Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
Soberanía brings you news and analysis about Mexico from a grassroots and leftist perspective, helping English-language audiences better understand the country, its politics and players.
Soberanía is hosted by journalists José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth. All episodes are posted here but we also encourage you to subscribe at the Youtube channel or Spotify.
Hosts
José Luis Granados Ceja is a journalist and political analyst based in Mexico City. He is a staff writer with Venezuela Analysis, covering regional and international issues, and writes a monthly opinion column for the Mexico Solidarity Project. Follow him on Twitter @granadosceja
Kurt Hackbarth is a writer, playwright, and journalist at Jacobin Magazine and Sentido Común. He is the co-founder of the publishing house Matanga!. Follow him on Twitter @kurthackbarth
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Soberanía 73: A Traitor In Our Midst
Ultra-right wing (& unelected) Senator Lilly Téllez calls for U.S. intervention in Mexico during a Fox News appearance, false claims from the DEA, Ken Klippenstein’s reporting on US invasion plans, & the Baker Institute’s flawed report. More…
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Soberanía 72: AMLO Succeeds Where Neoliberalism Failed
Poverty is down…and opposition justifications are up. 13.4 million Mexicans were lifted from poverty during the AMLO administration. More…
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Soberanía 71: Executive Disorder
Amid turmoil, Trump resorts to threatening Latin America. Soberanía discusses Trump’s call for military strikes on organized crime groups, thawing of Mexico–Canada relations, and new data shows crime down in Mexico More…
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Soberanía 70: Bridges, Not Walls
Is there any way for the peoples of the Americas to truly understand each other? Dispatches from the Pan-American Congress and good news on reducing poverty, rescuing PEMEX and holding tariffs at bay. Plus, expanding the definition of “cartel” north of the Rio Grande. More…
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Soberanía 69: Terror Keynesianism
A special cross-over episode with David Griscom of Left Reckoning, on militarized budgets and manufactured crises with Mexico, as well as the erosion of civil rights, lessons from Mexico’s leftwar turn and the international boomerang of US Imperialism from the borderlands to Gaza. More…
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Soberanía 68: Flying the Unfriendly Skies
The Trump admin is now meddling in Mexico’s internal aviation rules; USMCA agreement’s biggest beneficiaries have been big multinationals, and borough head of Cuauhtémoc rolls the culture-war dice by removing a popular statue of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. More…
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Soberanía 67: Tarrif This!
This is getting old: Trump threatens Mexico with tarrifs for the fourth time while Americans sour on his immigration measures and Mexicans sour on the US; plus The Hague Group meeting against Gaza Genocide & a narco-lawyer tries to pick a fight with President Sheinbaum. More…
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Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion allocated to immigration enforcement in a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state. More…
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Soberanía 65: Patience Running Out
As Attorney General Pam Bondi calls Mexico a “foreign adversary” and the US Treasury Department sanctions three Mexican financial institutions, President Sheinbaum’s patience is clearly running out. More…
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Soberanía 64: World on the Brink
Can Mexico find its voice in an international crisis? With the moral vacuity of the global north devastatingly evident with each passing day, a voice like Mexico’s is desperately needed on the world stage. More…
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Soberanía 63: Lowbrow Landa
Triggered Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau goes full rage-doxx against MORENA party official, President Sheinbaum attends the G7, the Iran-Israel conflict, and an update on opposition to the ICE raids. More…
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Soberanía 62: The Border Crossed Us
Mexican communities resist the abuses and kidnappings of ICE, Mexican flags are waved throughout the conflict area, and Trump seeks to turn the screws ever further. More…
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SOBERANÍA 61: POETIC JUSTICE
The Mexican Politics Podcast discusses the unprecedented election just held by Mexico and the predictable right wing opposition to this democratic move, and also: elections in Durango and Veracruz. More…
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SOBERANÍA 60: CALDERÓN’S EX ‘TOP COP’ ON HOOK FOR BILLIONS
A Florida court says Genaro García Luna owes $2.4 billion for embezzlment, CNTE strike, and Sunday’s judicial elections. More…
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SOBERANÍA 59: THE CIA’S MAN IN MEXICO
Trump’s Green Beret/CIA ambassador has arrived to take up his post as US ambassador to Mexico. And his first day in the country was… interesting. More…
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SOBERANÍA: HELPING YOU TAKE OUT THE MEDIA TRASH
An interview with José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth, the duo from Mexico that host the Mexican Politics podcast that rebuts US media trash. More…
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SOBERANÍA 58: A WHOLE NEW WORLD
The recent summit between China and CELAC, attended by President Xi Jinping and several Latin American heads of state of varying degrees of progressivism. With the threat of Trumpism and tariffs hanging in the air, the summit acquired both greater impetus and urgency. More…
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SOBERANÍA 57: WORKING 9 TO 5
The 40-hour workweek will be a reality in Mexico…eventually. Plus tarrifs, troops, Sheinbaum’s letter and a New Yorker smearjob. More…
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SOBERANÍA 56: CORPORATE MEDIA OPPOSE NEW TELCOMS LAW
President Sheinbaum wants to stop foreign governments from being able to run offensive ads and seeks to revamp Mexico’s outdated telecom laws, including making internet more accessible and increasing community access, but corporate media and some critics are accusing her government of censorship. More…
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SOBERANÍA 55: TRUMP MILITARIZES BORDER ZONE
Donald Trump has militarized the border, to get US troops to take part in the deportation of migrants, the questionable Ecuadorean election and Mexican President Sheinbaum’s pledge to not restore relations; also, why is Mexican private media running Trump’s anti-migrant ads in primetime? More…