Simon Romero

The new chief justice of Mexico's Supreme Court started life as a goatherd in a remote Mixtec-speaking village in Oaxaca. I interviewed Hugo Aguilar Ortiz for this story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...

The obituary of Mario Vargas Llosa that I wrote for The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...

Remote workers in Mexico City are facing the ire of protesters. This wave of anger against relatively well-heeled foreigners didn't come out of nowhere. Our explainer: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...

Remote workers in Mexico City are facing the ire of protesters. This wave of anger against relatively well-heeled foreigners didn't come out of nowhere. Our explainer: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...

The new chief justice of Mexico's Supreme Court started life as a goatherd in a remote Mixtec-speaking village in Oaxaca. I interviewed Hugo Aguilar Ortiz for this story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...

Mexico's sweeping judicial overhaul is getting off to a rocky start: Nearly 90 percent of voters opted not to cast ballots, an exceptional level of abstention. Our analysis: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...

Mexico has a staggering dependence on imports of natural gas from the U.S., which is used to make electricity and power the country's export-driven industrial base. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

The obituary of Mario Vargas Llosa that I wrote for The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...

Aiming to appease Trump, Mexico is hitting China with tariffs, deploying thousands of troops to deter migration, handing cartel leaders over to the United States and using C.I.A. intelligence to hunt down others. Will that be enough to stave off tariffs? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

My Green Room interview with @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social where I talk about my path to journalism, New Mexico chile and Sofia Imber's sublime contemporary art museum in Caracas www.zocalopublicsquare.org/new-york-tim...

Escalating executive power grab: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

After Mexico reached a deal to avoid tariffs -- for now -- I joined colleagues at The Daily to discuss trade tensions between Mexico and the United States. We explored the question: Where does North America go from here? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/p...

NEW: Trump hits Colombia with 25% tariffs + sanctions --Colombia's president rejected U.S. military deportation flights --Measures call into question Colombia's longtime status as a top ally in Latin America --Brazil also complained about treatment of deportees www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...