Soberanía 66: Trump Budget Declares War on Migrants
$178 billion: the amount allocated to immigration enforcement in Trump’s recently passed budget. In this episode of “Soberanía,” Kurt and José Luis analyze the implications of such a colossal figure in the context of a disastrous budget that strips away social protections to shower even more benefits on the wealthy while ratcheting up the punitive state. Also: former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto reemerges on the public scene in a fitting way: enmeshed in another corruption scandal. Will this tip the hand of the federal government to finally prosecute him? Anti-gentrification demonstrations come to Mexico City and, in our “Losers and Haters” segment, some particularly inappropriate comments about said protests.
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Mexican Trade Unions for Palestine March Against Gaza Genocide
The march was organized by a coalition of 300 of Mexico’s trade unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations, and made five demands of the Mexican government.
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Agrifood Exports Fall Due to Trump’s Policies
The closure of the US to Mexican beef, coupled with the compensatory quota imposed on tomatoes, caused a 4.3% drop in the value of Mexican agricultural exports in the first seven months of 2025.
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Clicks September 21
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political stories in the English and Spanish language press, including decades of the drug war, Aytozinapa, a historic Grito, Zedillo’s debt, Global Sumud Flotilla, TV Azteca debts, and Canada and Mexico.
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The Second Floor, Taxed
Sheinbaum’s proposed tax reset is not a tax reform that improves the progressivity of the tax system, but rather represents a port of departure for the spending vessel that will sail the seas of present and future social demand.
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The Cheap Left & Its Beloved Far Right
Boosting an ultra-right wing threat while slowing social advances, such as by postponing the 40 hour work week, could be a recipe for disaster.
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Ayotzinapa: 11 Years of Impunity
The coming months will be crucial in defining the direction of the case: the Sheinbaum government will define not only its relationship with the students’ parents, but also with families searching for their children across Mexico.
