“A lot of these archeological sites are subject to politicisation. Like Teotihuacán.” Ominous words from Tavo, as this episode was recorded a few days before the tragic anti-tourist shooting at Teotihuacan.

Mexico is full of archeological gems. In this episode, Tavo and Alex actually head to some of the country’s less known, but just as spectacular sites, that give Teotihuacan or Chichen Itzá a run for their money.

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The Mexico Political Economist is hiring!

The army bulldozes the Yucatán peninsula

Continue down the leafy and historic paths with Tavo and Alex. But no longer just the well-known first section but the, until recently, wild second, third and fourth sections.

This is part II of the past and present of Chapultepec park.

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How the government took back control of the feral sections of Chapultepec

Mexico: The Podcast going hard against Morena party policy

This week Tavo and Alex take a stroll down Chapultepec park. Explore its greatest landmarks and historical moments—from a US invasion to a hidden piece of nineteenth century tech.

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Our episode on Cinco de Mayo

In this episode, Tavo and Alex discuss current Mexican and Chinese relations.

Missed part 1 of Mexico-China? Here’s the previous episode!

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How Mexico was “China’s first victim”

Tavo explains inflation in Mexico

Mexico’s tariffs on China

Chinese investment in Mexico

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look back at the mutual influence and relations between China and Mexico.

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Colonial Mexico and Imperial China’s early relations

Mexico’s porous borders

Echeverría’s Third World ideology

Manuel Gómez Morín was many things: A member of the government, an opponent of the government, a lawyer, a massive stick-in-the-mud, and the subject of today’s episode of Mexico: The Podcast. In it Tavo and Alex unpack the life of one of Mexico’s most influential men, and how his personal qualities have created the political situation the country is in to this day.

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Alex’s book: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

Long before Mark Carney declared the international rules-based system dead, Mexico was working to balance the global law of the jungle with its own principles.

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex look into over a century of Mexican foreign policy, as they seek to answer whether Mexico has been more principled or pragmatic.

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A previous episode on Vicente Fox’s approach to government

Alex’s book on the Mexican right: La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)

Mexico’s economy didn’t do all that well in 2025… Things could get much worse.

In episode one of season two of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo and Alex dissect the factors that will affect Mexico’s economic growth, investment, and prosperity in 2026.

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Why local governments suck at taxation

Mexican inequality, explained

Taxing Mexico’s moguls

Unexpected tax collection increase in 2025

Pemex, explained

Mexico’s judicial election, explained

What happens to Mexico after Trump’s Venezuela strikes

Plan Mexico Project

In this yuletide episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Alex raises a glass to a time honoured tradition and toasts Tavo for being an integral part of it.

The Guadalupe-Reyes “marathon” is a Christmas tradition like no other; here we explain what’s behind it.

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La Guadalupana song

Why Mexicans are so good at partying

A look inside Tavo’s time in the central bank

How did Mexicans go from avoiding being called “conservative” to opposition figures coming to show off they’re on the extreme right?

In this episode of Mexico: The Podcast, Tavo grills Alex on his upcoming book—La derecha no existe (pero ahí está)—and about what it truly means to be on the right in Mexico.

To buy the book click here or go to your favourite book shop soon. For international shipping outside of Mexico, the book will be available on Amazon within the next week.

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The rise of Porfirio Díaz in the battle of 5 de mayo

The strange nature of Mexico’s 19th Century liberals

More on Mexico’s judicial reform