‘La Perra de Trump’: Mexican Soccer Fans Give Right-Wing Oligarch a Rude Awakening – Soberanía 111
In episode 111 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth cover a week of contrast — from a billionaire’s public humiliation to a heartwarming display of South-South solidarity.
The episode opens with the spectacular failure of Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s attempt to use the World Cup as a launchpad for his presidential ambitions. Expecting to be greeted as a popular hero, the TV Azteca owner was instead met with chants of “Trump’s bitch” from the crowd — a moment that went instantly viral. The hosts connect this to the deeper history of the Salinas family’s ties to the CIA, documented in a recent investigation showing how far-right Mexican figures have been in Washington’s orbit since the 1970s.
Next, they turn to the warm reception Mexico has given the Iranian national team, who were forced to base themselves in Tijuana after the U.S. refused to let them stay on US soil. From the mayor of Tijuana hosting a reception, to crowds cheering them at their hotel, to the Iranian booth at the Chapultepec World Cup village drawing huge crowds, the hosts argue this is Mexico at its best — a rebuke to U.S. racism and a genuine expression of solidarity with a nation under attack.
The episode also examines new polling showing Claudia Scheinbaum’s approval at 71 percent — unchanged despite months of U.S.-backed smear campaigns. Homicides have dropped 46 percent under her administration, a statistic that gets virtually no English-language coverage because it undercuts the narrative of a “cartel-controlled” Mexico. The hosts note that even as the U.S. tries to justify intervention, Mexico’s security strategy is producing results.
Losers and Haters takes aim at U.S. commentators who can’t accept that America lost its war with Iran and now has to take a bad deal. The segment highlights the cognitive dissonance of pundits demanding Trump renege on the agreement — as if losing a war doesn’t require making concessions.
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The Blockade Against Cuba Doesn’t Harm Its Government, but Its People; We Will Always Support Self-Determination: Sheinbaum
In one of her twenty calls with Trump, Sheinbaum told him Cuba has already opened its economy and urged him to take that into account.
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Trump Goes Against Mexico at the G7; Accuses Sheinbaum of Being a ‘Scared’ Woman
“Mexico has lost control of its country. The cartels control Mexico, it’s sad. The President is a very good woman, but she’s a very scared woman,” Trump declared.
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People’s Mañanera June 17
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on housing for well-being, public health, energy justice, security, sovereignty, teachers’ rights, and popular power.
