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 Meaning of October 12
“Those lands were not empty, since they were populated by millions of native inhabitants who had lived on them for millennia,” notes Felipe Ávila.
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Mexican Book Fairs
“Book fairs in Mexico are among the great gatherings that speak of how a people nourishes itself on books,” observes Poniatowska.
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Provoke AMLO
“That old man they give up for dead will return to the plazas if necessary. Get ready, because he has the strength to travel the country once more,” warns Páez Varela.
