Trump’s Pressure on Mexico & The Drugs Pretext
Agencies like the CIA are ready to “accompany” Mexican operations, but does Trump really want to combat drug trafficking, or is his intention to manage & manipulate Mexico?
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A Dangerous Year: Mexico Avoids Tariffs, but Trump Opens More & More Fronts
The vast majority of exports from Mexico are from US corporations, while aluminum, steel, and tomatoes, which have Mexican national ownership, face significant tariffs.
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A Tale of Two Marches: Reflections on a Saturday Spent on Reforma and 16 de Septiembre
The calls for solidarity made that Saturday and at almost every political gathering would imply that this openness, this “passionate determination to reach all” is characteristic of and key to the movement’s survival and success.
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Venezuela: Then & Now
The US Constitution denies universal and equal rights at home and protects the military behemoth that denies the same rights abroad. A democratic constitution would create a new political playing field and strengthen the movement to dismantle the imperial war machine.
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If Mexico distances itself further from China, it will be left alone against the US: Enrique Dussel
In his view, Mexico’s national political and economic elite has failed to assume its responsibility to design a strategy toward China and Asia.
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The US War on Latin America & The Caribbean
When the world can watch a genocide unfold in real time, when the empire brazenly kidnaps a head of state, when multilateral institutions only muster mealy-mouthed statements in response, it becomes undeniable that only the people save the people.
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A Renewed Opportunity for Indigenous Justice in Mexico
It is crucial to move from rhetoric to action and initiate a genuine transformative process that begins at the federal level and extends across the board to state and local governments, which are directly responsible for ensuring compliance.
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Hegemony Without Occupation: Mexican Elites Facing the United States
The crucial question is not whether Mexico has competent elites, but whether those elites are willing to stop managing subordination as if it were a virtue.
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Under the National Security Strategy, Trump Pushes for Latin America’s Minerals, Energy & Infrastructure
Mexico is facing a race against time to strengthen not only energy sovereignty, but also energy security in a period of intensified US imperialism.
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The White House Cartel
“Make America Great Again” is an outdated slogan, since that country’s economic growth has been fueled by hundreds and thousands of acts of piracy.
