Briefs
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SOBERANÍA 40: NY TIMES LIES, AGAIN
The New York Times has once again been caught red-handed engaging in deceptive reporting on Mexico, Mexico’s participatory National Development Plan, and Bye, Bye Justin Trudeau.
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People’s Mañanera January 6: New Electric Vehicle “Olinia”
New Mexican EV Olinia to have three models and launch at the World Cup in 2026, gas prices, new scholarships and popular evaluation of schooling, Mexicana airline update, strengthening the work of Mexican consuls in the USA.
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CLICKS JANUARY 6
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including New York Times’ dishonest drug war propaganda, Mexican agriculture decimated by US and Canadian “trade”, US tries to blackmail Mexico to end Cuba support, potential pitfalls of Plan Mexico, clandestine graves in Chiapas, tarrifs and the Communist journal Cuadernos Politicos.
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Mexican Gov’t Disputes Accuracy of NY Times Story on ‘Cartel Fentanyl Lab’
Below is a translation of comments made by Alejandro Svarch Pérez, Director General Of IMSS-Bienestar, and Lieutenant Juana Peñaloza Ibarra, Field Chemist Analyst For Precursors At The Secretariat Of The Navy, during the January 2, 2025 press conference in Mexico City addressing a recent story published by The New York Times on December 29, 2024…
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Will Trump Invade Mexico?
Dimitri Lascaris in conversation with José Luis Granados Ceja about Trump’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy towards Latin America and its potential to unite opposition to the Monroe Doctrine.
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2024’s TOP TEN Stories In Mexican Politics: #5-1
Special guest, the journalist Sasi Alejandre helps review the biggest stories in Mexican politics that took place in Mexico in 2024, #5 to #1.
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2024’s TOP TEN Stories In Mexican Politics: #10-6
Special guest Sasi Alejandre helps review the biggest stories in Mexican politics that took place in 2024.
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CLICKS DECEMBER 24
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including Sheinbaum will use Constitution to impose GMO corn ban, Mexican billionaire fortunes created by privatization and neoliberalism, uncovering the dark history of the Dirty War, US exploitation of migrants, Mexico will attend Maduro inauguration, Panama Canal belongs to Panama, Canadian mining abuses.
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Mexico rejects Trump threats as Ottawa bows to US empire
José Luis Granados Ceja talks to Canadian journalist Yves Engler about the contrasting reactions from the Mexican and Canadian governments to Trump’s tarrif threats.
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CLICKS DECEMBER 17
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including final segment of Maya Train opens, Morena bickering between Adán Augusto & Ricardo Monreal, highlighting cooperatives in Mexico City, the ongoing Canada-Mexico-USA trade dispute, frightening upcoming ambassador appointment, and the PILARES social education system.
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Soberanía 39: Stop right there, Uber! New Law Protects Gig Workers
Sheinbaum’s government is granting labor protections and social security to hundreds of thousands of “gig” workers; also on US Ambassador-designate Ron Johnson’s past as a spook for the CIA and as “military advisor” in El Salvador during the civil war and his cozy relationship with Bukele.
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People’s Mañanera December 16
Price control updates, education reform progress, gender equality, judicial candidate selection process, Maya Train to connect to Inter-Oceanic train, Adán Augusto and Ricardo Monreal dispute, INFONAVIT finances are fine.
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LEFT RECKONING: Why Sheinbaum Won Mexico & Why Kamala Lost
Kurt and José Luis join the gringo podcast Left Reckoning once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump.
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Soberanía 38: Mexico Raises Minimum Wage… AGAIN!
The minimum wage in Mexico once again sees an above-inflation increase in 2025, former US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau’s is promoted to US deputy secretary of state and the Mexican far-right’s recent activity in Argentina and Spain.
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Has Canada Ignored Mexico As An Ally?
Mexico Solidarity’s José Luis Granados Ceja appears on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, a Canadian TV show.
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People’s Mañanera December 9
Price control update, almost a million women aged 63 & 64 enrolled in new benefits program, over 100,000 medical professionals apply to work for new house-to-house healthcare program, public housing programs advancing, 50% discount on Maya Train over holidays, re-distributing money saved from axing corrupt institutions.
