Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including US Ambassador Ken Salazar’s unwelcome intrusion into Mexican domestic affairs, the ongoing GMO corn fight, disappointment with the commission on 70s counterinsurgency crimes, Mexico City passses rent control, Mexico & China trade, US Democrats take aim at migrants.
A new report from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests the CIA cutout National Endowment for Democracy says Mexico is “major target country for infiltration” and US funding bothered President Andres Manuel López Obrador so much that he sent a diplomatic letter to Joe Biden.
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.
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,
Morena’s moves to push forward progressive constitutional reforms on housing, the minimum wages, social programs and more.
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.
What’s behind the capture of El mayo Zambada, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug traffickers?
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.
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 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.