Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern part of North America, located to the south of the Republic of Gilead. In the Season 2 finale, it is revealed that Mexico doesn't share a border with the Republic of Gilead as the southern and western United States are still firmly in the hands of American loyalist forces opposed to Gilead. It eventually comes to border the independent Republic of Texas.
Story[]
Mayday plants false sightings of Baby Nicole in Mexico to put Gilead agents off track.
Government and society[]
With the collapse of the United States and the rise of Gilead, evidence presented in Episode 1 Season 6 indicate that the country has been struggling to survive. The Ambassador mentions, most likely due to global warming, that many crops have been failing “to adjust to new weather patterns”. Fred Waterford also mentions frequent civilian elections, implying that no government has been stable enough to rule the country in the past few years.
Women play a prominent role in Mexican society, as evidenced by the appointment of a female ambassador, Mrs. Castillo, to the Republic of Gilead. Apparently, the country, like the Republic of Gilead, has been suffering from a fertility crisis. Mrs. Castillo tells Offred that it has been six years since any healthy children were born in her home city of Xipica (there is a strong possibility Ambassador Castillo was lying to Offred about Mexico having a fertility crisis as to keep the Mexican government trade delegation's mission (i.e. spying on Gilead for the US Government-in-exile) a secret). As a result, Mrs Castillo, and possibly other members of Mexico's government, are intrigued by the Gileadean concept of Handmaids, even considering implementing such a practice in Mexico as well.[1]
There is strong evidence that the Mexican government still supports the U.S. Government-in-exile and have been secretly providing the Americans with vital information on the current state of Gilead's government, society and economy[2]. For instance, the Ambassador's assistant Flores was able to gain sufficient personal information about Commander Waterford's Handmaid to spot her husband in exile[1], which she had revealed only to the Mayday network (via Ofglen).[3] Since Mexico and Gilead don't share a land border (as evident in the Season 2 finale), there's a strong possibility that the Mexican government is supporting American loyalist forces in the southern and western United States by providing military aid.
Notes[]
As seen on an official map of Gilead, part of the nuclear radiation from the Southwest colonies has contaminated parts of Northwest Mexico, including the large city of Tijuana, which could be seen as another reason why Mexico is struggling as a country.
Embassy Staff[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 6, "A Woman's Place."
- ↑ Episode 7, "The Other Side."
- ↑ Episode 2, "Birth Day."