{"id":19202,"date":"2026-05-15T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-may-8-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:33:22","slug":"mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-may-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/es\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-may-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MI\u2019s Mexico Foreign Press Chatter \u2013 May 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top stories on Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>

The continued fallout from the U.S. indictments of 10 current and former Sinaloa officials (including the sitting governor) last week was reported on by various outlets, with reporters in The NYT and The Economist highlighting the conundrum faced by Sheinbaum as she tries to appease her base and grapple with unrelenting U.S. pressure. Reuters, citing three senior Morena officials, reported that internal party fissures are deepening between old-guard\u00a0obradoristas\u00a0<\/em>loyal to Governor Rub\u00e9n Rocha Moya (and adamantly against a potential extradition), and \u201ca growing and influential group of younger leaders\u201d who see this is a chance to purge corruption from the party. AP also covered a story first reported by CBS News that the U.S. is conducting a \u201creview\u201d of the 53 Mexican consulates in the country, which could lead to closures.<\/p>

Mexico\u2019s negotiating position with the U.S. and trade mission to Canada were covered in foreign press this week as USMCA pre-game analysis heats up. Bloomberg opinion columnist JP Spinetto argued that although the stakes are high, Mexico\u2019s position as the top U.S. trading partner\u2014Mexican exports to the U.S. rose 5% in Q1, representing a record 16% share of total U.S. goods trade\u2014gives it enough leverage to resist making major concessions to Trump. Sheinbaum\u2019s administration \u201cshould focus on maximizing long-term gains, even at the cost of short-term friction with Washington\u201d Spinetto writes, suggesting that a lengthier process past the July 1 deadline (already hinted at by USTR Greer) may ultimately work in Mexico\u2019s favour.<\/p>

Following up on Canada\u2019s largest-ever trade mission to Mexico in February, Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard and representatives of over 200 Mexican businesses are visiting Toronto and Montreal this week. CBC News reported that Ebrard and Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who said the two countries are \u201cbonded by common values\u201d, will discuss the trade treaty, though not in a formal negotiation session.<\/p>

In other economic news, Bloomberg reported on Mexico\u2019s \u201cdie-hard cash culture\u201d despite the rapid growth of fintechs and the push towards digital payments; nearly half of all debit and credit cards issued go unused, with poorer, rural regions remaining especially reliant on cash.<\/p>

In sports, AP profiled four U.S.-born players who could join El Tri at this year\u2019s World Cup, while the NYT covered the \u201cspat\u201d between the Mexican Football Federation and Liga MX over the national team selection process (the final roster will be announced June 1). Meanwhile, AP reported on new, detailed NASA satellite imagery showing that Mexico City is sinking about 25 centimeters per year\u2014making it one of the world\u2019s fastest-subsiding metropolises. And for a somewhat frivolous angle on the anti-gentrification sentiment in CDMX, The Guardian reported on a Roma Norte nightclub that apparently isn\u2019t just carding, but checking passports\u2014the club charges U.S. citizens a US $300 cover, while everyone else pays US $20 or less, which reads less like a political statement than a bid to go viral.<\/p>

Blogs destacados en ingl\u00e9s sobre M\u00e9xico<\/strong><\/h3>

The Mexico Political Economist published a review of the new Plan M\u00e9xico policies announced this week, which are designed to slash red tape and light a fire under the private sector to boost investment, but could backfire if the country\u2019s understaffed bureaucracy can\u2019t deliver on promised quick turnarounds. In Mexico Decoded, Viri R\u00edos reports on the \u201cdark secret\u201d behind Mexico\u2019s dropping crime rate, which may be dark, but not much of a secret: incarceration rates are rising rapidly (an 11% increase in Sheinbaum\u2019s term so far). R\u00edos also acknowledges there could be some fudging of statistics (particularly homicides), but attributes most of the efficacy of Sheinbaum\u2019s strategy to what crime crackdowns usually entail\u2014more people behind bars. As has long been the case in Mexico, a high proportion of people in prison (as high as 40%) haven\u2019t been sentenced. Ioan Grillo reported in CrashOut on whether Sheinbaum will bow to U.S. pressure to surrender Rocha, and Eduardo Garc\u00eda also analyzed the \u201cone of the most delicate decisions of her term\u201d on Materia Gris. And Miranda Intelligence\u2019s daily Substack covered key developments in energy, fintech, public affairs and politics in Mexico.<\/p>