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

Collective remittances can multiply local investment and reshape the relationship with the diaspora—but only when rules, transparency, and public accountability are in place. In some Mexican communities, a paved street, an equipped classroom, or a water network does not begin at city hall. It begins at a migrant gathering in Los Angeles, Chicago, or Fort Worth. There, people who left their municipality pool resources for a project postponed for years. This is not distant phil

Public safety is often discussed as if it were a distant responsibility: the federal government’s, the armed forces’, prosecutors’, or state police departments’. But for citizens going to work, waiting for public transportation, opening a business, crossing a plaza, or letting children walk to school, safety is not measured in national speeches. It is measured in the municipality. That is the first mistake many local governments make: assuming violence is too large to be addr

Urban security no longer defines only a city’s sense of calm: it defines its ability to retain young people, attract investment, and sustain its social future. A city does not lose talent the day a young person buys a bus ticket, transfers universities, or accepts a job somewhere else. It loses talent much earlier: when walking at night stops feeling normal, when parents measure their children’s freedom by the risk level of the neighborhood, when opening a business means calc

Mexico receives a consequential flow of private resources from its diaspora. The municipal challenge is not to redirect them, but to build the conditions in which the share families choose to invest can become local activity, jobs, and a more durable economic base. A remittance that sustains a household is also development A remittance used for food, medicine, rent, or school is not money misused; it is a household safeguard. The mistake begins when public debate treats consu

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

Decentralized international cooperation has become one of the most underestimated—and poorly used—tools by local governments in Mexico. While cities around the world leverage technical assistance, funding, and knowledge exchange to accelerate development, many Mexican cities still treat international cooperation as a secondary, bureaucratic matter, or as an issue reserved exclusively for the federal government. The result is clear: missed opportunities, wasted resources, and