president—on the other side of the Rio Grande, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is steering the most restrictive shift in decades. This tension opens both an opportunity and a risk: either the border becomes a laboratory for equality and inclusion, or it remains a political

Mexico is already living its urban future. In 2024, 81.9% of the population resided in cities, a proportion on par with advanced economies and one that will continue to grow through 2050. This concentration of people changes everything: the scale of infrastructure, the demand for energy, the design of transportation, the management of water, and, above all, the productivity generated when talent, capital, and data converge in interconnected metropolitan ecosystems. Integrat