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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Hegemony Without Occupation: Mexican Elites Facing the United States
The crucial question is not whether Mexico has competent elites, but whether those elites are willing to stop managing subordination as if it were a virtue.
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Zacatecas Bean Farmers Protest Non-Operational Collection Centers
Farmers are guaranteed a price of 27 pesos per kilo from the federal government centers, compared to the 7-12 pesos that intermediaries or coyotes pay them. But there’s one catch: they aren’t operating.
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CDMX Neighbourhood Organizations Call for World Cup Boycott After US Attack on Venezuela
Hyper-charged gentrification, dispossession and social cleansing are intensifying neighbourhood resistance near Azteca Stadium, the opening venue for the FIFA sporting event.
