Weekly News Items April 6
Brash attack by Ecuador on Mexican embassy, Sheinbaum’s anti-corruption proposals, 60 Minutes, US citizens responsible for fentanyl smuggling, CDMX election, gender equity in Mexico.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
SOBERANÍA 6 – Opposition Wants to Gag Debate on Social Programs
Mexican right wing seeks to stop candidates from talking about right wing opposition to universal social programs, rich tourists and gentrifiers want to silence Banda music in Mazatlan, the water crisis and TV Azteca’s campaign against Citlalli Hernández.
WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS MARCH 30
The 4th Transformation, Morena’s dubious new recruit, anti-AMLO smear campaign, a crybaby billionaire tax cheat, labor news and new leaks reveal corporate interests driving US foreign affairs meddling.
SOBERANÍA 5 – ‘Mexico is Not a Colony’
Dissecting AMLO’s recent interview on “60 Minutes” and the ensuing reactions in Mexico and the US; and the opposition’s deceptive campaign tactics in Mexico City, including staging a false flag protest.
WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS MAR 17
Mexico moves to universal, free healthcare this year; the right wing opposition enlists foreign helpers in its dirty war against the 4T, GMO corn battle with US, labor updates.
Mexico’s Opposition Strategy for the Coming Elections
Analysis of the dangers and prospects surrounding one of Mexico’s most importat elections from the México Solidarity Project and Mexico Solidarity Forum.
Soberanía 4 – Gálvez Scrambles as Sheinbaum Cements Lead
Xóchitl Gálvez Scrambles for Strategy as Sheinbaum Cements Lead in Mexican Election.
Mexico meets US challenge to show science behind GM corn restrictions
Mexico demonstrated that the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified corn have different negative effects on health, native corn and the environment.
Mexico Elections 2024 Webinar
Join us on March 18th for a webinar with scholar Max Ajl, journalist Camila Escalante and moderator and journalist José Luis Granados Ceja.
WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS MARCH 9
Mexico’s Presidential election launches with Morena’s Claudia Sheinbaum looking set to win a landslide, 30 years of the neoliberal prison known as NAFTA, corn dispute, DEA intervention and the campaign of CDMX candidate Clara Brugada.