Soberanía 72: AMLO Succeeds Where Neoliberalism Failed
Poverty is down…and opposition justifications are up. In the latest episode of Soberanía – following the introduction of Jose Luis’ new toy – our intrepid hosts discuss the remarkable findings from the INEGI’s 2024 Multidimensional Poverty Report: 13.4 million Mexicans exited poverty under AMLO’s watch. Even the Guardian was forced to admit it! They further discuss Mexico’s expulsion (not extradition) of 26 capos to the United States in the context of ongoing negotiations over tariffs and security with the Trump administration which Rolling Stone Magazine considers to be “less like a negotiating tactic and more like a mafia-style intimidation campaign.” In that vein, Kurt and José Luis assess the ongoing US military buildup in the region (serious threat or bluff?), and, in Losers and Haters, another piece of right-wing-attack-masquerading-as-left-wing-critique from the NACLA Report.
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Sheinbaum Meets Privately with Maru Campos on Her Arrival in Ciudad Juárez
If any law was broken in the drug operation involving CIA agents in Chihuahua, those responsible, including state officials, must be prosecuted, the two agreed.
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Beatriz Mojica: From Criticizing AMLO to Coordinating Morena in Guerrero
The senator on leave is Morena’s pick for governor of Guerrero in 2027, after a career that includes the PRD and her 2018 support for Ricardo Anaya.
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Morena’s Elections Commission Chief: Differences Are Natural to a Living Party
Amid criticism over the 10 chosen profiles, Citlalli Hernández, president of Morena’s National Elections Commission, defended the differences as natural to a living party.
