CLICKS JUNE 9
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Trump Militarizes California Amid Immigration Raids, Threatens Arrests of Local Officials Telesur English. Trump militarizes California without state consent and threatens to arrest local leaders, while Mexico and international organizations condemn the criminalization of migration and democratic backsliding in the U.S.
Rubén Martín, Las demandas de la CNTE y su lucha legítima Sin Embargo. Contrario a lo que se difunde de ellos, los maestros de la CNTE son una de las organizaciones de trabajadores más preparadas y democráticas del país.
Mexico Criticizes OAS Report on Judicial Elections and Defends Its Sovereignty Telesur English. The Mexican government stressed that an OAS observation mission “does not have the power to try to impose its own criteria on how countries, in the use of their sovereignty, should form their judicial branch. Even less so, to issue value judgments that exceed its powers.”
Conmina COLEFOM al Estado mexicano a condenar violencia contra migrantes en EU La Jornada. El Colectivo de Federaciones y Organizaciones Mexicanas Migrantes en EUA, lanzó un llamado a la presidenta, Claudia Sheinbaum, al titular de Relaciones Exteriores, así como al embajador de México en Estados Unidos,y al Poder Legislativo, para que condenen los actos de violencia, racismo y xenofobía en contra de la comunidad migrante mexicana, ocurridos durante el fin de semana en Los Ángeles por parte de agentes del ICE de los Estados Unidos.
Patrick J. McDonnell and Kate Linthicum, No Supreme Court win, but Mexico pressures U.S. on southbound guns Los Angeles Times. Mexico had filed a $10-billion suit in U.S. federal court seeking to have Smith & Wesson and other gun manufacturers held accountable for the county’s epidemic of shooting deaths.
Explotación laboral de personas campesinas migrantes en invernaderos de Canadá DGCS UNAM. En Canadá hay invernaderos altamente tecnificados y productivos para cultivar frutas, verduras, flores y recientemente cannabis; pero no se sostienen sin la mano de obra de personas provenientes de países en desarrollo, quienes llegan en busca de mejores condiciones económicas.
Howard Fischer, Mexico refusing to drop lawsuit against Arizona gun dealers after U.S. Supreme Court ruling Daily Independent. The Arizona lawsuit, by contrast to the lawsuit against gun manufacturers, actually cites specific sales made by each specific weapons dealer that the Mexican government says eventually wound up in Mexico
Dulce Olvera, Los dueños de las Afores Sin Embargo. Slim, Salinas, los Baillères… concentran fondos de retiro que maestros piden acabar.
Catherin López, Mexico analyses the U.S.’s campaign against international students Radio Habana Cuba. Although Mexico is a sovereign, independent country and does not subordinate itself, as the President reiterates, the degree of relationship with the Northern neighbor implies destabilizing effects, such as the possible halt of visas to students or at least their delay.
Jorge Vaquero Simancas, La salomónica obra para sacar a la superficie los ríos entubados de Ciudad de México: cambiar los coches por el agua El País. El creador del proyecto expone el gran beneficio medioambiental que supone emerger los cauces antaño enterrados, pero se necesitan recursos y voluntad política
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Mexico Consolidates as the Second-Largest Exporter of AI Inputs, Behind Only China, According to the World Bank
The World Bank ranks Mexico second only to China in AI-input exports, even as adoption lags at home and a third of Mexicans are more worried than excited about it.
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Sheinbaum: “Media Apply the Formula ‘I Hit You So You Pay Me’”
López Portillo once told the media, ‘I don’t pay for you to hit me.’ With ad spending now a third of Peña-era levels, Sheinbaum says outlets have inverted the line.
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Trump’s Pushing It — But Claudia Sheinbaum’s No Pushover
David Raby on the El Mayo abduction, USMCA fights, ICE killings of Mexican-Americans, and the economic strength behind Sheinbaum’s firmer line with Washington.
