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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People’s Mañanera November 6
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on actions against sexual abuse, healthcare spending, corn prices, flight reductions to US, Buen Fin, free education portal, US interference in Mexico and Mexico-France meeting.
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Normalistas: The “Gen Z March” is Being Promoted by the Right Wing
Students from rural teachers colleges demanded a meeting with the Secretary of the Interior to address violence against them, but rejected the Gen Z march in Mexico City on November 15th as a plot deriving from right wing hatred.
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City Heights Unites Against ICE
Immigrant neighborhoods like City Heights in San Diego are major targets of the Trump assault and are organizing against it. An interview with María Romero.
