Soberanía 84: The Post-Monroe Moment
This week on Soberanía, Kurt Hackbarth and José Luis Granados Ceja bundle up for a freezing Mexico City episode and break down three stories that reveal where Mexico stands in today’s shifting global politics. First, they explore Mexico and the “old world” — new meetings between Mexico, France, Spain, the EU and CELAC, and what these diplomatic moves say about Latin America’s growing independence from European influence. Then they turn to Ricardo Salinas Pliego, as Mexico’s most notorious oligarch finally faces the Supreme Court after years of legal dodges by his companies. The hosts unpack what this long-delayed reckoning means for accountability and the balance between power and money in Mexico. Finally, they examine Israel’s false claim of an “Iranian plot” in Mexico, how the story unraveled, and what it reveals about media manipulation and foreign attempts to drag Mexico into geopolitical narratives. And as always, it all wraps up with Losers and Haters of the Week, this time focusing on the so-called Gen Z protests and how they’re being weaponized by the opposition and media to push an anti-government narrative.
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A Hundred Years After ‘La Cristiada’
“The Cristero War stands as an example of the high cost that political struggles among the elites of power can have for society when they act irresponsibly,” concludes Meyer.
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The Normalization of the Abnormal
Palestine’s ambassador to Mexico, Nadya Rasheed, denounces the normalization of genocide in Gaza: more than 73,000 Palestinians killed, homes, schools and hospitals destroyed, water poisoned — and a world that looks away.
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Peña Nieto Filmed Next to Controversial Israeli Contractor
Former Mexican president Peña Nieto was filmed wearing a kippah at a Jewish wedding in Italy, seated beside Avishai Neriah, the Israeli businessman an outlet accused of channeling $25M to him for Mexican government contracts, including Pegasus.
