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

In 2026, Latin America’s “trade architecture” can no longer be understood solely through foreign ministries and finance departments. It is being written—quietly but with massive impact—from urban customs facilities, metropolitan ports, industrial parks, and municipal data centers. The reason is straightforward: modern trade is no longer a tariff debate; it is a competition among supply chains. And supply chains live—quite literally—in cities. The close of 2025 delivered a cle

International engagement does not happen by chance, nor is it an automatic byproduct of globalization. For local international action to deliver real and lasting benefits, it must be strategically planned, institutionally grounded, and aligned with territorial development goals. In an increasingly competitive global environment, cities that improvise their international outreach risk wasting resources, missing opportunities, and producing low-impact results. Today, cities a

Over the past two decades, Mexican cities have evolved from passive actors in the international arena into key players in a new model of governance: local international action. Far from being an institutional trend, this shift reflects profound structural transformations driven by economic globalization, accelerated urbanization, and the growing need for local responses to global challenges such as climate change, migration, inequality, and economic competitiveness. Today,

InterAlcaldes Magazine Announces the 2nd International Mayors Summit in Montreal (July 2026). Montreal, Canada.— In the year North America will host the FIFA World Cup 2026, InterAlcaldes magazine, under the leadership of its CEO Miguel Ángel Ramírez, announces and invites leaders to the 2nd International Mayors Summitin Montreal, one of the official World Cup host cities. The event will take place in July 2026 as part of the festival “Made in Mexico – Fabriqué au Québec 20

In 2025, nonprofit organizations operating between Mexico and the United States face an uncomfortable paradox: they have more technological tools than ever to manage resources, demonstrate impact, and reach donors—yet they are also more exposed to economic volatility, public mistrust, and regulatory pressure. Along the border region and across binational corridors focused on migration, water, health, education, and housing, philanthropy and social action are no longer competi

In 2025, the binational conversation around migration has been told almost exclusively through numbers—“encounters,” detentions, deportations, and crossings. Yet the real pressure gauge in border cities is not found in a monthly report, but in faucets, sewer systems, and wastewater treatment plants. The border is living a paradox: even as migration dynamics shift in volume or routes, demand for water and sanitation becomes more expensive, more political, and more technologica

In the U.S.–Mexico bilateral conversation, momentum is usually measured through tariffs, nearshoring, security, and migration. Yet there is a deeper, less publicized indicator that is redefining the relationship: student and cultural exchanges. These programs do more than develop talent; they also build trust, professional networks, and social understanding—three assets that are invaluable when two highly integrated economies seek to compete as a region against Asia and Europ

In 2025, the promise of “smart cities” has moved beyond aspirational rhetoric and into a field of direct economic and political competition. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a technological add-on; it has become the new urban operating system. It determines which potholes are fixed first, how public transportation routes are adjusted in real time, where security resources are deployed, how water is prioritized during shortages, and which permits are accelerated to at

Nearshoring hasn’t just moved factories—it has unveiled a generation of women entrepreneurs operating and scaling on both sides of the border. With logistics infrastructure at its peak—Laredo inaugurated in late 2024 a new CPKC railway bridge doubling cargo capacity across the Rio Grande—women are now taking strategic positions in value chains, services, and technology linking Mexico and the United States. This expansion of infrastructure is not merely technical data; it’s a

Puerto Vallarta is no longer just a postcard destination of beaches, sunsets, and cruise ships. Over the last decade, the city has undergone a transformation that places it at the center of economic, demographic, and technological debates that matter not only to Mexico but also to the United States. As a Pacific hub, Puerto Vallarta is diversifying beyond its traditional reliance on international tourism and positioning itself as a city-port of services with binational releva

Public security in Mexico and the United States is not about walls or speeches—it is about actionable, shared intelligence. In 2025, both governments shifted course by announcing Mission Firewall, a cooperation package that expands eTrace and ballistic identification to Mexico’s 32 states, creates real-time information-sharing platforms, and strengthens joint investigations against arms trafficking feeding violence south of the Rio Grande. In scope and architecture, it is the

2025 finds us with a statistical reprieve but a more complex challenge. In Mexico, drought coverage fell to 17.7% by mid-July 2025, down from 51.2% a year earlier, thanks to above-normal rains; yet the relief does not erase the structural fragility of rural water systems. In this context, women in dispersed communities—from the Sierra Wixárika to the valleys of Oaxaca—are sustaining, innovating, and, above all, governing water. Their leadership is no longer anecdotal but an e

2025 greets us with two certainties: extreme heat has become a structural factor of urban life, and public budgets—if deployed with precision—can redirect city economies toward resilience. In 2024, concrete advances set the pace. In Mexico, the Programa de Mejoramiento Urbano (Urban Improvement Program, PMU) closed the six-year administration with more than 1,300 public works projects in 193 municipalities, directly impacting 13.5 million people. These are not cosmetic number

The educational gap in marginalized communities of Mexico and the United States has become, in 2025, an unforgiving thermometer of democratic health and regional economic prospects. This is not only about classrooms: it is about social mobility, productivity, and binational cohesion. On both sides of the Rio Grande, governments face a double-edged sword: tangible progress in 2024 and political choices that, this year, may either accelerate—or derail—that momentum. In Mexico

Citizen participation is no longer synonymous with ballot boxes and physical assemblies. In 2024, a digital infrastructure matured that, today in 2025, is starting to change the political, economic, and technological rules of the game in Mexico and the United States. The evidence is clear: in Mexico, 83.1% of people used the internet in 2024 and 73.6% of households had access, although an urban-rural gap persists at 86.9% versus 68.5%. This surge in connectivity is the invisi