Winning Is Not the Same as Governing: The 2026 Latino Vote and the Test Ahead
A week before the election, the early-voting numbers already told much of the story. Tom Bonier documented that Mexican American and Latino turnout was outpacing 2024 in several states and…
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All Identity →Mexican Lucio Usobiaga Wins Global Prize for Preserving Ancestral Agriculture
Mexican Lucio Usobiaga won the Basque Culinary World Prize 2026
Quintonil Puts Mexico Among the Global Elite as Fourth Best Restaurant in the World
Quintonil, in Mexico City, reached fourth place at The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 and received the recognition for Best Restaurant in Latin America, during a ceremony held this November 4...
Ancestral Games Built a Bridge Between Chiapas and Arctic Peoples
What began with a parade of 17 delegations in front of the Palenque Archaeological Zone ended as a national and international gathering that brought ancestral games to different venues across Chiapas and connected Mexican participants with representatives from Alaska, Canada and Greenland.
Culture
All Culture →Mexico Joins the Global Video Game Race with Game Conference MX
Mexico will host more than 150 video game development studios from around the world at the Games Conference (GCMX) 2026 on November 13 and 14 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Abner Sable, its founder, stresses that while…
Rock Bridges Generations at Núcleo 1 Festival in Mexico City
The Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City shook with rock from different generations this November 6 with a historic lineup headlined by Haragán y Cía, one of the leading representatives of the national rock movement.
Silvana Estrada to Bring Latin Music to the Heart of LA Phil
Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada has been named the first creative director of Latin music at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Economy
All Economy →Remittances total 47.164 billion dollars over nine months, but September marks their lowest level since April
Remittances total 47.164 billion dollars from January to September, 2.1% more than a year earlier, according to Banco de México, although September was the lowest month since April. The strong peso and the slower pace of employment for Mexicans in the United States are weighing on the flows.
The Diplomacy of the Tariff
Some foreign ministers arrive to give speeches, others arrive to close chapters. Roberto Velasco belongs to the second group. He was appointed on April 1, after serving as Undersecretary for North America, in the middle of the USMCA review, and the Senate ratified him with 81 votes in favor and 30 against. His profile explains the direction: he is a negotiator before he is an ideologue, and the foreign policy he leads looks more like a negotiating table than a podium.
Mexico Senate raises 2027 tourist entry fee to 1,158 pesos
Mexico's Senate approved a 17.8% rise in the foreign tourist fee to 1,158 pesos for 2027, part of a budget package allowing 1.7 trillion pesos in borrowing.




















