Soberanía 76: ¡Viva Mexico!
On this special Independence Day episode of Soberanía, we dive into President Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, and the stark contrast with a United States gripped by fear, censorship, and violence. We also unpack reports of CIA activity in Mexico, Trump’s drone strikes near Venezuela, and what Washington’s doctrine of extrajudicial killings could mean for Mexico’s sovereignty. Finally, in Losers and Haters, those in the press – and think tanks – who would whitewash US aggression in the region.
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Government Promotes Discussion to Regulate Social Media for Minors
Specialists warned that attention spans in front of a screen fell from two and a half minutes two decades ago to about 47 seconds today.
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Arbitral Tribunal Dismisses Almost All of Vulcan’s Claims Against Mexico
Only the 2018 closure of a property of Vulcan’s CALICA subsidiary was ruled a violation, less than 1 percent of what the company had demanded from Mexico.
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Sculptures of Fidel Castro and Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara Will Be Built Again and Placed in Mexico City
The life-size figures, known as Encuentro, sat on a bench in Tabacalera until the Cuauhtémoc mayor removed them last July, a removal officials later deemed illegal.
