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

In a municipality of fewer than six thousand people, money crossing the border has become household infrastructure. The challenge is not to celebrate it, but to turn the binational relationship into assets, enterprise, and local capacity. Weight is measured by reach, not only by dollars Chiquilistlán cannot be understood only through its Revenue Law. It must also be read through the transfers that cross the border and enter household decisions directly: food, housing, health,

For decades, Mexico described migration through the language of departure: the person who leaves, the family that waits, the remittance that keeps consumption afloat, and the community that learns to live with an empty chair. That story remains real; deportations, family separation, precarious work, and immigration vulnerability prove that rupture has not disappeared. But it no longer explains the whole present. A generation has grown up across languages, trips, documents, vi

Remittances prove that the connection endures. The municipal challenge is to turn that relationship into investment, knowledge, markets, and verifiable projects without treating migrants as a public-sector cash reserve. Remittances are not territorial policy Remittances are evidence of family stability. In 2025, Mexico received US$62.47 billion; from January through April 2026, another US$19.68 billion arrived, 2.6% more than a year earlier, according to Banco de México. They