Briefs
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SOBERANÍA 46: MEXICO VS THE DEA
What are the implications for Mexico of hardliner Terry Cole being nominated to lead the scandal-racked DEA, and analyzing the USAID’s historic role as a soft-power arm of empire.
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CLICKS FEBRUARY 17
Trump and Latin America, labour unions and Sheinbaum, lawsuits against US gunmakers, subcontracting, Indigenous resistance, the PT and Morena relationship & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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SOBERANÍA 45: MEXICO ON A ROLL
Mexico wants to become a silicon powerhouse, build a million homes, and defend its sovereignty. We look at Kutzari, National Semiconductor Design Center, housing plans and the development model that is keeping inflation and unemployment down.
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SOBERANÍA 44: SHEINBAUM WINS ROUND ONE
Following a successful negotiation by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump walked back his executive order imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico.
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CLICKS FEBRUARY 2
Claudia Sheinbaum negotiates a one month pause on tarrifs with Donald Trump, and more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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Sin muros s01e02: México te abraza
The US is seeking to impose restrictive policies. Mexico faces difficult negotiations and proposes new programs. Alina Duarte, Kurt Hackbarth & José Luis Granados Ceja discuss.
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Katie Halper Show: José Luis Granados Ceja, Greg Grandin & Andalusia Soloff
Mexico Solidarity Media’s José Luis Granados Ceja joins the Katie Halper Show to speak about recent Latin American political developments, along with historian Greg Grandin and filmmaker Andalusia Soloff.
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SOBERANÍA 43: SOVEREIGNTY OR SUBMISSION?
After Colombian President Petro turned back deportation flights over inhumane treatment, Trump threatened to impose tariffs in retaliation, although ultimately backed down. What does this tell us about how Mexico & Latin America need to respond to Trump?
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CLICKS JANUARY 26
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including China and Mexico, Trump an opportunity to deepen social transformation, USMCA renegotiation, corn wars, and deportation theatre.
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SOBERANÍA 42: SHEINBAUM REBUFFS TRUMP’S DAY ONE THREATS
Looking at the first actions by the Trump administration and Mexico’s response, including steps the Sheinbaum government is taking to attend to migrants in the face of mass deportations.
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CLICKS JANUARY 20
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including labor reform, 100 days into Sheinbaum’s administration, trade dust-ups and dealing with Trump.
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SOBERANÍA 41: SHEINBAUM’S FIRST 100 DAYS
José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth discuss Sheinbaum’s leadership of Mexico in this crucial early period, and a conversation on the economic roadmap laid out by the government known as Plan México.
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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.
ANALYSIS
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FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, MIGRANTS SHOULD COME FIRST
The USA has gained undue advantages by condemning millions of migrant workers in the shadows. The extreme speech of MAGA ignores the migrant contribution, and, thus, deserves an extreme response. The Mexican people are not alone; we have a patriotic government and a political party Morena, dedicated to the defense of its people.
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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.
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.