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CLICKS DECEMBER 9
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including tarrif war, Pirelli union-busting, Mexico-Canada tiff, Canadian mining corporation disasters and increased inspections, new reforms benefitting delivery app workers.
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Soberanía 37: Canadian Mines Strip Mexico Bare
Why is Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau trying to throw Mexico under the bus in the face of tarrif negotiations with Donald Trump and what is the central role played by Canadian mining companies in the Mexico-Canada bilateral relationship?
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People’s Mañanera December 2
Rosaio Castellanos University expansion, price controls on food, disabilities pensions, 3.88 million children receive Rita Cetina scholarship, new presidential decrees, responding to Canadian politicians, AMLO’s legacy and the PAN is the real estate cartel.
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CLICKS DECEMBER 1
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, this week mostly about Mexican diplomatic successes and Canadian tomfoolery and racism.
ANALYSIS
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Big Trouble at the Camino Rojo Mine
Jaime Pulido León was a mine worker and leader of a local of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union. Was. Death threats drove him and the union out of the mine owned by Canadian corp Orla Mining and even out of the state of Zacatecas.
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Whoever Wins, Mexico Loses
Mexico yearns for peace, but that requires a coordinated, multifaceted strategy, not US unilateral actions, be it a Republican or Democrat in the White House.
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Mexico Rising: Under AMLO, a Sharp Left Turn
An interview with historian Edwin F. Ackerman on the political origins, activities and legacy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Health Care Where There Is No Doctor
Part 1 of an interview with David Werner, radical author and health and social justice activist, co-founder and director of Healthwrights on his experience with campesino medicine.
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Mexico’s transformation advances with President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum
“It is the Time of Women” proclaims Claudia: her own election is symbolic of a much broader change.
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¡Reforma Ya!
Mexico’s political institutions reflect majority opinion; Morena is in power because the country’s political system allows third parties to grow (it’s only ten years old) and because most people support its policies, including democratizing the judiciary.
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Sovereignty Is Never Up for Negotiation
The sort of interference proposed by Brazil and Colombia is an affront to sovereignty, even when it comes from friendly governments.
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Nature and/or Economic Development?
In this interview, agroecologist Dr. Cecilia Elizondo explains a new “both/and” model of development being tried in Mexico of agro-ecology, wholistic development and food sovereignty.
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Ambassadors Salazar & Clark Win the Negroponte Prize
Ken Salazar, US ambassador, and Graeme Clark, Canadian ambassador, need an intensive course in the basics of international diplomacy.
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Mexico’s Lesson for the International Left
Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico’s presidential election thanks to her party’s record of passing universal social policies, respecting working-class voters, and rejecting biased media narratives.
PHOTOS
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s 100 Points
100 points outlined in Sheinbaum’s first speech as the newest President of the Mexican Republic, with photos.
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Mexico Votes!
Mexicans voted in election in the largest election in the country’s history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, as well as the Presidential position, which was won by Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Close
Hundreds of thousands filled the Zocalo and side-streets in Mexico City to attend the closing event for Mexican Presidential candidate Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum.
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CDMX Rally Against Ecuador’s Attack on Mexican Embassy
The provocative assault was ordered by the ultra-right wing government of Miami-born, nepo-baby Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Launch
Hundreds of thousands crowded the Zócalo and beyond in Mexico City. Sheinbaum polling over twice the amount of her nearest competition.
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Mexico City Global Day for Palestine
The demand was made for Mexico to end diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Massive march brings over 20,000 into Mexico City streets for Palestine
Various social and political organizations participated, as well as students and a substantial number of trade unions, including the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas and Sindicato de Trabajadores de la UNAM.
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CDMX with Palestine
On Saturday, October 28th, Chilangos marched in solidarity with Palestine from the Angel of Indepence to the Zócalo,
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Mexico City in Solidarity with Palestine
Over 10,000 rallied in Mexico City in solidarity with Palestinians
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XXII Feria Internacional del Libro
For this edition, tributes were made to Almudena Grandes, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, Carlos Martínez Rentería and Elena Poniatowska.