Soberanía 79: Onshoring Sadism
This week on Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down Washington’s latest escalation as the US declares itself to be in a “non-international armed conflict” with cartels, exploring how it is set to revive post-9/11 war-on-terror tactics in Latin America. They proceed to discuss the case of the kidnapped Mexicans finally freed after the kidnapping of the Global Sumud Flotilla, what it says about Mexico’s foreign policy, and what a transformational approach to foreign affairs could look like.
The conversation turns to US bullying (again), with fresh threats under the USMCA aimed at Mexico’s energy and telecom sectors, among others, before taking a polling deep dive to contrast Claudia Sheinbaum’s sky-high numbers with those of MORENA. In Losers & Haters, the hosts take aim at media spin from the LA Times and NY Times, and finally tease an upcoming Tren Maya discussion on their El Taller interview show.
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The Poor as Instruments, Not Allies
Welfare programs with political aims are not the same as forging political alliances with the impoverished population created by voracious neoliberal capitalism.
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The entire Venezuelan people are showing courage in defending their sovereignty, writes MORENA deputy Magdalena Rosales Cruz.
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Was There A Regime Change After 2018?
Two narratives on Mexican politics after AMLO’s election and the historical processes that overwhelm them.
