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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Morena President Criticizes Jorge Romero, PAN Leader, for His Europe Tour: ‘He Seeks Abroad the Support They Lost in Mexico’
As the 2027 election cycle opens, Morena’s Ariadna Montiel says the PAN chief is courting European backing because his party has lost the people at home.
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The Daily Average of Homicides in Chiapas Has Fallen 64% Since the Start of the Current Administration
High-impact crime fell 43% and vehicle theft 68%, with nearly 9,949 arrests and 18.7 tons of drugs seized across the state in under two years.
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Michoacán to Distribute 10,000 Artisanal Guitars in Secondary Schools to Boost Arts Education
Part of the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, the 10-million-peso program aids Paracho’s 15 guitar workshops and reaches 180,000 students.
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The Opposition Could Not Beat Morena in 2027
“In 2027, Morena’s party structure will be a crushing machine,” Mellado writes.
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People’s Mañanera September 11
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Chiapas, the economy, public education, the INE budget, and sovereignty.
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The Origins of the Cristiada: Maderismo
“The support for Huerta was one of the greatest historical errors of the clergy and lay Catholics,” argues Ávila of the choice that helped ignite the Cristiada.
