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Elite's beach playground, Tax the Rich Reform & Tycoons' Fight Club

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 1d

Elite's beach playground, Tax the Rich Reform & Tycoons' Fight Club.

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out!

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/elites-bea...

Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters

Mexico’s First Female President Is Redefining Power

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 6d

Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is quietly reshaping power at home — and across Latin America.

Here’s our review of her first year in office:

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/mexicos-fi...

Claudia Sheinbaum’s first year in power is reshaping her country — and what it means to be a leftist politician.

Atole con el dedo: Acuerdo para frenar el tráfico de armas a México

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 7d

México firmó un acuerdo con EE.UU. para frenar el tráfico de armas.

La verdad, no hay mucho que celebrar:

www.milenio.com/opinion/viri...

Nada de lo que realmente se necesita para reducir el tráfico de armas está realmente sobre la mesa.

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 7d

🖊️ @lemonde.fr quoted our work on Mexico’s new security strategy! :)

Here’s a rundown of it compared with previous presidents:
www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexico...

Sheinbaum: sorpresas a un año

Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 7d

Al año de ser presidenta Sheinbaum ha dado 3 sorpresas.

Algunas han sido bofetadas para sus detractores. Otras para sus seguidores radicales.

Las describo en @elpais.com:

elpais.com/mexico/opini...

Las decisiones de la presidenta han ido desmontando juicios sobre su carácter y forma de gobernar, sorprendiendo incluso a sus más cercanos

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14d

Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange between @viririos.bsky.social and @humbertobeck.bsky.social.

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

The Mexican Model - Dissent Magazine

Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 8d

Blackout in Paradise, Billionaire Fallout, and not a Tax-Evasion Déjà Vu

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out!

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/blackout-i...

Blackout in Paradise, Billionaire Fallout, and not a Tax-Evasion Déjà Vu

Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters

La muerte planeada de Adán Augusto

Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 9d

Dentro de la 4T hay 2 ideas de cómo lidiar con los escándalos de Adán Augusto.

Hoy las describo y teorizo sobre cuál sería la favorita de Palacio👇

www.milenio.com/opinion/viri...

Dentro de la 4T se disputan 2 visiones. La que observa a Adán Augusto como inherentemente sacrificable; y la que dejarlo caer sería sacrificar el legado de AMLO

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How Drug Cartels Recruit Their Members

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 12d

One of the most chilling conversations we’ve recorded in Mexico Decode is out!

Along with Pablo Ferri we discuss how drug cartels “recruitment” their members:

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-drug-c...

Hollywood tells us people join drug cartels for money, power, and glamour. What’s really happening is far more chilling.

Sheinbaum’s Genocide Call, Canada's Leader Visits, and a $300M Oil Heist

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 14d

Menstrual Leave, Mexico-Canada Affair & Useless Stock Exchange

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out!

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/sheinbaums...

Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters

Viejos vicios en la nueva Suprema Corte

Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 14d

Me temo que la nueva Suprema Corte está repitiendo algunos de los vicios de la anterior.

Escribí sobre 2 de ellos en fondo y forma 👇🏽

elpais.com/mexico/opini...

Luego de una elección judicial que generó expectativas en la población sobre una justicia más cercana y progresista, la nueva Corte se parece peligrosamente a la anterior

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 16d

How are Mexican billionaires made?

The story is far more underwhelming than most people imagine:

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexica...

How Mexican Billionaries are Made

A case study in how economies fail when power and privilege replace competition.

Se estrena PRI: crónica del fin, una serie escrita y dirigida por la periodista Denise Maerker la cual tuve el honor de ver en su totalidad por adelantado.

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 16d

Hoy se estrena "PRI: Crónica del fin" una extraordinaria serie de @denisemaerker.bsky.social que reinterpreta la historia contemporánea en 3 formas que todo mexicano debe saber👇🏽

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'PRI: crónica del fin'

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 20d

Hay una estrategia novedosa y de cabeza fría que está ejecutando Sheinbaum en contra de los corruptos de Morena

Te la comparto ⬇️

www.milenio.com/opinion/viri...

Sheinbaum pone los trapos al sol

Los dos escándalos más graves de corrupción del sexenio han sido llevados a la luz por las personas de mayor confianza de la Presidenta.

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Why Mexico Wants You to Quit Diet Coke

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 20d

It seems like Mexico wants you to quit Diet Coke. And here’s why:

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/why-mexico...

A bold tax experiment on whether governments can change taste itself

Deadly Gas Blast, Soda Tax, and Opposition Drama Shake Mexico

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 22d

Fox News Fans, Independence Cries & Capital Repatriation.

Weekly summary of Mexico’s top 5 stories at 🟧 Mexico Decoded is out!

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/deadly-gas...

Mexico Decoded’s weekly briefing makes sense of the news that matters

En la vida real no hay Batmans contra villanos. Hay villanos enfrentándose entre sí, y cada uno está convencido de ser Batman.

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 23d

Le Monde cited us on the connection between Sheinbaum’s anti-corruption strategy and her business development agenda!

If you’d like to dive deeper into these topics check this:

On corruption: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/how-mexico...
On business development: www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumponomi...

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 23d

Viendo la relación de Sandra Cuevas con grupos “justicieros” de Ecatepec decidí investigar cómo funciona ese lado obscuro de la política en México.

Quedé así 😳🤯

Con ustedes "Sandra Cuevas, Batichica" 👇🏽

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Sandra Cuevas, Batichica

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 25d

What Do 20+ Years of Research Reveal About Mexico’s Organized Crime?

Today, on the Mexico Decoded podcast, we explore it with professor Omar García Ponce.

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/organized-...

What 20+ Years of Research Reveal About Mexico's Organized Crime

In this episode of the Mexico Decoded podcast, I speak with Omar García Ponce, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, about what decades of...

Trumponomics, the Mexican Way

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · 27d

Mexico is raising tariffs to its maximum in 30 years. Is this trumponomics the Mexican way?

🚨 Spoiler: no, it’s something much more interesting 👇🏽

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/trumponomi...

Prompted by the U.S. Mexico is embracing a new pro-business model not seen in decades.

El nuevo proteccionismo mexicano

Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 28d

El Presupuesto de Egresos 2026 esconde un giro histórico —y que pocos han visto.

Hoy lo discuto en @elpais.com y planteo sus riesgos 👇🏽

elpais.com/mexico/opini...

Sin grandes anuncios públicos, México está cerrando su economía e inaugurando una nueva forma de recaudar impuestos

elpais.com

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to share my exchange with Humberto Beck in @dissentmag.bsky.social: “The Mexican Model.” 🇲🇽

We explore how Morena’s rise offers a blueprint for the international left —along with key caveats 👉 www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

The Mexican Model - Dissent Magazine

Does Morena’s success offer a blueprint for the left? An exchange.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Viri Rios @viririos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cada vez escucho más que "el trabajo es el mejor programa social".

Escribí por qué es falso y la perversidad que esconde tal frase 👇🏽

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El trabajo no es el mejor programa social

La realidad es que el trabajo y los programas sociales son complementarios para reducir la pobreza porque ambos atienden a personas y objetivos distintos.

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Mexico Decoded @mexicodecoded.bsky.social · Sep 7

A text went viral trying to "explain" why Mexicans don’t have dishwashers — including the wealthy.

It got it so wrong, we decided to put out the real reason:

www.mexicodecoded.com/p/the-dishwa...

Why Do Mexicans "Hate" Dishwashers?

My answer to a viral Substack that tried to explain it — and got Mexico all wrong.