SOBERANÍA 60: CALDERÓN’S EX ‘TOP COP’ ON HOOK FOR BILLIONS
Brother, can you spare $2.4 billion? In a coup for Mexico’s Financial Investigation’s Unit, a Florida court has found Felipe Calderon’s former Security Minister and his wife guilty of embezzling funds from the state. Kurt and José Luis have the full rundown of what it means and the precedent it sets. Also, the dissident sections of the federal teachers’ union, known as the CNTE, are out on strike: how to handle labor actions under a progressive government? We’ll have the nuanced, contextualized discussion you won’t find anywhere else in English. And this coming Sunday, June 1st, Mexico will make history by holding its first-ever judicial elections. In two waves, Mexican voters will be electing not only the Supreme Court but the entire federal judiciary, and conservative voices in and out of the country are up in arms. Finally, in a collective “losers and haters,” a compilation of voices calling to boycott these very elections, continuing an anti-electoral streak for the Mexican right which also includes the nation’s first referendum in 2021 and the recall election called by AMLO in 2022 in fulfillment of a key campaign promise.
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Sheinbaum Demands Proof from the US on Alleged Campaign Financing with Fuel Tax Fraud Money
Mexico was never told of the accusation, Sheinbaum says, after the US Treasury sanctioned 11 people and firms tied to the CJNG without sharing proof.
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The United States Did Not Withdraw from the USMCA; They Reported an Intention Not to Renew Under Current Terms: Ebrard
Washington refused to extend the pact past 2036, triggering yearly reviews, but Ebrard says trade stays unchanged for a decade; talks resume July 20.
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Sports as Diplomacy – Soberanía 113
Mexico shines at the World Cup and welcomes Iran, the right recycles itself with Somos México and a rebooted PAN, and the New York Times peddles an anonymous-source smear against Morena.
