Why Chicanas & Chicanos Must Defend Venezuela
Simultaneous attacks on Venezuela and our communities via the criminal actions of ICE and the Border Patrol expose the twin pillars of the Trump/MAGA project.
Analysis
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Old Wine, New Bottles?
While the share of wages in national income has increased in Mexico, trade liberalization, displacement of domestic production by imports, high interest rates & waning public spending hamper growth & maintain continuity with the much-maligned neoliberal period.
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Canada Moves to China, What About Mexico?
While it might have been argued until recently that countries like Brazil possess unparalleled geographical, historical, & economic advantages [compared to Mexico], Carney’s recent visit to China invalidates this interpretation.
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Mexico in the Context of the New Imperialism
Mexico must overcome the inertia of decades of unilateral alignment with the interests of the US and understand that the nation’s future depends, more than ever, on its ability to circumvent the encirclement that the empire seeks to impose on us, along with the other countries of the region.
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Our Water, In Whose Hands?
A promising vision from President Sheinbaum for public water management rapidly disappeared. Yet again the Mexican state openly assumes the role it has always played under neoliberalism: facilitating access to natural resources for special interests.
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Plot of Complicity
Mexico’s consumer protection agency has not sanctioned a real estate company since 2020 & the consequences in Puebla, where real estate fraud runs rampant, are obvious and dire.
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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.
