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

Apodaca turned a combination of industry, an international airport, industrial parks and connectivity into something more difficult to build than a promotional campaign: a recognizable economic identity. Apodaca never needed to invent the title of logistics municipality. It ended up earning it. While many cities first search for a narrative and then try to attract investment, this Nuevo León municipality followed the opposite path: it accumulated factories, industrial parks,

For years, Mexico discussed customs as if they were physical gates: booths, ports, yards, lanes, checkpoints, terminals and counters. That interpretation is no longer enough. In the new global economy, a customs office is not merely the place where goods enter or leave a country; it is where a value chain gains time, loses trust or becomes too expensive to compete. Nearshoring changed the conversation. Companies no longer ask only about labor, industrial parks or proximity to

Latin America is not losing competitiveness because of a lack of investment. It is losing it because it does not know how to move that investment. That is the uncomfortable paradox few want to acknowledge: growth exists, capital is arriving, yet logistics—the invisible infrastructure that connects everything—remains the weakest link. For years, the region’s economic narrative revolved around manufacturing, natural resources, and macroeconomic stability. Today, that conversa