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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Trump at the UN: Accuses Mexico of Being the “Epicenter” of Drug Trafficking, but Highlights Progress with Its Government
“Mexico has to take back control of its land from the enemies of humanity,” Trump told the UN General Assembly, calling cartels the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere.
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41.4% of Mexican Households Supplement Income with Government Programs
Up from 25% in 2020, according to Mexico’s statistics institute, which also found half of all homes now get some income beyond wages.
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People’s Mañanera September 22
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on corruption prevention, anti-corruption reforms, public debt, privileged pensions, and dual nationality.
