Clicks February 28
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Benjamin Fogel, Another Kingpin Falls, Nothing Changes Jacobin. The killing of El Mencho, Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, won’t slow the cartels, reduce violence, or stop the flow of drugs.
Carlos Acuña, Airbnb se acelera en CDMX rumbo al Mundial de Futbol Fábrica de Periodismo. Cada dos días, tres viviendas desaparecen del alquiler tradicional.
David Bacon, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and the San Quintín Justice Plan The Nation. Field workers’ highway blockades send a warning to Mexico’s president.
Rafael Ramírez, Campesinos y transportistas piden a FIFA no hacer el Mundial en México El Sol de México. Organizaciones agro y de transporte alertaron que las condiciones de violencia y la falta de mercado para granos básicos generan un escenario de incertidumbre que podría coincidir con el torneo.
Nicholas Keung, Migrant farm workers’ class-action suit against Canadian government certified Toronto Star. Canada’s SAWP allows agricultural employers to hire temporary foreign workers from Mexico and participating Caribbean countries for up to eight months a year. Between 30,000 and 40,000 seasonal migrants come to work in Canada via the program each year.
Fallo de la Corte de EU anularía bloqueo petrolero contra Cuba; Sheinbaum revisa retomar envío de crudo Educa Oaxaca. “La amenaza de los aranceles a México por el envío de petróleo fue basada en la Ieepa. Pero la Suprema Corte fue contundente al declarar que esa ley de poderes no autoriza al mandatario a imponer aranceles. Eso correspondería al Congreso” de Estados Unidos, explicó el abogado José Pertierra, quien durante más de cuatro décadas ha litigado asuntos de política hacia Cuba en tribunales estadunidenses.
Ieva Jusionyte, How the United States Arms the Mexican Cartels Rolling Stone. ATF agents who shared their experiences during interviews conducted by a congressional committee admitted they knew that the only way they would learn the whereabouts of the guns they let go would be when Mexican law enforcement recovered them at crime scenes.
Acerca de la violencia de la guerra contra el narco El Machete. El narcotráfico en México nació, creció y se desarrolló bajo el auspicio de los EEUU. Durante décadas las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses, principalmente la CIA y la DEA, convivieron, negociaron, armaron y apoyaron a diferentes carteles de la droga en Colombia y México.
Ximena González, Whose stories matter? I Would Prefer Not To. A brief analysis of Canadian media’s coverage of Mexico’s cartel violence.
Pablo Monroy, México duda en aceptar fábricas de autos chinos Motorpasión México. Mientras tanto, otro país de Latinoamérica le está ganando la carrera: ya tiene 6 plantas y va por la 7.
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Concessions, Concessions, Concessions
The yet-to-be-disclosed 200 mining concessions voluntarily returned to the Mexican state represent less than 1% of the 22,000 currently active, while questions remain about the government’s new strategy.
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People’s Mañanera February 27
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, labour poverty, 80% of weapons seized originate in US, Sinaloa homicide reduction, and addressing root causes of crime.
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Mexico’s Filthy Rich
Less than 8 pesos out of every 100 that the rich earn thanks to our collective effort returns to the economy in the form of investment. They are rentiers, clinging to their inherited fortunes, their connections to political & academic power & they extort the State when it threatens even the crumbs they refuse to give us.
