Soberanía 68: Flying the Unfriendly Skies
The unfriendly skies, indeed: as part of its ongoing turning-of-screws, the Trump administration is now meddling in Mexico’s internal aviation rules, with a series of fresh threats against flights to the US and the Delta-Aeromexico joint venture. Kurt and José Luis have a full breakdown. According to a new study, the biggest beneficiaries of the Mexico-US-Canada free-trade agreements have been: [drumroll], the big multinationals, vindicating what Chomsky warned about in the lead-up to the original NAFTA in 1994. The borough head of Cuauhtémoc rolls the culture-war dice by removing a popular statue of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara close to where they first met, and… burning books at the anti-gentrification rally?
Change & The Future
The longevity of Morena’s decision-making elite will depend on how it responds to the needs of its constituents, to whom it owes its existence, and establishing a viable alternative to North American integration.
Geopolitics & Mexico’s Power
Current Mexican sovereignty has, from the Italian perspective, managed to differentiate itself from that of Europe and the United States, reclaiming autonomy, resources and the power of the state and national economy.
The Redemption Committee
Morena’s mushy-headed, pseudo-Christian doctrine of pluralistic redemption has outlived whatever usefulness it had, offering salvation only to the crooked and opportunistic. It’s time to flip over some tables and cleanse the temple.