Lower Than Tokyo: Mexico's Fertility Shock and Growth Puzzle
In this episode, Mariana Campero speaks with Valeria Moy, Director of IMCO and host of the Peras y Manzanas podcast. They kick off with a de...
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Mexico Matters
The Mexico Matters podcast series highlights key developments in Mexico and their impact on the United States.
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20 of 59 episodesEnergy is Destiny
In this episode, Mariana Campero sits down with Guillermo García Alcocer, former chairman of Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and...
Soccer in America: From the Sidelines to the Mainstream
In this episode, Mariana sits down with Andres Martinez, journalist, Co-Director of the Great Game Lab at Arizona State University, and auth...
Iran, the World Cup, and the New Asymmetric Front: A Global Game of Chicken
In this episode, Mariana speaks with counter-terrorism and Middle East expert Dan Byman to dissect the current state of the US-Iran conflict...
It's the Monopolies, Stupid
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Adolfo Babatz, Founder and CEO of Clip, the company that transformed the Mexican streetscape by not onl...
U.S.-Mexico Tensions in the Era of the Don-Roe Doctrine
Note: This episode was recorded on February 17th, 2026, before the death of Mexican cartel leader “El Mencho.” In this episode, Mariana spea...
Trump the Price Setter, Mexico the Price Taker
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Alan Stoga, former partner of Henry Kissinger and Chairman of the Tallberg Foundations, about the histo...
Until You Run Out of Other People’s Money
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Juan Pablo Spinetto, an opinion columnist at Bloomberg covering Latin America business, economic affair...
AI: Leapfrogging into the Future
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Jimena Pardo and Federico Antoni, Managing Partners of Hi Ventures, a Venture Capital fund investing in...
Can the U.S. Win the Narcos War?
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Ioan Grillo, a journalist and prolific author specializing in organized crime and drug trafficking. The...
Breaking All the Rules
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Juan Carlos Baker, former USMCA negotiator and Director General for North America at the Ministry of th...
Benefiting Cartels by Law
In this episode, Mariana speaks with former Supreme Court Minister, Jose Ramon Cosío about the implications of the judicial constitutional r...
More Carrots and Less Sticks
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Dr. Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program at CSIS, about China’s increased presence in Latin Amer...
What Mexico Has to Offer
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Alan Bersin, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California and US Border Czar under Pres...
Brazil’s Protectionist Model Should Be No Guide for the US
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Pedro Pullen Parente, a remarkable Brazilian public servant and businessmen. Pedro was previously Minis...
Everything is Relative—including Tariffs
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Luis de la Calle, renowned economist, former NAFTA negotiator and the CEO of CMM Asociados. They discus...
Are Tariffs THE Right Weapon?
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Kevin Brady, former U.S. Rep. (R-TX) and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Kenneth Sm...
America and the World under Trump 2.0
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Dr. Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS and Seth Jones, President of the Defense and Security Department a...
Trump is Not The Enemy, Narcos Is
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology...
Trump vs Harris: Who is best for what?
In this episode, Mariana speaks with Alan Stoga, Chairman of the Tallberg Foundation and Host of the New Thinking for a New World podcast, a...