A superb, truly scary piece on fentanyl.

It's been barely more than 24 hours since it became clear Henry's time as de facto PM of Haiti was coming to an end. The fact that there hasn't been an agreement on what comes next is not surprising. It will take time. Much worse will be rushing into another unsustainable accord.

Ever worsening situation in Haiti

Our longread in The Economist this week is James Miles, Sarah Birke, Sondre Ulvund Solstad and me on fentanyl's deadly decade
economist.com/briefing/2024/…

Re-upping this. We went all out on the reporting.

CDMX’s water situation is getting grave. My kids’ school has no water; like so many others it is having to buy from “pipas”. Parents are asked to make sure to send their children with full water bottles.

Bukele's party is losing the municipal race for 'Bitcoin City' with 90 % of ballots counted.

En Conchagua, va ganando el PCN.

Super fascinating result in El Salvador's municipal elections. New Ideas underperforms. elfaro.net/es/202403/el_s…

My collaboration with Aryn Braun
James Miles and Sondre Ulvund Solstad on fentanyl. economist.com/briefing/2024/…

And the accompanying leader by Edward McBride economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

#MEXICO : Open letter by correspondents and Mexican journalists in response to last week's doxxing of The New York Times Mexico bureau chief @nataliekitro by president Andrés Manuel, requesting that the president exercise right to reply without placing reporters at risk. #123periodistas

We make sure not to do this.

Estoy buscando chicas de 14-18 años que no quieren hacer/no hicieron la fiesta de 15 años porque la consideran patriarcal. ¿Es tu caso? ¿Quieres hablar conmigo?

Markets get way ahead of themselves on investment themes. Mexico is an example. There is an investment boom, but it's driven by gov't vanity projects like 'Tren Maya.' There is some friend-shoring, but Mexico's export volumes are down. The rise in Mexico's Peso is way overdone...

Aquí hay más de 100 mil desaparecidos.

Por si les sobra algún barquito para buscarlos.

Digo.

🤦🏻‍♀️

Mexicans gather in favour of democracy animalpolitico.com/politica/ciuda…

Nuevas Ideas has 54—not 58—seats in the Assembly. That 90% comes from 71% of the vote because of a series of election law changes. #elsalvadorvota2024 elsalvadorperspectives.com/2024/02/having…

We still don't know the results of the El Salvador legislative election, or, by extension, the make-up of the assembly. elfaro.net/en/202402/el_s…

Mexican truck drivers do a national stoppage because of the amount of robberies on the roads, as well as toll costs.

This a big deal. When the government fails in basic security, there will be repercussions.

Good summary of some of today’s execution-style murders across Mexico:

- 2 chicken vendors in Temixco
- businessman in Aguascalientes
- chief criminal detective in Cd. Obregón
- candidate to the state legislature in Misantla

Plus, the mayor of Taxco escapes from a murder hit.