Mexico City's Wild Week: Hailstorms, K-Pop, and Trade Talks

Mexico City has been buzzing with events, dramatic weather, political maneuvering, and economic intrigue over the past week. Yesterday, the city was slammed by a freak hailstorm that blanketed five of its major boroughs, including Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juárez, with hail, flooding, fallen trees, and severe traffic mayhem—emergency crews scrambled through flooded intersections to restore order as viral videos captured scenes of chaos and resilient chilangos wading through white drifts. The storm follows a very rainy summer in Mexico City, and locals are now juggling umbrellas and sunscreen as they make plans for August’s packed calendar.

On the cultural front, the World Press Photo exhibition returned to the Franz Mayer Museum for its 68th edition, featuring a powerful selection of 42 global documentary works drawn from more than 59000 entries—this year’s topics range from climate upheaval to social conflict, and it’s already drawing art lovers, journalists, and policy folks alike. For contemporary art fans, Gabriel Orozco’s ambitious solo show at Museo Jumex is grabbing headlines—his installations and playful urban interventions are the talk of the creative scene. As August draws to a close, athletes are lacing up for the Mexico City Marathon, a major annual sports event set to cascade through the capital’s iconic landmarks with thousands expected to run and cheer from the sidelines.

In sports infrastructure news, Ocesa just unveiled the revamped Olympic Velodrome, now a 6800-seat venue set to host major K-pop concerts and possibly reenergize the city’s reputation as a hub for international entertainment.

On the trade and diplomacy front, all eyes are on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ongoing back-and-forth with President Trump over U.S. tariffs. After tense July talks and a flurry of international calls—including a key conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister—Sheinbaum secured a 90-day extension on US tariffs, averting an immediate hike on Mexican exports. Ministers from Canada visited Mexico City this week, discussing everything from automotive supply chains to tourism, reflecting the capital’s new centrality in North American economic strategy. Despite tariff threats, Mexico’s exports to the U.S. actually jumped 6.3 percent in the first half of 2025, raising the trade surplus to over 96 billion dollars, though market share dipped slightly as global trade rebounded.

So while Mexico City contends with wild weather and the daily drama of global politics, its cultural and economic pulse remains as urgent and electric as ever. The city is never short on news, and this week proved it is still at the heart of every headline.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mexico City has been buzzing with events, dramatic weather, political maneuvering,
and economic intrigue over the past week. Yesterday, the city
was slammed by a freak hailstorm that blanketed five of
its major burroughs, including Quake, Temok and Benito Huarez, with
hail flooding, fallen trees, and severe traffic mayhem. Emergency crews

(00:20):
scrambled through flooded intersections to restore order as viral videos
captured scenes of chaos and resilient chilangos wading through white drifts.
The storm follows a very rainy summer in Mexico City,
and locals are now juggling umbrellas and sunscreen as they
make plans for August's packed calendar. On the cultural front,
the World Press Photo Exhibition returned to the Franz Meyer

(00:41):
Museum for its sixty eighth edition, featuring a powerful selection
of forty two global documentary works drawn from more than
fifty nine thousand entries. This year's topics range from climate
upheaval to social conflict, and it's already drawing art lovers, journalists,
and policy folks alike. For contemporary art fans gave Gabriel
Orozco's ambitious solo show at Museo humex is grabbing headlines.

(01:04):
His installations and playful urban interventions are the talk of
the creative scene. As August draws to a close, athletes
are lacing up for the Mexico City Marathon, a major
annual sports event set to cascade through the capital's iconic landmarks,
with thousands expected to run and cheer from the sidelines.
In sports infrastructure news, Osessa just unveiled the revamped Olympic Velodrome,

(01:27):
now a six thousand, eight hundred seat venue set to
host major K pop concerts and possibly re energize the
city's reputation as a hub for international entertainment. On the
trade and diplomacy front, all eyes are on President Claudia
Shinebaum's ongoing back and forth with President Trump over US tariffs.
After tenh July talks and a flurry of international calls,

(01:48):
including a key conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister, Shinebamb
secured a ninety day extension on US tariffs, averting an
immediate hike on Mexican exports. Ministers from Canada visited Mexico
City this week discussing everything from automotive supply chains to tourism,
reflecting the capital's new centrality in North American economic strategy.
Despite tariff threats, Mexico's exports to the US actually jumped

(02:11):
six point three percent in the first half of twenty
twenty five, raising the trade surplus to over ninety six
billion dollars, though market share dipped slightly as global trade rebounded.
So while Mexico City contends with wild weather and the
daily drama of global politics, its cultural and economic pulse
remains as urgent and electric as ever. The city is
never short on news, and this week proved it is

(02:34):
still at the heart of every headline. And that is
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