Soberanía 70: Bridges, Not Walls
Bring it! On this episode of Soberanía – with a brand-spanking-new intro and outro – Kurt and José Luis break down their experience at the second Panamerican Congress held in Mexico City. Is there any way for the peoples of the Americas to truly understand each other? Also, good economic news on three fronts: reducing poverty, rescuing PEMEX and holding tariffs at bay. Expanding the definition of “cartel” north of the Rio Grande with reports from Seth Harp (Fort Bragg) and José Olivares (Cibola County Correctional Center). And finally, a hyper-gentrified loser and hater.
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President Sheinbaum: Mexico Ships Oil to Cuba for Humanitarian Reasons
The President recalled decades of solidarity with Cuba, recalling that Mexico was the only country that opposed the US blockade on the island from the outset.
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The Poor as Instruments, Not Allies
Welfare programs with political aims are not the same as forging political alliances with the impoverished population created by voracious neoliberal capitalism.
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Florida, the Race for the Presidency & Opaque Capital
Contemporary Florida is the distorted and advanced mirror of a new form of global governance, where money laundering has not only been tolerated, but institutionalized & updated for the digital age, fed by a murky river flowing from the Global South.
