CLICKS AUGUST 19
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including Mexico respecfts Venezuelan sovereignty, the sad decline of Proceso magazine, USAID funding and US meddling in Mexican politics, and labor news.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
SOBERANÍA 22 – Paying Mexico’s Historic Debt
Mexico’s Morena-led government continues to push ahead to fulfill their mandate by approving a monumental and long overdue constitutional reform granting greater autonomy for Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples,
SOBERANÍA 21 – CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP
Morena’s moves to push forward progressive constitutional reforms on housing, the minimum wages, social programs and more.
CLICKS AUGUST 5
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including AMLO sees no evidence of fraud in Venezuela, the diminishing fortunes of Mexico’s right wing opposition, Trump wants to strike “cartels”, minimum wage raises above inflation moves forward, US manufacturers continue rushing to Mexico, PEMEX workers win 5% wage hike, social housing for youth and elderly in CDMX.
SOBERANÍA 20 – The Capture of El Mayo Zambada: Who Wins?
What’s behind the capture of El mayo Zambada, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug traffickers?
SOBERANÍA 19 – ELECTORAL LAWFARE
The Mexican right wing attempt to steal Morena’s legislative supermajority through electoral lawfare, PAN confesses what we always knew wall along, and Tim Golden’s latest DEA sourced hit piece in ProPublica.
SOBERANÍA 18 – Will MAGA Reloaded Set its Sights on Mexico?
What are the potential consequences of a second Donald Trump presidency for Mexico? Also, Morena’s overhaul of the judiciary, new tariffs on Chinese metals and greenwashing propaganda from The Guardian.
SOBERANÍA 17 – Fishy Financing at Anti-AMLO Outlet ‘Latinus’
Soberanía dives into the criminal investigation of the funding of a far-right propaganda outlet, Morena’s controversies surrounding Sergio Mayer and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and President-elect Sheinbaum’s cabinet picks.
SOBERANÍA BONUS – International Reaction to Sheinbaum’s Victory
Kurt Hackbarth speaks with Dr. Escamilla Ham, expert on US-Mexico relations, on the international reaction to Claudia Sheinbaum’s election.
SOBERANÍA SPECIAL – AMLO’s Progressive Reforms to Mexico’s 1917 Constitution
A special co-production with the Democratic Constitution Podcast on proposed constitutional reforms, including the controversial effort to radically change Mexico’s judiciary, and why these changes can cement AMLO’s legacy.