Soberanía 80: The Nobel “Peace” Prize Farce
In this week’s episode of Soberanía, hosts Kurt Hackbarth and José Luis Granados react to the farcical irony of far-right Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, unpacking her long record of backing coups, sanctions, and foreign intervention, what this award reveals about Western hypocrisy, and what it all could mean for Mexico. They then turn to President Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to skip the Summit of the Americas, exploring how it builds on López Obrador’s refusal to attend the Los Angeles edition in 2022 to promote Latin American regional sovereignty against US exclusionism. The discussion continues with the debate around Mexico’s amparo reform bill – in its final stages in Congress – breaking down how it could close off the elites’ endless attempts to game the system and the pushback it has thus sparked from Mexico’s conservative establishment. The episode closes with Losers and Haters, revisiting a familiar figure whose newfound power threatens to do real damage from within the newly dubbed “War” Department.
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Mexico Became the World’s Largest Beer Exporter in 2025
Beer exports hit US$6.48 billion across 98 countries, 36% of global value, with the US alone buying US$6.046 billion.
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Faster Justice and Prevention, Key Points to Combat Property Dispossession in Mexico City
Mexico City promises restitution in 15 days and prosecution in 30, a 20-judge unit, and a new Property Defense Office, amid 1,846 open dispossession cases.
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People’s Mañanera August 7
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on inflation, Mexico–Peru relations, Ayotzinapa, US relations, energy sovereignty, audience rights, and México Canta.
