SOBERANÍA 19 – ELECTORAL LAWFARE
The Mexican right wing attempt to steal Morena’s legislative supermajority through electoral lawfare, PAN confesses what we always knew wall along, and Tim Golden’s latest DEA sourced hit piece in ProPublica.
News Briefs
CLICKS JULY 22
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including US unions decry Caterpillar move to Mexico, multipolar opportunities, agroecology, Trump & Mexico, ongoing revival of passenger rail, Mexican humanism, China & Mexican green energy cooperation, the curse of water privatization, Canadian mining crimes, corn dispute.
SOBERANÍA 18 – Will MAGA Reloaded Set its Sights on Mexico?
What are the potential consequences of a second Donald Trump presidency for Mexico? Also, Morena’s overhaul of the judiciary, new tariffs on Chinese metals and greenwashing propaganda from The Guardian.
CLICKS JULY 15
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Communism coming to Mexico soon warns Bishop, energy reforms, steel tarrifs, rising wages for unionized workers, tech corp profiteering and the border issue.
SOBERANÍA 17 – Fishy Financing at Anti-AMLO Outlet ‘Latinus’
Soberanía dives into the criminal investigation of the funding of a far-right propaganda outlet, Morena’s controversies surrounding Sergio Mayer and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and President-elect Sheinbaum’s cabinet picks.
CLICKS JULY 8
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. The Western Left takes a glance at Mexico, Taibo II’s popular press, more DEA corruption, inequality, Monsanto in Mexico, migration, David Harvey in CDMX, CNTE’s fight for popular pedagogy.
Right wing tries to discredit Mexico’s election
An interview with Rafael Barajas, El Fisgón, head of Morena’s National Institute of Political Education.
SOBERANÍA BONUS – International Reaction to Sheinbaum’s Victory
Kurt Hackbarth speaks with Dr. Escamilla Ham, expert on US-Mexico relations, on the international reaction to Claudia Sheinbaum’s election.
CLICKS JUNE 30
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Neoliberalism as corruption, eco-reserves, GMO corn dispute, US flooding Mexico with guns, the figure of Alazraki.
Historic opportunity for Mexico’s Left
Morning Star Mexico correspondent David Raby looks at how the decisive electoral victory for Morena candidates will translate into policy.