Mexico Votes!
Mexicans voted in election in the largest election in the country’s history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, as well as the Presidential position, which was won by Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Close
Hundreds of thousands filled the Zocalo and side-streets in Mexico City to attend the closing event for Mexican Presidential candidate Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum.
SOBERANÍA 12 – Dirtying Elections Abroad
The DEA, with the help of ProPublica, again interferes in Mexico’s election, grassroots efforts by university students to hold a mock election, catching up with Enrique Krauze and his horrible piece in the Financial Times.
Weekly News Items April 20
Mexico-Ecuador embassy and lawfare rift, glyphosate dispute, US pressure on Mexico to limit trade with China, Sheinbaum interview, the neoliberal intellectual crisis.
SOBERANÍA 8 – Another Xóchitl Gaffe
Xóchitl Gálvez scorns millions of people who rent their homes in Mexico & the Mexican opposition’s lawfare campaigns.
SOBERANÍA 7 – ECUADOR INVADES MEXICAN EMBASSY
Dive into Ecuador’s persecution of leftists, which led to the embarrassing decision by Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa to invade the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
SOBERANÍA LIVE: Mexican Presidential Debate Reaction
The Soberanía Podcast will be joined by special guest Dr. Violeta Vázquez-Rojas to breakdown the first presidential debate between Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez, and Jorge Álvarez Máynez.
Weekly News Items April 6
Brash attack by Ecuador on Mexican embassy, Sheinbaum’s anti-corruption proposals, 60 Minutes, US citizens responsible for fentanyl smuggling, CDMX election, gender equity in Mexico.
SOBERANÍA 6 – Opposition Wants to Gag Debate on Social Programs
Mexican right wing seeks to stop candidates from talking about right wing opposition to universal social programs, rich tourists and gentrifiers want to silence Banda music in Mazatlan, the water crisis and TV Azteca’s campaign against Citlalli Hernández.
Mexico’s Opposition Strategy for the Coming Elections
Analysis of the dangers and prospects surrounding one of Mexico’s most importat elections from the México Solidarity Project and Mexico Solidarity Forum.