Soberanía 76: ¡Viva Mexico!
On this special Independence Day episode of Soberanía, we dive into President Claudia Sheinbaum’s historic first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, and the stark contrast with a United States gripped by fear, censorship, and violence. We also unpack reports of CIA activity in Mexico, Trump’s drone strikes near Venezuela, and what Washington’s doctrine of extrajudicial killings could mean for Mexico’s sovereignty. Finally, in Losers and Haters, those in the press – and think tanks – who would whitewash US aggression in the region.
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Workers Party Claims Sheinbaum Electoral Reform Will Eliminate Party System
The socialist party’s leader recalled the democratic spaces that the left managed to conquer with the 1977 & 1996 reforms, a “fruit of countless struggles, repressions, imprisonments, disappearances and even armed uprisings.”
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Anti-FIFA Challenge: Football Defends the Territory
Mexico City residents are organizing Anti-World Cup Days to protest water theft and gentrification that have accompanied preparations for the World Cup, put on by the corrupt, international criminal consortium known as FIFA.
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Tridonex Strike in Matamoros to Start March 6th
1,300 workers are expected to strike, demanding the company fulfill its obligation to pay workers in full. Tridonex is owned by First Brands, the US autoparts corporation accused of massive fraud.
