Soberanía 81: Just a Flash in the “PAN”
Mexico’s right wing opposition rebrands: what the party’s reset looks like, who’s driving it, and can it really reclaim relevance?
Mexico’s right wing opposition rebrands: what the party’s reset looks like, who’s driving it, and can it really reclaim relevance?
Étienne von Bertrab on Mexico’s most controversial project and his new graphic book, Más allá: una historia del Tren Maya. Von Bertrab explains how the book emerged from frustration with academic publishing and a desire to bring rigorous, balanced research to a wider public.
Hosts Kurt and José Luis react to the farcical irony of far-right Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, unpacking her long record and what it all could mean for Mexico.
The US’ War on Terror comes to Latin America, Mexican foreign policy & the Global Sumud Flotilla, USMCA bullying, national polling, and media spin from the LA & NY Times.
The Mexican President’s impressive 79% approval rating and US tariff challenges, Mexico’s new tariffs on China & its economic impact, Latin American roundup and Losers & Haters.
Unpacking Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a genocide for the first time, the DEA pushing to bomb Mexico, Canadian PM Mark Carney’s visit and Border Czar Tom Homan’s allegedly receiving bribes.
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, and the stark contrast with a US gripped by fear, censorship, and violence.
Mexico’s 2026 budget, fuel smuggling, tax evasion, Residente in the Zócalo with a powerful moment of solidarity with Palestine, and billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s AI bastardization of Benito Juárez.
Mexico’s historic September 1st: Sheinbaum’s First State of the Union, and Mexico’s First Elected Supreme Court.
An interview with Spanish diputado and constitutional law professor Gerardo Pisarello, renowned in Mexico for defending the country against the imperialism, colonialism, and racism of the Spanish crown, multinational corporations, and parties such as Vox.