Chihuahua: Silences & Lies
The investigation into the dead CIA agents cannot be halted following the resignation of the Attorney General of Chihuahua: it’s a matter of upholding the law & the Mexican people’s right to know the truth.
The investigation into the dead CIA agents cannot be halted following the resignation of the Attorney General of Chihuahua: it’s a matter of upholding the law & the Mexican people’s right to know the truth.
What happened doesn’t appear to be an “exception.” What’s at stake is a question of sovereignty & the difficult relationship with the US. With Chihuahua’s governor remaining silent, many questions remain unanswered.
There seems to be a profound disproportion between the extremely serious and terrifying events that the world is experiencing and the rather lukewarm proposals put forward by the progressives.
The treaty didn’t open a neutral market; it consolidated a mechanism in which Mexico absorbs subsidized grains that sustain income & territorial power on the US side of the border, while here, producers, communities, & margins of sovereignty are dismantled.
We are facing a scenario where denial is becoming state policy, but the most dangerous aspect is that even if the federal government truly lacked details, there’s an unacceptable lack of coordination.
Universalizing a healthcare system without a budget is not audacious; it is arithmetically impossible.
Mexico’s problem is not simply energy dependence on natural gas, but our essential subjugation to a foreign economic model whose objective is to satisfy the interests of large foreign corporations.
It’s imperative to develop a roadmap for building Mexico’s sovereign agri-food model with broad participation, especially from producers. Our agriculture is not merely a productive activity; it is social cohesion, identity, meaning, & a formidable public good.
April 21st marks the 112th anniversary of the popular defense of the Port of Veracruz against US occupation.
The neoliberal dogma of central bank independence is false: in reality it serves only the interests of the financial sector & not national objectives of productive growth & employment.