The Plan Mexico will not be measured by the decrees signed by the President. It will be measured by the permits municipalities are able to unlock. That is the uncomfortable truth. President Claudia Sheinbaum presented this week a strategy to accelerate investment, simplify procedures and provide greater certainty to productive capital. The official message is clear: Mexico wants to move faster. It wants to attract investment. It wants to organize industrial relocation. It

Mexico did not arrive late to the new economic order. It arrived with an advantage. The problem is that many of its municipalities are still not prepared to turn that advantage into real power. Global reorganization is no longer decided only through trade agreements, investment speeches, or business tours. It is decided through available energy, sufficient water, operational security, connected infrastructure, fast permits, technical talent, and local governments capable of