In the second part of this El Taller conversation, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth continue their wide-ranging discussion with Hilary Goodfriend, a postdoctoral researcher at UNAM and specialist in Central American politics. The conversation turns to the geopolitical fallout from the U.S. war in Iran and what it could mean for Latin…
The tariffs, announced by Mexico in December, were seen by analysts as an attempt to placate the United States, whose President levied significant tariffs on Chinese goods.
The union stressed the urgency of addressing the conflict since, in addition to fearing further attacks, more than 2,000 families & over 20,000 indirect jobs are affected by the company’s intransigence.
Breaking down Central America’s political trajectory—from US intervention to today’s far-right surge, electoral sabotage, and Mexico’s strategic role.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Plan B electoral reform, Housing for Wellbeing and housing as a social right, polls, and consular protection for Mexican migrants in the US.
If citizens in Western democracies were asked whether their militaries should build public infrastructure instead of waging war, they would almost certainly choose the latter. Abby Martin’s newest film “The Greatest Enemy of the Earth,” documents the environmental cost of the American empire.
The US-based autoworkers union called for immediate protection for Tornel workers and their families, as well as a public condemnation of the attack by Mexican authorities and industry leaders.
Closing 20 campuses and road blocks throughout Mexico City and Mexico state brought management back to the table to secure an agreement for the education workers union SINTCB.
On March 18, striking workers on the picket line at a Tornel Rubber plant were attacked by an armed shock group of over sixty men. Four workers were shot.
Surveying the land, 13 months into Mexico’s most recent outbreak.