Soberanía 80: The Nobel “Peace” Prize Farce
In this week’s episode of Soberanía, hosts Kurt Hackbarth and José Luis Granados react to the farcical irony of far-right Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, unpacking her long record of backing coups, sanctions, and foreign intervention, what this award reveals about Western hypocrisy, and what it all could mean for Mexico. They then turn to President Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to skip the Summit of the Americas, exploring how it builds on López Obrador’s refusal to attend the Los Angeles edition in 2022 to promote Latin American regional sovereignty against US exclusionism. The discussion continues with the debate around Mexico’s amparo reform bill – in its final stages in Congress – breaking down how it could close off the elites’ endless attempts to game the system and the pushback it has thus sparked from Mexico’s conservative establishment. The episode closes with Losers and Haters, revisiting a familiar figure whose newfound power threatens to do real damage from within the newly dubbed “War” Department.
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CNN Says CIA Murdered in Mexico with Car Bombs; Security Secretary Harfuch Says They Didn’t
A CNN story attributes a March 28th, 2026 car bomb which killed two in Mexico State to the CIA, along with other undisclosed operations.
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People’s Mañanera May 12
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on homicide reduction, drug use, school calendar change nixed, and support for 2025 rainfall victims.
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Coahuila State Police Attack, Disperse Protest by Workers from AHMSA Steel Company
Nine workers were arrested and several injured, as workers demand payment of their salaries and severance, which have been owed to them for more than three years.
