13 Comments
User's avatar
Christy Brandt's avatar

Not to mention, she has an impressive gender balance on her cabinet. And the people filling the roles seem to be extremely competent and logical choices, a sign that she is not just a politician paying favors to her fans, but a competent leader. I myself, though, hope the pesos per dollar goes up! 😁

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

Agreed, Christy - good to see gender diversity on her cabinet and across politics in Mexico in general. I expect you'll see more pesos for your dollar if/when the administration implements the judicial reforms they've got up their sleeves - it will generally be taken as bad news by the market, I think.

Expand full comment
Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Thanks for this, Mike. Good to know. And the new addition of a secretary for--Science, Humanities, Tech, Innovation. Sounds very promising! It will be interesting to see how things go. Great info, gracias.

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

It does sound promising (holding breath😉). Thanks for the comment, Jeanine!

Expand full comment
Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Good one!

Expand full comment
Victor D. Sandiego's avatar

Thanks for the update Mike. I did indeed notice the sudden change in the exchange rate, as I am somewhat of a nerd in following it, although I have no idea whatsoever what cause these things. In this case, the timing, but the whys and wherefores were a mystery to me until now.

I'm looking forward to see how things go under new leadership in Mexico. So far, it seems that Mexico is becoming more progressive and committed to helping regular people.

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

Indeed, Victor - the political climate right now does seem to favor regular folks. That's a good thing, and they need to balance that with more evenly distributed economic growth to improve the lives of the working and middle classes.

Expand full comment
Joyce Wycoff's avatar

Thanks for the update. I'm interested in Mexico's well-being and happy to have an informed source.

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

Thank you, Joyce. Happy to be an informed source - I just hope I am indeed informed and not misinformed! 🙂

Expand full comment
Isabel Micher's avatar

Como feminista y madre de adultos que son miembros de la comunidad LGBT+, tengo sentimientos encontrados con esta nueva presidencia.

Tal vez sea una respuesta al trauma adquirido por todos estos años de ver pasar promesas fallidas. Espero que realmente traiga nuevos rumbos para Mexico. Necesitamos urgentemente un cambio de perspectiva.

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

También espero que veamos cambios nuevos y reales. Las promesas vacías y la corrupción han pasado a su fin; necesitamos una gobernanza nueva y fresca.

Cuídate y gracias por el comentario, Isabel

Expand full comment
David W. Zoll's avatar

Good info Mike. Thanks.

Expand full comment
Mike Leavy's avatar

Thank for reading and commenting, David. Hope you are well.

Expand full comment