Much to the consternation of relics of the neoliberal order like Supreme Court President Norma Piña, more than 80% of Mexicans back a major change to the judiciary, blackened with a legacy of widespread accusations of corruption, questionable rulings and failing to deliver justice to victims.
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.
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Communism coming to Mexico soon warns Bishop, energy reforms, steel tarrifs, rising wages for unionized workers, tech corp profiteering and the border issue.
“US labor was on the wrong side of history. And that’s the truth.” An interview with Rob McKenzie on US complicity in the 1990 murder of Mexican workers.
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.
A substantial part of the “character assassination” includes a torrent of innuendoes, guilt by association, and plenty of other tricky ambiguities aimed at allegedly “demonstrating” the long-term connection, if not association, between AMLO and narco-traffickers since at least 2006.
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. The Western Left takes a glance at Mexico, Taibo II’s popular press, more DEA corruption, inequality, Monsanto in Mexico, migration, David Harvey in CDMX, CNTE’s fight for popular pedagogy.
An interview with Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón, head of Morena’s National Institute of Political Education.
Kurt Hackbarth speaks with Dr. Escamilla Ham, expert on US-Mexico relations, on the international reaction to Claudia Sheinbaum’s election.
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Neoliberalism as corruption, eco-reserves, GMO corn dispute, US flooding Mexico with guns, the figure of Alazraki.