Soberanía 70: Bridges, Not Walls
Bring it! On this episode of Soberanía – with a brand-spanking-new intro and outro – Kurt and José Luis break down their experience at the second Panamerican Congress held in Mexico City. Is there any way for the peoples of the Americas to truly understand each other? Also, good economic news on three fronts: reducing poverty, rescuing PEMEX and holding tariffs at bay. Expanding the definition of “cartel” north of the Rio Grande with reports from Seth Harp (Fort Bragg) and José Olivares (Cibola County Correctional Center). And finally, a hyper-gentrified loser and hater.
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Sheinbaum Supervises Construction of the Mexico City-Querétaro Passenger Train; “It’s Progressing According to Schedule”
Some 18,500 people are working on the 230-kilometer double-track line, which will link Buenavista to downtown Querétaro in about two hours at up to 180 km/h.
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How the McPRIAN, Salinas Pliego and Others Profited from Carlos Manzo.
His brother accuses the widow’s movement of politicizing the case, as prosecutors tie the killing to CJNG revenge and report 33 arrests one year on.
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“With You I Learned to Do Politics”: Lula Remembers Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
A stranger in a Houston audience rescued Lula’s 1979 talk by offering to translate. It was Cárdenas, who decades later visited him in prison in Curitiba.
