{"id":19747,"date":"2026-09-04T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-aug-28-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:43:07","slug":"mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-aug-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/es\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-aug-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MI\u2019s Mexico Foreign Press Chatter \u2013 Aug. 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Foreign coverage on Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>

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The Financial Times reported on the freshly finished Centinela Tower in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez this week, an intelligence and surveillance centre which includes a situation room \u201cwhere representatives of foreign governments can work alongside state police\u201d. The story uses the \u201cgleaming new\u201d skyscraper to contrast the attitude of officials in PAN-governed Chihuahua with the stated anti-interventionist stance of the ruling party, in reality more honored in the breach than the observance given the close collaboration between Omar Harfuch and US security apparatus, which has hardened since the revelation of CIA agents\u2019 participation in a raid on a meth lab in April. State security chief Gilberto Loya told the reporter that \u201cwe don\u2019t see them [the US] as imperialists, we see them as trade partners\u201d and that \u201cthere\u2019s no harm in a little help\u2026we\u2019re fighting the same enemy\u201d (organised crime that is, not Morena).<\/p>

Mexico\u2019s Finance and Public Credit Ministry took offence at a report in Bloomberg headlined \u201cMexico Bonds Trade Like Junk After $130 Billion Bailout of Pemex\u201d, responding with a statement pointing to improving credit-default swap (CDS) spreads as evidence of its standing in debt markets, with five-year CDS at 80 basis points, down from 120 basis points when Sheinbaum took office in October 2024. Bloomberg had reported that Mexico is at risk of a junk downgrade and is now paying higher yields than some smaller, lower-rated neighbours such as Guatemala and Panama, despite still holding a higher credit rating. The report blamed Pemex bailouts (US$130 billion between AMLO\u2019s government and Sheinbaum\u2019s so far), which analysts have described as transferring Pemex\u2019s \u201cfinancial rot\u201d onto the sovereign balance sheet. Bloomberg followed up with another article, sort of ceding Hacienda\u2019s point that UMS risk has come down most recently.<\/p>

Banxico governor Victoria Rodr\u00edguez Ceja, quoted in Bloomberg, echoed Hacienda\u2019s statement in the bank\u2019s quarterly report presentation this week: \u201cWhile some agencies have pointed to certain risks, they have also recognized important strengths in our country, such as our solid external position, trade integration with the United States, and our ability to respond to episodes of volatility.\u201d<\/p>

Meanwhile, on the political front, Bloomberg also reported on the response from magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego following Sheinbaum\u2019s proposed constitutional amendment to bar anyone with dual citizenship from the presidency, or from governorships to ensure \u201cthe nation\u2019s interest takes precedence over the interest of any other nation.\u201d Salinas Pliego posted on X: \u201cGuess who holds dual citizenship and that\u2019s how you\u2019ll know why they\u2019re rushing to push through measures that benefit no one and actually harm some people\u201d, seeming to imply that he has double nationality. Another opposition political figure, Juli\u00e1n LeBar\u00f3n (who has dual Mexico-US citizenship), has publicly come out against the proposal, calling it \u201cbrutally unfair\u201d; he is planning to run for governor of Chihuahua in 2027.<\/p>

The LA Times followed up on Mexico\u2019s increased pressure on the US over Mexican deaths in ICE raids or in custody, but found there has been little progress. As one human rights advocate put it: \u201cThe Americans don\u2019t seem to be paying much attention. What Mexico is doing is basically a bureaucratic step with no real response.\u201d<\/p>

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

In CrashOut this week, Ioan Grillo published a video interview with journalist H\u00e9ctor de Maule\u00f3n, whose work is the basis for Netflix\u2019s new hit film \u201cLa captura\u201d, about the cops who nabbed El Chapo in 2016. Grillo observed that \u201cMexico struggles to have cop heroes, while narcos are glorified, and I wonder if they have finally found some.\u201d<\/p>

The Mexico Political Economist argued that while Mexico\u2019s most urgent problem is a stalled economy, the more insidious problem underlying it is crime (understood more broadly than security to include fraud and tax evasion) noting \u201cthere is an equivalent of huachicol fiscal across almost every sector.\u201d<\/p>

In Materia Gris, Eduardo Garc\u00eda analysed Sheinbaum\u2019s response following the brief return of Rocha Moya to office in Sinaloa, crediting the president for swift action \u2014 \u201cThe political tension generated by Rocha Moya had already begun to dissipate, thanks in large part to an effective political operation by Sheinbaum\u201d \u2014 but warning that her challenges are far from over as the US continues to exert pressure on Morena politicians.<\/p>