Mexico's Political Analysis and International Relations

The news covers Mexico-U.S. relations, including the Ryan Wedding case, a major hack, the Sinaloa crisis, and the 'new world order'. It also touches on energy policy and Trump's tariff order on oil shipments to Cuba.


Mexico's Political Analysis and International Relations

Mexico was the main crude oil supplier to the island during 2025, although shipments stopped in early 2026, according to Bloomberg. On the 'Aristegui en Vivo' analysis table, Anabel Hernández and María Idalia Gómez discussed the Ryan Wedding case and the versions of his detention, including what was published by The Wall Street Journal and what Anabel refers to regarding the presence of the FBI 'in the field'. Venezuelan actor and producer Edgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano spoke about his project 'It is still night in Caracas', which portrays the situation in Venezuela. Actor Edgar Ramírez spoke with Carmen Aristegui about 'It is still night in Caracas', a film inspired by Caracas in 2017, a year of rupture marked by a collapse of services, repression, and a humanitarian crisis. On the analysis show, Anabel Hernández and María Idalia Gómez discussed the Ryan Wedding case and the versions of his detention, including what was published by The Wall Street Journal and what Anabel refers to regarding the presence of the FBI 'in the field'. The conversation focuses on the lack of transparency from the Mexican government regarding the actions of U.S. forces, and the demand for clarification on the legal framework and its limits. Anabel Hernández questions a 'submissive cooperation' with the United States and demands that limits be defined. María Idalia Gómez affirms that 'U.S. operations have already begun' in Mexico, not necessarily as drone attacks, but as 'soft' pressure and intervention actions, citing the Ryan Wedding case and the 'chaos' she says was generated by the way the information was handled and the Mexican government's reaction. In the same analysis, she claims there has been a massive hack against Mexican government institutions 'over several months', with an interest in corruption, anomalous contracts, asset declarations, and state governments. In a second segment, they addressed the crisis in Sinaloa: the attack on two legislators from the Citizen Movement in Culiacán and the deprivation of liberty of 10 engineers and technicians linked to a Canadian company. The context of criminal warfare in the entity, the alleged 'protection money' payment, and the control of economic activities like mining and agribusiness were discussed, along with the demand for transparency. In another segment, they discussed the 'new world order' based on Mark Carney's speech, relating it to the Mexican case: institutional fragility, sovereignty in a context of external pressures, and an internal crisis marked by violence, impunity, and democratic erosion. The need for political honesty to name reality and strengthen institutions was mentioned. Finally, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to impose tariffs on imports from countries supplying oil to Cuba, under a national emergency for 'national security'.