Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered

Jan 17 2025 82 ep. 24 mins 76
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The "Judy Ley Allen Mexico Centered" podcast features interviews with academics, former government officials and other experts on issues central to the U.S.-Mexico relation. The podcast is hosted by the Baker Institute's Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University in Houston, Texas. For more information on our work, please visit https://www.bakerinstitute.org/center-for-the-united-states-and-mexico/

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Episode 82 - Mexico's Budget Proposal for 2025 (Guest: Mariana Campos)

Jan 17 2025 36 mins  
On November 15, 2024, the Mexican government released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025, which runs from January 1 through December 31. The government pledged to narrow its fiscal deficit from around 6% in 2024 to around 3% in 2025. According to the budget proposal there will be no additional taxes and the economy will grow between 2% and 3% next year. Within the same prop

Episode 81 - Deportations, Tariffs, Fentanyl: What's next for the US MX Relation (Guest: The Honorable Christopher Landau)

Dec 09 2024 24 mins  
On the campaign trail, Mexico was very much in Donald Trump’s cross-hairs. Now that he’s set to return to office, his pledges — including mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, a 25% tariff on Mexican goods and services, and a “war on drug cartels” — could indeed become reality. What could these policies look like in practice, and how will they shape the fut

Episode 80 - AI and the Binantional Relation (Guests: Chris Bronk and Alejandro Dabdoub)

Nov 04 2024 24 mins  
The Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute stays abreast of the many issues affecting the binational relationship–including some issues that are not as intuitive and are often not in the media. One of these is artificial intelligence. To explore what AI can do to the U.S.-Mexico relationship - in academia, security, cybersecurity, and lab

Episode 79 - Mexico's Judicial Reform (Guests: Javier Martin Reyes and David Gantz)

Oct 23 2024 37 mins  
Mexico’s sweeping overhaul of the country’s court system took effect last month, in the final weeks before President López Obrador handed the keys of the National Palace to his mentee and successor, President Claudia Sheinbaum. Mexico is now one of the few countries in the world that elects its judges, including at the Supreme Court level, by popular vote, rather than by app

Episode 78: The USMCA Review and Other Trade Challenges (Guest: C.J. Mahoney)

Sep 26 2024 23 mins  
International trade has flourished in recent decades. In the U.S., which is both the world’s largest importer and exporter of goods and services, trade has lowered the costs of everyday goods, raised the living standard, and fueled job growth. But it has also eliminated some jobs, mostly in manufacturing. As a result, support for free trade has declined. Today, American policym

Episode 77: Claudia Sheinbaum and AMLO’s Looming Shadow (Guest: Tony Payan)

Sep 16 2024 30 mins  
Late last month, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a “pause” in relations with the U.S. embassy. These latest tensions between the two countries came after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar criticized López Obrador’s proposed judicial reforms, which include electing judges by popular vote. Salazar called this measure “a major risk to the functi

Episode 76: Voter Attitudes in Mexico and the US (Guest: Carlos Moreno Jaimes)

Jul 03 2024 19 mins  
In this month's episode of Mexico Centered, Tony Payan sits down with Carlos Moreno Jaimes, professor and researcher at ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, about voter attitudes in the Mexican and U.S. electorates and a recent survey he conducted to look at this issue. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website, an

Episode 75: Mexico's Elections: The Results (Guest: Lorena Becerra)

Jun 05 2024 20 mins  
Tony Payan sits down with Lorena Becerra, political analyst and CEO of Lorena Becerra Encuestas, to analyze the results of Mexico’s presidential election on June 2, 2024. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website, and follow us on X/Twitter and LinkedIn. To join our mailing list, please subscribe here and make sure to

Episode 74: Mexico's Post-Presidential Election Scenarios (Guest: Javier Martin Reyes)

May 13 2024 25 mins  
In this episode we sit down with Javier Martin Reyes, researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) for a conversation on Mexico's post-presidential election scenarios and their possible legal consequences. For more information on the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico visit our website, and follow us on X/Tw

Episode 73: Mexico's Presidential Elections, the Candidates, Continuity and the Binational Relation (Guest: Carlos Bravo Regidor)

Apr 26 2024 22 mins  
As Mexico's current presidential administration approaches its final days, key questions about the country’s future arise. Some of the critical challenges facing Mexico range from political to democratic principles, such as the growing poverty rate, the state of public safety, and the U.S.–Mexico binational relationship. How will the next presidential administration tackle thes