Soberanía 71: Executive Disorder
Amid turmoil, Trump resorts to threatening Latin America. Soberanía discusses Trump’s call for military strikes on organized crime groups, thawing of Mexico–Canada relations, and new data shows crime down in Mexico
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Soberanía 70: Bridges, Not Walls
Is there any way for the peoples of the Americas to truly understand each other? Dispatches from the Pan-American Congress and good news on reducing poverty, rescuing PEMEX and holding tariffs at bay. Plus, expanding the definition of “cartel” north of the Rio Grande.
Soberanía 69: Terror Keynesianism
A special cross-over episode with David Griscom of Left Reckoning, on militarized budgets and manufactured crises with Mexico, as well as the erosion of civil rights, lessons from Mexico’s leftwar turn and the international boomerang of US Imperialism from the borderlands to Gaza.
Soberanía 68: Flying the Unfriendly Skies
The Trump admin is now meddling in Mexico’s internal aviation rules; USMCA agreement’s biggest beneficiaries have been big multinationals, and borough head of Cuauhtémoc rolls the culture-war dice by removing a popular statue of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
Soberanía 67: Tarrif This!
This is getting old: Trump threatens Mexico with tarrifs for the fourth time while Americans sour on his immigration measures and Mexicans sour on the US; plus The Hague Group meeting against Gaza Genocide & a narco-lawyer tries to pick a fight with President Sheinbaum.
Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion allocated to immigration enforcement in a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state.
Soberanía 65: Patience Running Out
As Attorney General Pam Bondi calls Mexico a “foreign adversary” and the US Treasury Department sanctions three Mexican financial institutions, President Sheinbaum’s patience is clearly running out.
Soberanía 64: World on the Brink
Can Mexico find its voice in an international crisis? With the moral vacuity of the global north devastatingly evident with each passing day, a voice like Mexico’s is desperately needed on the world stage.
Soberanía 63: Lowbrow Landa
Triggered Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau goes full rage-doxx against MORENA party official, President Sheinbaum attends the G7, the Iran-Israel conflict, and an update on opposition to the ICE raids.
Soberanía 62: The Border Crossed Us
Mexican communities resist the abuses and kidnappings of ICE, Mexican flags are waved throughout the conflict area, and Trump seeks to turn the screws ever further.