Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion: the amount allocated to immigration enforcement in Trump’s recently passed budget. In this episode of “Soberanía,” Kurt and José Luis analyze the implications of such a colossal figure in the context of a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower even more benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state. Also: former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto reemerges on the public scene in a fitting way: enmeshed in another corruption scandal. Will this tip the hand of the federal government to finally prosecute him? Anti-gentrification demonstrations come to Mexico City and, in our “Losers and Haters” segment, some particularly inappropriate comments about said protests.
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Mexico Has No Information or Evidence on Alleged Ties of Raúl Castro’s Grandson to Human Trafficking in Quintana Roo
The New York Times invented a ‘Cuban Mafia of Quintana Roo’; Mexico says it has no evidence whatsoever tying organized crime to foreign officials or their relatives.
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Intentional Homicides in Mexico Have Fallen 51% Since September 2024
This July was the lowest for the month in 12 years, with 44 fewer intentional homicides each day than when Sheinbaum took office.
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‘Alito’ Invokes the Idea of an Invasion from the US to Save Himself and Revive the PRI
He filed a complaint with the State Department seeking sanctions and visa revocations against the electoral councilors who ordered him to stop calling Mexico a ‘terrorist and communist narco-dictatorship.’
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Mexico City: Rents Rose More Than Double Inflation in a Year
Four months after a stalled initiative to cap rent hikes, rental prices maintain an upward trend.
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People’s Mañanera August 11
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the security strategy, falling violence, arms trafficking, huachicol fiscal, freedom of expression, and the García Luna funds.
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Utopía Elena Poniatowska Inaugurated in Coyoacán with a 242-Million-Peso Investment
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada opened the community hub in San Lucas, Coyoacán, reclaiming nearly 20,000 m² of public space for over 130,000 residents.
