People’s Mañanera February 23
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the operation against El Mencho and El Tuli, US intelligence sharing, and more than 80% of 23,000 weapons seized originate in US.
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Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars & Genocide
Free trade and privatizations devastated Mexico and produced the workforce, US intelligence services facilitated access to firepower, & US finance capital laundered billions & used drug profits to prop up the capitalist financial system after the 2008 crisis.
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From Below, Punching Up: The People’s Tribunal for Justice in Palestine and the Demilitarization of Mexico Reaches Its Verdict
It was to the tribunal’s great credit to make explicit connections to more local social failures & heighten a collective sense of solidarity between the peoples.
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Mexico City Shuts Down Illegal Construction of Airbnbs at Historic Edificio Isabel
Residents protested on February 14th to denounce the eviction of tenants who had lived in the building for decades by the Mier y Pesado Foundation, who have been carrying on illegal construction.
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In Washington’s Shadow
Thus, Mexico yielded to Washington’s blackmail and extortion, contributing de facto to the devastating US energy blockade against Cuba, significantly eroding what had historically been a unique feature of Mexican diplomacy.
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Families Say 8 Mexicans Murdered by US Airstrikes in the Pacific
Mexican government authorities have yet to confirm the information, while US Southern Command reported on February 16th they had attacked two boats in the eastern Pacific.
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The Perverse Incentives of Public-Private Partnerships
Publicly subsidized, private profitable. The anthem of the upper-tier.
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Uncertainty At Vallejo Migrant Camp
The Mexico City government had threatened a “total dismantling of the camp,” but backed off, leaving more than 200 migrants unsure about their future.
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Clicks February 21
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics, including transit strike, Coca Cola crimes, Cuba solidarity, workweek reduction, anti-trust action against Visa and the USMCA and sovereignty.
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Mexican Energy Dependence & Exposure
Without a planned transition, without genuine diversification, and with declining oil production that no longer guarantees its own market share, Mexico faces a scenario in which neither gas nor oil operate as strategic levers.
