President Sheinbaum finds herself at the center of a diplomatic dispute: while she has defended Mexico’s sovereignty with her stance of “coordination yes, subordination no,” the facts suggest this line is constantly blurring.
The Mexican President’s daring move to place the oil industry under public control in 1938 was based on the precepts of Mexico’s Revolution and was a critical expression of Mexican sovereignty.
The surrender of drug lords and criminals that has been carried out, in a completely illegal manner, is already a form of surrender, of capitulation to the United States, something never seen before.
Despite criticism and state surveillance, former President Lázaro Cárdenas’ post-war return to public life was intertwined with his deep solidarity with, and affinity for, the Cuban Revolution.
Trump’s executive order is a threat to any country that defends its sovereignty against US interference in particular and Western interference in general. Latin American and Caribbean unity is an imperative for mutual protection.
The decision is immediate: Mexico must break with four decades of dependence and build a solid productive base or resign ourselves to being sidelined in the new manufacturing era.
For Trump, tariffs are far from a trade policy measure; they are desperate actions by a declining power, trying to halt the transition to a multipolar world where American hegemony will be a thing of the past.
An interview with Peter Shapiro on the Watsonville Canning Strike of 1985-87.
There are more than 5 million agricultural day labourers in Mexico, approximately half of whom lack employment contracts, benefits and health services; many are Indigenous, often children work in the fields. These workers produce untold wealth for Mexican and transnational agribusiness corporations, in conditions of extreme exploitation and abuse.
Mexico can’t choose its neighbors, but Mexico can choose a new path of unity and strength with other Latin American and Global South countries that share our values to make us stronger.