El Taller: Busting Myths of the Tren Maya with Étienne von Bertrab
Part two of our interview with Etienne von Bertrab, lecturer at University College London, about 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. The conversation explores the origins and construction of the Tren Maya, the social and environmental controversies surrounding it, and what the project reveals about the broader goals of Mexico’s Fourth Transformation. From historical extraction in the southeast to today’s debates over development, welfare, and sovereignty, the interview offers a nuanced, informed look at one of the country’s most ambitious—and misunderstood—projects.
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Mexican Unions Formerly Affiliated with PRI are now with MORENA
President Sheinbaum has rejected corporatism and the bussing in of supporters, yet charro unions maintain a massive presence at government events in the Mexico City’s Zócalo.
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Culture | Labor | News Briefs
Land of the Godínez: Work, Obedience & Dispossession in Contemporary Mexico
José Baroja’s satire is, in reality, pure sociology: the expression of an economic order & labour regime in Mexico that normalizes long hours, insufficient wages, constant evaluations, identity loss and the sacrifice of a personal life.
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Milpa Alta: Hands Over the City
Behind an illegal, shady meeting to hastily approve a Cablebus line, lay real estate interests and a plan to force urban sprawl into the self-governing agrarian, Indigenous communities of Milpa Alta.
