The Women of Mexico’s War of Independence
We interviewed Dr. Pedro Salmerón for our weekly bulletin to talk about Mexican Independence: “Like the nomads of Mongolia, they all moved together. Women participated directly.”
Analysis
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Broken Promises and Discontent: Reforms to Mexico’s Supreme Court Between 1994 and 2018
In part one of his paper, Luke Pickrell explores Mexico’s Supreme Court during the neoliberal period and argues it was made to serve the elite rather than the people.
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“To Preserve Our Freedoms, We Must Defend Mexico’s Sovereignty”
In her Second Government Report, President Sheinbaum frames defending Mexico’s sovereignty —territorial, energy, food, financial, commercial, health, scientific, and even space— as essential to preserving the nation’s freedoms.
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The Popular Revolution of Independence
Felipe Ávila, who heads Mexico’s institute for the history of its revolutions, recounts how the 11-year war of independence abolished slavery and the caste system to found a free, sovereign nation.
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The Opposition Could Not Beat Morena in 2027
“In 2027, Morena’s party structure will be a crushing machine,” Mellado writes.
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The Origins of the Cristiada: Maderismo
“The support for Huerta was one of the greatest historical errors of the clergy and lay Catholics,” argues Ávila of the choice that helped ignite the Cristiada.
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Women Take Power in Mexico. Seriously. Rosa Icela, Ariadna, Ernestina, Laura Itzel…
Two years into her term, President Claudia Sheinbaum has consolidated women in key posts across her administration.
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Madrid, ‘The New Miami’: Mexican Oligarchy and Politicians Turn Spain into a Favorite Destination
Former presidents Calderón, Peña Nieto and Salinas de Gortari enjoy a golden retirement in Madrid, where figures like Elba Esther Gordillo also mingle.
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Moral Authority
Columnist Fabrizio Mejía Madrid argues the real source of the 4T’s results under AMLO and Sheinbaum is moral authority: the consistency between values and daily conduct.
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DFS Documented Ties Between the Far-Right Knights of Columbus and the PAN
Declassified DFS files show how the far-right Knights of Columbus built a network in Mexico linking PAN members with businessmen, Catholic hierarchs, and foreign leaders.
