Senior government officials, industry executives, and policy leaders from Mexico and the United States convened virtually on March 25, 2026, for the inaugural U.S.–Mexico Roadshow, hosted by the Mexico Program at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C.
President Sheinbaum has been unable to reform Mexico’s electoral code. She failed to pass a bill that sought to modify the proportional representation system and reduce public financing for political parties. Many critics argued that the reform was intended to weaken pluralism in Mexico. Two weeks ago, Mexico’s Congress rejected the proposal.
On February 27, 2026, the Mexico Program at the Dialogue hosted the virtual event, ‘Mexico’s Electoral Reform: What’s at Stake.’
The starting point for understanding the current moment in the U.S.–Mexico economic relationship is trade. Over the past three decades, bilateral exports have expanded at a pace that few regional partnerships in the world can match.
The Inter-American Dialogue’s Mexico Program convened the inaugural session of its new quarterly, off-the-record U.S.–Mexico High-Level Dialogue Series, on security cooperation between Mexico and the U.S.
Mexico Program Non-Resident Senior Fellow Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, talked with Organized Crime Dispatch (by GI-TOC) regarding the recent military operation in Mexico that resulted in the capture and death of the high-profile Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) leader, “El Mencho.”
María Marván Laborde is a researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers. She has served as Chair of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana since January 2015.
Mexico’s democracy stands at a critical juncture as the Presidential Commission for Electoral Reform prepares to deliver its final proposal to President Sheinbaum in the coming weeks. The anticipated reform could fundamentally reshape the country’s democratic system, with potential changes to plurality mechanisms, the balance between political forces, and the autonomy of the National Electoral Institute
The January 3 U.S. operation to arrest Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro on drug trafficking charges sent shock waves throughout Latin America. These were particularly pronounced in Mexico, given President Trump’s associated comment that the U.S. needs to “do something about Mexico”, where drug cartels “run the country”.
The Inter-American Dialogue’s Mexico Program convened a private roundtable under Chatham House Rule to examine recent developments in Venezuela and their potential implications for the US-Mexico relationship.
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