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

For years, Mexican municipalities competed to attract investment by offering available land, tax incentives, or affordable labor. That logic is no longer enough. Territorial economics is entering a new era in which the real competitive advantage will no longer be infrastructure alone, but a territory's ability to understand who it is, what it can offer, and where it intends to grow. This week's five articles published by interAlcaldes appeared to address different subjects: l

Artificial intelligence, data and digital services are already within reach of municipalities. The difference will lie in their ability to turn them into more efficient, trustworthy and durable institutions. Technology is no longer the main obstacle to modernizing local government. Cloud platforms, digital identity systems, artificial intelligence models, data analytics and automation tools are now available to municipalities of different sizes. Yet having access to technolog

This week’s five articles delivered a common warning: North America already shares a border economy, but it still lacks the governance required to manage it as a single system. Mexico and the United States share a border economy that neither country yet governs as a system. The political line remains, but productive activity crosses it through highways, railroads, customs facilities, industrial plants, workers, and families whose lives depend on the territory functioning prop

This week’s municipal conversation left an uncomfortable warning: water can no longer be treated as an operational service, a campaign promise or an emergency repair. It is the criterion that will define which territories can retain population, attract investment and sustain a serious future. The week no longer spoke about water; it spoke about permanence The week did not leave five isolated texts about scarcity. It left one conversation: which municipality can still speak ab

This week’s conversation left an uncomfortable warning: Mexico may attract investment because of geography, but only municipalities with infrastructure, land-use order, housing, energy and public management will turn that opportunity into real development. The conversation of the week: opportunity is no longer enough Mexico has spent years talking about nearshoring as if it were an automatic reward for being next to the United States. It is not. Productive relocation is not a

This week’s conversation left a clear thesis: the 2026 World Cup will be a public audit of the real capacity of Mexican municipalities. Mexico talks about the 2026 World Cup as a sports celebration. But the most important conversation of the week was different: the tournament will be a test of municipal capacity. During five days, interAlcaldes approached the World Cup from different angles: local governance, sports tourism, mobility, security, public space, global projection