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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With Mexico’s 1988 Fraud, “Neoliberalism Was Imposed Against the Will of the People”
Sheinbaum singled out Héctor Aguilar Camín and Enrique Krauze, who she says betrayed the Cárdenas movement and now lecture the country about democracy.
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Mexican Deputies Propose 5 Billion Peso Cut to National Electoral Institute for 2027
The money would go to school infrastructure, the environment, civil aviation and the search for the disappeared, without putting the 2027 elections at risk.
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Inés Gómez Mont Arrested in Florida; She Remained a Fugitive for 5 Years
The former Mexican TV anchor and her husband are accused of using fake-invoice firms to divert some 3 billion pesos from the Governance Secretariat under Peña Nieto.
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Mexico’s Foreign Secretariat Responds to Texas: The Border on the Río Bravo Cannot Be Modified by a State Government
Texas claims 66 acres between Laredo and McAllen so U.S. forces can patrol them, though no criminal activity has been confirmed there.
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Trump Doesn’t Want to Bomb Mexico, US Ambassador Says. He Calls for Recognizing the Bilateral Relationship
Ronald Johnson told investors the terrorist label on cartels aims at financial sanctions, and claimed China would welcome chaos in Mexico.
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Giant Zócalo Catrina Achieves Guinness Record and Pays Tribute to José Guadalupe Posada
Clara Brugada said the 33-meter papier-mâché figure mocks vanity and classism, recalling that in death there are no titles, surnames or fortunes.
