Mayan Train: A ‘megaproject of death’ or a lifeline?
An interview with Étienne von Bertrab on the Tren Maya and the significance of the 4T’s landmark project.
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Mexico Takes Legal Aim at US Gun Manufacturers Over Gang Violence
Mexico claims that U.S. gun-makers engaged in “deliberate efforts to create and maintain an illegal market for their weapons in Mexico.”
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WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS FEB 17
Mexico to ban open-pit mining, Xóchitl Gálvez meets disgraced ex-President Calderón, US Democrats horrific border policies, Coca Cola consumption issues, ICE solitary confinement, power plant nationalization continues.
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Mexico Shows How to Neutralise the Extreme Right
With the left still reeling from the election of Milei in Argentina, how is Mexico under AMLO a model of how to neutralise the far-right?
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Thinking About Masculinity with El Fisgón
The feminist movement is one of the vanguards of the planet and the Morena feminist movement is one of the vanguards of the country. Rafael Barajas Durán, better known as El Fisgón is a Mexican cartoonist and illustrator.
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The Expanding US Monroe Doctrine
Human rights activist Teri Mattson argues that it’s high time for the US to bury the Monroe Doctrine and to replace it with a good neighbor policy. Can the US put its guns away and approach its neighbors with open hands?
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Soberanía 2 – Ms. Galvez Goes to Washington
Why did Xóchitl Gálvez meet with the Wilson Centre, State Department and the OAS & ignore Mexican migrants? What effect could her trip have on the June 2 election?
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WEEKLY NEWS ITEMS FEB 10
Mexico main exporter to US, the imperialism of the war on drugs, win for Goodyear workers, ProPublica smears, a lost opposition, Mexican heirloom corn, and the DEA.
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Pro Publica & Dirty Work
The US website Pro Publica’s laundering of allegations in a now-closed, almost two-decades old DEA investigation betrays the brittleness of its construction.
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More than a Wall/Más que un muro
The border between Mexico and the US makes for its own unique region with a history, peoples, and a culture built on love, survival, and shared stories. Photojournalist David Bacon brings the dimly lit realities of this region into sharp focus.
