Blood Meridian

🇺🇸 Border Town Gets New HQ Rep. Monica De La Cruz announced $2.4 million in federal funding for a new public safety building in Alamo, Texas, in Hidalgo County. The project is framed as support for first responders and local emergency capacity in a border-regi…

🇺🇸 Edinburg Bets On Border Corridors Edinburg Economic Development Corporation unveiled a new headquarters in Edinburg, Texas, with Manuel Cruz outlining a regional transportation vision tied to trade and mobility in the Rio Grande Valley. The project is frame…

🇺🇸 Border Roads Need More Cash Texas transportation officials and local leaders are pushing for regional unity to secure more infrastructure funding, according to Texas Border Business. The effort centers on border-region transportation priorities in South Tex…

🇲🇽 Monterrey Sells Border Stability Nuevo León Governor Samuel García announced the 51st INDEX National Manufacturing Convention will be held in Monterrey. The event, promoted by the maquiladora sector, is framed as a national manufacturing gathering in one of…

🇺🇸 Harlingen Lands 2027 Forum Harlingen, Texas will host the Texas-Mexico Manufacturing Ecosystem Forum on May 12-13, 2027 at the Harlingen Convention Center. The event is described as a new binational industrial forum for the Rio South Texas region, according…

🇲🇽 Nuevo Leon Bets on Laredo Nuevo Leon announced a $200 million expansion of the Colombia Laredo International Bridge, the state run crossing that links Anahuac, Nuevo Leon, with Laredo, Texas. The project is aimed at increasing cargo capacity at one of the m…

🇧🇷 Brazil Runoff Signals Rightward Shift Brazil is heading into a presidential runoff on Sunday. The New York Times reports that in a town deep in cattle country, voter sentiment in an evangelical stronghold helps explain why the country’s leftist president is…

🇧🇷 AI Flood Hits Brazil Vote Brazil is facing a surge of A.I.-generated election videos as the country heads into a high-stakes race. The New York Times reports Brazilian authorities spent years targeting electoral lies online, but now artificial intelligence…