People’s Mañanera August 15
Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
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Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Elena Poniatowska talks with Senator Susana Harp on recognizing Afro-Mexican peoples, halting textile plagiarism, and Mexico’s racism.
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Archives of the PRI’s ‘Political Police’ Reveal Its ‘Tradition’ of Spying
Contralínea’s serial report on Mexico’s secret-police files shows the PRI spied on Sheinbaum from age 6, her mother (branded a ‘communist’), and AMLO from his start in politics, among a vast range of targets.
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Trump’s Pushing It — But Claudia Sheinbaum’s No Pushover
David Raby on the El Mayo abduction, USMCA fights, ICE killings of Mexican-Americans, and the economic strength behind Sheinbaum’s firmer line with Washington.
