Briefs
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SOBERANÍA 52: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE…
Mexico reckons with Trump admin officials, Sheinbaum takes one for the team by meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the final stop of her cringe tour” through Latin America, the media attempt to play up China’s supposed pivot away from Mexico, and Mexico’s new Interoceanic Corridor linking the Atlantic and Pacific is now open.
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CLICKS MARCH 31
Anti-Sheinbaum slander, the necessity of taxing Mexico’s rich, judicial elections, Morelos corruption, Venezuela thanks Mexico for support, teacher’s pension fight, US autoworkers vs Canadian and Mexican workers, the Mexican ultraright, Canadian autoworker union Unifor has no interest in unity with Mexican workers, and assassination of PT militant.
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SOBERANÍA 51: THE WATER WARS
What’s behind the Trump administration’s denial of Mexico’s special request for water for Tijuana and what’s the future of the 1944 treaty governing water sharing along the border? Also migrant mistreatment at Florida’s Krome Detention Center in Miami & Sheinbaum accepts the credentials of the Palestinian ambassador.
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SOBERANÍA 50: INTERNATIONAL FAR RIGHT FINDS ALLIES IN MEXICO
Right-wing politicians in Mexico are working with Mexican oligarch Ricardo Salinas Pliego to build links with the far right, hosting meetings with representatives from Vox, the Atlas Network, and the Fundación Internacional para la Libertad.
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CLICKS MARCH 17
Mexico vs Trump, feminist advances, Jalisco’s “extermination camp”, fifis vs chairos, US dumping plastic in Mexico, reducing the work week & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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SOBERANÍA 49: PEOPLE POWER AGAINST TRUMP
350,000 people filled Mexico City’s Zocalo to overflowing in a national unity rally to protest Trump’s tariff threats. Plus, recent consitutional reforms on nepotism, reelection measures and a ban on GMO corn, and marches for International Working Women’s Day.
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THE HOMELAND COMES FIRST
Remarks by President Claudia Sheinbaum to hundreds of thousands at an anti-imperialist rally in Mexico City’s Zocalo.
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SOBERANÍA 48: UP YOUR ARANCELES!
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded swiftly to Trump’s tarrifs, labelling his decision as “offensive” and calling for supporters to demonstrate this Sunday in the name of national unity in the face of this attack.
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CLICKS MARCH 2
PT in defense of Western Sahara in Congress, judicial corruption and extradition of narcos, energy sovereignty, tarrifs (again), USAID funding of ultraright wing opposition and sea change in labour union and left alignment & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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SOBERANÍA 47: BACK OFF MUSK!
Elon Musk wants drone strikes in Mexico. Claudia Sheinbaum has responded by proposing two reforms aimed at toughening the defense of sovereignty in the constitution and imposing the harshest penalties on foreigners involved in activities that infringe on Mexican sovereignty.
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Sin Muros in English!
The current affairs program, a break-out hit for the Mexican public TV station Canal Once, is now available in English.
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CLICKS FEBRUARY 24
Constitutional reforms to protect Mexican sovereignty from imperialism, Trump at CPAC, MORENA deputy connected to punitive collections legislation that would benefit family, SOUTHCOM, DEA wants cartels to focus on the classic drugs & more in our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico.
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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?
ANALYSIS
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WHAT DOES TRUMP WANT?
American society’s destiny is in the hands of irrationality.
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CHAPULINES & GOVERNING FROM THE LEFT
It’s not bad that Morena is growing. What’s bad is that some people are joining without assuming the responsibilities that come with a left-wing project.
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SOCIALISM: DIGNITY WITHOUT PAPERS
For immigrants in the US living without documentation, it’s also much like living underground, imprisoned in a cage of fear. Luisa Martinez of the DSA’ National Political Committee tells us what that was like for a young woman desperately wanting to make something better of her life.
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: THE UNION ANSWER TO TARIFFS & DEPORTATIONS
A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.
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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.
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.