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

Mexico spent decades understanding family planning as a policy to have fewer children. At the time, it made sense: the country was younger, more rural, with larger households and insufficient public services. The message was clear: fewer births meant more opportunities. The problem is that no one prepared the country for the day after. Today, having children is no longer just a family decision. It is an economic, labor, urban and deeply social decision. For millions of yo

Mexico is part of global value chains… but it does not control them. And in today’s economy, that difference means everything. The world no longer produces for efficiency. It now produces for survival. Geopolitical tensions, logistical disruptions, and economic security concerns have shattered the linear model that dominated for decades. Today, value chains no longer follow predictable routes: they are designed, negotiated, and defended. In 2025, global trade surpassed $32

Security, water, mobility, and digital government: the decisions that will test its capacity for metropolitan governance Naucalpan no longer has room to think of itself as a municipality that merely manages problems. Because of its location, urban density, economic weight, and connection to the country’s capital, it is a decisive piece of the metropolitan puzzle. And for that very reason, its challenge is no small one: to prove that it can govern complexity, not just react

Mexico trains engineers it cannot find, exports talent it cannot retain, and attracts investment it cannot scale. This is not a paradox—it is a structural failure. The country is not losing talent; it is failing to integrate it. In a global economy where the speed of connection defines value, Mexico continues to operate with disconnected pieces. The data is clear. According to the World Bank, Mexico maintains one of the highest rates of engineering graduates in Latin Americ

For years, scientific diplomacy was seen as a distant conversation among foreign ministries, universities, and multilateral organizations. Not anymore. In Mexico, that logic has begun to scale down and reach the ground where competitiveness is truly won or lost: cities and their local governments. The municipality that understands how to connect talent, research centers, technology companies, and international cooperation will not only attract academic prestige; it will attra

In the race to attract investment, tourism, talent, and value chains, it is no longer enough to have industrial parks, corporate offices, or an export-oriented economy. The new frontier of urban power lies on the runway. Mexican cities that manage to turn their airport into an extension of their economic strategy will be the ones best positioned to negotiate with North America, connect with Europe, and gain relevance against Asia, South America, and emerging markets. Today, a

At a time when the global economy is reorganizing at an unprecedented pace, cities have ceased to be merely administrative centers and have become true nodes of economic, political, and strategic power. Today, development is no longer defined solely by national governments, but by the ability of municipalities, counties, and states to integrate into global networks of cooperation, competition, and innovation. In this context, Mexico faces a silent yet decisive crossroads: c

Full credit for the article and core ideas: Víctor Jesús Hernández Salinas. Editorial adaptation for interAlcaldes based on his text “The Paradox of Automation.” The great promise of automation was simple, produce more, decide faster, and reduce errors. But Víctor Jesús Hernández Salinas’ warning is more uncomfortable—and precisely for that reason, more valuable, the more we delegate critical functions to digital systems, the more fragile our institutions can become when te

There are territories that manage streets, permits, and public services. And there are others that, without being a country or even a state, end up functioning as showcases of economic, technological, and diplomatic power. Miguel Hidalgo belongs to that second category. Not only because of neighborhoods like Polanco, Chapultepec, Lomas, or the corporate corridor that connects with Reforma, but because it concentrates a part of Mexico that competes, negotiates, attracts capita

Mexico and Colombia are entering a phase in which the social economy has moved beyond the margins to become a strategic pillar. This is no longer just about cooperatives, mutuals, or community savings institutions as mechanisms of social containment, but about an economic architecture capable of sustaining employment, integrating territories, and adding productive depth at a time when Latin America is once again facing modest growth and insufficient investment. The World Bank