{"id":19432,"date":"2026-07-03T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jun-26-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:37:37","slug":"mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jun-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/es\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jun-26-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MI\u2019s Mexico Foreign Press Chatter \u2013 Jun. 26, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The jarring contrast between the World Cup festivities and the despair of the families of Mexico\u2019s missing people has been the subject of foreign press coverage both in the leadup and during the tournament, getting long-form treatment in a special report by The Athletic (NYT) this week. The piece is focused on Jalisco and profiles individual members of Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, including Luz and Gabriela, sisters-in-law whose husbands were abducted from their car alarm business in January 2024; Graciela, who has lost two children \u2014 both confirmed dead, but only one whose remains have been returned. Their tireless searching and deep frustration and sense of abandonment by the government in the midst of the festivities is palpable. As one searcher says: \u201cThe World Cup victimises us more. The ball comes back, but when are our children going to return?\u201d<\/p>

As Latin America\u2019s rightward turn continues with the victory of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia, the closer ties between the left-wing governments of Mexico and Brazil have been getting attention in the press. Bloomberg reported on the \u201cwarm relationship\u201d cultivated by Sheinbaum and Lula, and how it\u2019s starting to extend beyond ideological alignment towards a more concrete alliance, highlighting the non-binding agreement signed this week by Pemex and Petrobras. The opportunities for the two national companies were examined in another piece by Bloomberg, which noted the focus on potential deepwater exploration in the Gulf to determine if there is a pre-salt layer, like the one that kicked off the Brazilian oil boom starting in 2006 (and now responsible for 80% of the country\u2019s production). Trade and investment have also been on the bilateral agenda \u2014 as well as Brazilian banks asking Mexican counterparts how to handle the fallout from U.S. FTO designations \u2014 but hanging over all this diplomatic goodwill is Brazil\u2019s presidential election in October. Lula, 80, will face off against the 45-year-old son of imprisoned ex-President (and vocal Trump ally) Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>

Of course, the World Cup continues to take up most of the headline space, from Merlin the duck\u2019s audience with the president on Monday to Mexico\u2019s historic 3-0 victory over Czechia on Wednesday night \u2014 the first time the national team won all three group stage matches \u2014 in a joyous, if thoroughly inundated, Mexico City. The Guardian profiled Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones, the Colombia-born striker (naturalized in 2023) who has faced overt racism in Mexico but has become a fan favourite since scoring El Tri\u2019s first goal in the tournament (and another in the Wednesday game). The piece zoomed out to how Mexico is diversifying and beginning to reckon with the racial complexities behind the mestizaje: \u201cMexican diversity has always existed, but soccer possesses a unique ability to bring that reality to light.\u201d<\/p>

In criminal justice news, Keegan Hamilton covered the strange story of El Chapo\u2019s recent letters in the LA Times this week \u2014 who is actually sending them remains a mystery. The outlet also covered what it described as a \u201cmedia firestorm\u201d in Mexico caused by former US Ambassador Ken Salazar\u2019s soon-to-be-published memoir, which alleges that AMLO feared that El Mayo Zambada would \u201cspill the beans\u201d on corrupt Mexican officials. (Salazar says a source close to AMLO told him this, making it pretty weak hearsay \u2013 if this is the most Salazar has, no one need worry too much). In cultural news, art critic and author Hettie Judah covered the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Tate Modern and how Fridamania has sanitised the real Frida, who she describes as \u201csharp-tongued and scandalously rude, a prodigious drug user, heavy drinker, intoxicating flirt and committed communist\u201d \u2014 not the kind of description you\u2019d find on the Frida Barbie box, but not entirely off-brand for the image of a tortured artist.<\/p>

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

Ioan Grillo reported on Mexico\u2019s precipitous decline in homicides (46 per cent) under Sheinbaum in Crashout this week, concluding that the drop is real even if it\u2019s not as dramatic as the government data suggests. The Mexico Political Economist published the first of a two-part deep dive into the Mexican rail industry and how private interests and state ambitions are coming into conflict as Sheinbaum pushes forward with reviving and expanding Mexico\u2019s train network. In Materia Gris, Eduardo Garc\u00eda and Gabriel Garc\u00eda Malkin look at the power of the World Cup in commanding global attention, not just for football fans. And Miranda Intelligence\u2019s daily Substack covered key developments in energy, fintech, public affairs and politics in Mexico.<\/p>

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