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Mexico Matters

Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Mexico Matters podcast series highlights key developments in Mexico and their impact on the United States.

Produced by Marla Hiller.

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  • monthly
  • Avg 40 min
  • English

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  • August 4 · 50 min

    Energy is Destiny

    In this episode, Mariana Campero sits down with Guillermo García Alcocer, former chairman of Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and one of the region’s premier energy policy experts.

  • June 11 · 47 min

    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 author of the gripping new book, The Great Game: A Tale of Two Footballs and America’s Quest to Conquer Global Sport.

  • April 9 · 49 min

    It's the Monopolies, Stupid

    In this episode, Mariana speaks with Adolfo Babatz, Founder and CEO of Clip, which transformed the Mexican streetscape by not only putting a payment terminal into the hands of micro-merchants but also by offering financial services to help them become more efficient.

  • January 20 · 41 min

    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 historical consequences of the Trump presidency, how the world is morphing, and what is likely to be America’s role in this new world.

  • Dec 19, 2025 · 36 min

    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 affairs and politics, about President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first year in office.

  • Oct 21, 2025 · 40 min

    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 AI startups in Latin America.

  • Sep 11, 2025 · 47 min

    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. 

  • Aug 4, 2025 · 44 min

    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 the Economy, about tariff’s impact on Mexico and how they’ve served President’s Trump goal of curbing the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.

  • Jul 7, 2025 · 27 min

    Benefiting Cartels by Law 

    In this episode, Mariana speaks with former Supreme Court Minister, Jose Ramon Cosío about the implications of the judicial constitutional reform pushed by President Claudia Sheinbaum and passed by Mexico’s Congress.

  • May 15, 2025 · 35 min

    More Carrots and Less Sticks

    In this episode, Mariana speaks with Dr. Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Program, on China’s presence in Latin America, transforming itself from a distant economic partner into a central player in Latin America’s trade, infrastructure, and strategic technology sectors.

  • May 9, 2025 · 45 min

    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 President Obama and Luis Rubio, a leading Mexican political analyst, Chairman of the think tank Mexico Evalua.

  • Apr 23, 2025 · 29 min

    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 Minister of Planning, Chief of Staff, Minister of Mines and Energy under President Cardoso.

  • Feb 11, 2025 · 46 min

    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 Smith Ramos, former USMCA Chief negotiator for Mexico, about the shift in Washington away from free trade, President Trump’s use of tariffs as leverage to solve the fentanyl and border security crises, and the potential consequences of starting a trade war within North America by imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

  • Jan 27, 2025 · 49 min

    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 at CSIS.

  • Dec 9, 2024 · 35 min

    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 in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings.

  • Nov 4, 2024 · 46 min

    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, about the importance of the U.S. elections, the state of U.S. politics and about the difference in trade, migration and economic policies of the two candidates.

  • Oct 14, 2024 · 41 min

    Wait and See

    In this episode, Mariana speaks with Carlos Peyrelongue, head of Mexico Equity Research for Bank of America, about the state of the country that President Claudia Sheinbaum has inherited from her predecessor, about the parting gift he left—a judicial reform that weakens certainty and the rule of law, and about how the markets will read certain markers to determine whether or not she will rule based on data or ideology.

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