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?
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Rocha Moya: US Interference Disguised as an Accusation
The manner, content, and timing of the charges brought by the US against the Sinaloa governor and eight other officials cannot be considered mere judicial measures; they are acts of political interference, compounded by an implicit threat.
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Mexico’s Misguided Monetary & Trade Policies
Those who have benefited from the USMCA have been transnationals, while domestic producers are displaced by imports, and those who remain are junior partners to transnationals. None of this has translated into greater growth.
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Chihuahua: Silences & Lies
The investigation into the dead CIA agents cannot be halted following the resignation of the Attorney General of Chihuahua: it’s a matter of upholding the law & the Mexican people’s right to know the truth.
