Nature and/or Economic Development?
In this interview, agroecologist Dr. Cecilia Elizondo explains a new “both/and” model of development being tried in Mexico of agro-ecology, wholistic development and food sovereignty.
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Ambassadors Salazar & Clark Win the Negroponte Prize
Ken Salazar, US ambassador, and Graeme Clark, Canadian ambassador, need an intensive course in the basics of international diplomacy.
SOBERANÍA 24 – AMLO to US Ambassador: Butt Out
AMLO tells oilman-turned-ambassador Ken Salazar to keep his nose out of Mexico’s business.
CLICKS AUGUST 24
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.
SOBERANÍA 23 – How the US Uses NGOs to Promote Regime Change
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.
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.
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?