Mexico is at a crossroads.
The country’s dependence on the US, which for years powered small farms like García’s in the agricultural heartland and big corporations in the industrialized north, is rapidly pushing Mexico toward a half-trillion-dollar crossroads. As President Claudia Sheinbaum enters her second year, she is navigating through sputtering growth, an unpredictable American president intent on throwing up barriers to cross-border trade, and a surge of support for her populist party that’s given her power largely unchecked by the opposition or judiciary.
