Jaime Pulido León was a mine worker and leader of a local of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union. Was. Death threats drove him and the union out of the mine owned by Canadian corp Orla Mining and even out of the state of Zacatecas.
Rebuilding Mexico’s textile industry, small farmer support, customs control, high approval rating for Presidenta Sheinbaum, Infonavit reforms, opposition misogyny.
Infonavit’s social housing expansion and new public builder, cleaning up Infonavit financial irregularities and internal criminality, reform in international consulates, the new Migrant Anthem.
This 2024 documentary produced for the Presidential campaign of Claudia Sheinbaum covers the background, career and politics of the leftist woman who would go on to become the first Presidenta of Mexico.
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including final segment of Maya Train opens, Morena bickering between Adán Augusto & Ricardo Monreal, highlighting cooperatives in Mexico City, the ongoing Canada-Mexico-USA trade dispute, frightening upcoming ambassador appointment, and the PILARES social education system.
Sheinbaum’s government is granting labor protections and social security to hundreds of thousands of “gig” workers; also on US Ambassador-designate Ron Johnson’s past as a spook for the CIA and as “military advisor” in El Salvador during the civil war and his cozy relationship with Bukele.
Security and peace-building, international relations and Latin American unity, Chiapas State Congress, Benito Juarez explosions and the Real Estate cartel.
Price control updates, education reform progress, gender equality, judicial candidate selection process, Maya Train to connect to Inter-Oceanic train, Adán Augusto and Ricardo Monreal dispute, INFONAVIT finances are fine.
Judicial reform advances, judicial election transparency, national defense and sovereignty, evaluating social benefits for Mexicans abroad, gender equality progress.
Kurt and José Luis join the gringo podcast Left Reckoning once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump.