--- title: Alex González Ormerod | TIME description: Alex González Ormerod is the founder of The Mexico Political Economist, a weekly publication covering Mexican politics and business. He has written about Latin American politics, culture, and economics for Americas Quarterly, Whitepaper, Rest of World, and Hyperallergic. canonical: https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Alex González Ormerod ## Alex González Ormerod Alex González Ormerod is the founder of [The Mexico Political Economist](http://www.mxpe.org/), a weekly publication covering Mexican politics and business. He has written about Latin American politics, culture, and economics for Americas Quarterly, Whitepaper, Rest of World, and Hyperallergic. ## Alex González Ormerod *  Sep 6, 2025 ### [The White House and Mexico Are Learning to Get Along](https://time.com/7314987/us-mexico-trump-sheinbaum-rubio/) The two countries have agreed to cooperate closely on security, the most politically fraught issue. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 21, 2024 ### [Why Trump Actually Needs Mexico](https://time.com/7177852/mexicos-trump-cards/) There are many reasons for Mexico to worry about a President Trump. But it has considerable leverage... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 6, 2024 ### [Where Venezuela Goes From Here](https://time.com/7007998/venezuela-maduro-gonzalez-election/) The autocratic Nicolás Maduro is trying to steal the election. The opposition is fighting back. How ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 30, 2024 ### [The Tragedy of Mexico's Election](https://time.com/6983054/mexico-election-sheinbaum-morena/) Claudia Sheinbaum is comfortably ahead in the polls. But an opposition in disarray does not bode wel... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/","name":"Alex González Ormerod"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/"},"name":"Alex González Ormerod","jobTitle":null,"description":"Alex González Ormerod is the founder of The Mexico Political Economist, a weekly publication covering Mexican politics and business. He has written about Latin American politics, culture, and economics for Americas Quarterly, Whitepaper, Rest of World, and Hyperallergic.","url":"https://time.com/author/alex-gonzalez-ormerod/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```