Mexico Solidarity Media’s Kurt Hackbarth joined Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek on Breakthrough News to discuss the latest diplomatic dustup between Mexico and the United States of America (and its ‘client state’ Canada).
Mexico froze relations with the US and Canadian embassies after ambassadors from the two countries criticized the Mexican President’s recent proposal for judicial reform. The reform, which has not yet passed, would elect judges and Supreme Court justices based on a popular vote. The US ambassador said the move would threaten Mexico’s democracy and the Canadian ambassador said the reform could threaten Canadian investments. Kurt Hackbarth, host of Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast, joins the show to explain what this reform is really about and how it would change Mexico’s judicial system.