Maya Averbuch
@mayaaverbuch
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Covering Mexico’s economy & politics for Bloomberg @business | send feedback & tips [email protected] | immigration reporter at heart | views are my own
Mexico City, Mexico
Joined June 2014
If anyone thought it was going to be an easy summer for Claudia Sheinbaum, that was not the case. Following a victory tour and an explosive reform process, she’ll have her first day in charge tomorrow. Profile @markets https://t.co/KY6Xzk6RD0
bloomberg.com
Before Tuesday’s inauguration, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president-elect, embraced AMLO, her popular predecessor.
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Sheinbaum is facing a $500 billion crossroads: if she plays her cards right, by stoking domestic industries, attracting foreign investment and avoiding Trump's punitive tariffs, the economy could grow by 2.2% a year through 2030. But... https://t.co/p88jDpF1Iw
bloomberg.com
With the nation at a crossroads, the Mexican president’s decisions will determine whether growth takes off — or becomes mired in stagnation.
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EQUATOR, which launches today, is incredible but also LOOKS incredible — unlike any magazine you’ve seen before. Stunning art at https://t.co/Nvh20GupbY from Yto Barrada, Dayanita Singh, Sohrab Hura, Dash Shaw, Soviet poster artist Viktor Koretsky, & more… @Equatormag
equator.org
Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
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El Faro gathered 27 testimonies of survivors of Bukele’s prisons. None of them belonged to a gang; they were teachers, campesinos, fishermen, saleswomen, and workers.
beta.elfaro.net
The voices of these survivors of the prisons of the Salvadoran regime of exception depict barbarism sparing few horrors: murders by guards; elaborate torture involving hangings, placing bricks on...
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Do it! @curaffairs has thoughtful leaders and editors who helped me produce a great piece on Puerto Rico—which not-too-indirectly led to me getting a book deal!
Current Affairs is soliciting new writing! If you're a writer, or you are just a person who has something insightful to say, check out our Writers Guide and Pitch Form. And forward to those you think might want to write for us! https://t.co/ieIK2jUYzG
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It's a tragedy that 150+ journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000. But it's a story of resilience, heroism that Mexico still has a strong critical press. @APaxman tells the tale beautifully in his book Mexican Watchdogs out today Read excerpt↓ https://t.co/CcjanbYrno
crashoutmedia.com
An excerpt from Andrew Paxman's new book "Mexican Watchdogs" out today
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Mexico is the worst hotspot for cargo truck hijacking w/ 100,000+ violent in-transit robberies occurring over the last 5 years. These incidents have resulted in billions dollars of losses. Companies including GM, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Amazon & Philip Morris have been affected.
🇲🇽🔊 🚚 🚔 On the latest episode of the @ModernMexico PODCAST I spoke to BLOOMBERG journalist @mayaaverbuch about the issue of cargo truck hijacking in Mexico. Mexico is now the world's worst hotspot for violent, in-transit robberies.
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The US conducts lethal strikes on four vessels in the eastern Pacific and engages Mexico to help with the search for a survivor, @iainmarlow @mayaaverbuch report
bloomberg.com
The Trump administration launched its largest military strikes yet on alleged drug traffickers, destroying four boats in the eastern Pacific and killing 14 people in an attack that risks raising...
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"It’s an issue that affects companies. You have theft of electronics, sneakers, tequila, medicine, phones, all kind of things that can end up on the black market. It’s very risky to be working on the highways," @mayaaverbuch explains.
🇲🇽🔊 🚚 🚔 On the latest episode of the @ModernMexico PODCAST I spoke to BLOOMBERG journalist @mayaaverbuch about the issue of cargo truck hijacking in Mexico. Mexico is now the world's worst hotspot for violent, in-transit robberies.
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🇲🇽🔊 🚚 🚔 On the latest episode of the @ModernMexico PODCAST I spoke to BLOOMBERG journalist @mayaaverbuch about the issue of cargo truck hijacking in Mexico. Mexico is now the world's worst hotspot for violent, in-transit robberies.
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I see a lot of confusion among international commentators about Argentina, particularly over the need of a devaluation So I took a stab at answering why Argentina is Argentina.. 1/10 🇦🇷 my column for @opinion
https://t.co/Ovclvz8Tq9
bloomberg.com
Argentina is once again dominating financial headlines — and for a familiar reason: The crisis-prone South American nation is experiencing yet another bout of instability, the latest in a decades-l...
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Incredible story from @meganjanetsky!
We spent months following three Afghan siblings who fled the Taliban and traveled 18k miles across the world to seek asylum in the U.S. They were deported by the Trump admin., and scattered to 3 different countries. Our @AP deep-dive on their journey: https://t.co/AZwlx3JwTU
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In Trinidad and Tobago, people in one fishing village said two local men who were supposed to return from Venezuela never showed up and lost contact-leading them to conclude that they were killed by US bombs. By @jimwyss @zerpius @GaripPatricia
https://t.co/2ugA3x4v3s
bloomberg.com
Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations accused the US of killing innocent people in the Caribbean, citing local reports that two of the men in the latest boat bombing were Trinidadian fishermen.
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Israel intercepted an aid flotilla's last vessel, the Marinette, less than 43 nautical miles from Gaza, a day after stopping most boats and detaining hundreds of activists, including Greta Thunberg https://t.co/sOUmkOApiC
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"In the abyssal depths of the ocean, a data cable is a scrawny, unprotected thing, like a snail divested of its shell." -@samanth_s
theguardian.com
A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life
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"It has gone largely unnoticed that time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline." By @jburnmurdoch
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In July, I went to a village in Michoacán, Mexico destroyed by combat between cartels the Trump administration categorized as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. What did I find? Bullets produced in a US Army factory and used by those very same FTOs. https://t.co/tuWRLf8kCm
theintercept.com
The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while enabling the flow of guns into Mexico by slashing federal regulators.
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One died, eight remain in the U.S., and 18 are purportedly imprisoned in Bukele’s jails. The case files of these veteran leaders of MS-13 show abundant evidence of their secret agreements with Bukele for years.
beta.elfaro.net
One of these men, according to information not confirmed by the Salvadoran government, died; eight remain in the United States, awaiting trial or deportation back to Bukele; and 18 are purportedly...
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Mass deportation is big business: MSNBC reported Border Czar Tom Homan took $50K in a bag from FBI agents posing as contractors. Now, we are revealing new details of Homan's business connections—& the firms paying for a chance to get close to him. https://t.co/oaos50bqax
propublica.org
A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives...
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AMLO’s YouTube Live reach hit its peak in 2023 when he was crowned Latin America’s streaming king. So far in 2025, Sheinbaum is ranked No. 7 regionally, trailing much younger, mostly gaming content creators. Beautifully done story by @aliregarcia.
bloomberg.com
Mexico’s first woman president has turned her predecessor’s signature press event into her own.
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Many thanks to @BiovIntCIAT_eng and @The_Dialogue for sharing your research, and the Asociación de Familiares De Migrantes Desaparecidos De Honduras (AFAMIDEH) in Choluteca. You can learn more about Cedeño's climate strife here:
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