Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico’s Judicial Reform 2.0: Democratic Accountability or Institutional Centralization?
Executive Summary Mexico’s 2026 constitutional amendments concerning judicial elections represent far more than a technical correction to the Judicial Reform enacted in 2024. While government officials have framed the…
Sheinbaum’s Speech Signals an Important Shift in Policy
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s speech of May 31 represented an important shift in Mexico’s diplomatic tone toward the United States. Although the defense of national sovereignty is a legitimate position for any…
Claudia Sheinbaum Leads Mexico into Confrontation
Her government is now on a collision course with both the United States and with basic Mexican democratic civics. It’s easy to feel sorry for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has the misfortune of presiding over the…
America Gets Serious About Cartels. Will Mexico?
President Claudia Sheinbaum shrugs as two CIA officers are killed in Chihuahua. Deaths in Mexico’s modern cartel wars are nothing unusual: The sanguinary toll of nearly 20 years of bloodshed, of state vs. criminals vs.…
China, Cartels Make Inroads as U.S. Judges Fumble Cases
Over the past week, a chain of decisions from Beijing to the Rio Grande has revealed how economic policy, narcotics flows, and national security now move on the same axis. On November 4, the White House issued an executive…
Are Trump and Rubio trying a version of trust but verify with Mexico?
“here’s no other government,” said the United States secretary of State, “that’s cooperating as much with us in the fight against crime as the Government of Mexico.” Issued several days ago from the Palacio Nacional in Mexico…
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