Unpacking Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a genocide for the first time, the DEA pushing to bomb Mexico, Canadian PM Mark Carney’s visit and Border Czar Tom Homan’s allegedly receiving bribes.
Ultra-right wing (& unelected) Senator Lilly Téllez calls for U.S. intervention in Mexico during a Fox News appearance, false claims from the DEA, Ken Klippenstein’s reporting on US invasion plans, & the Baker Institute’s flawed report.
The DEA and other Washington agencies fail to understand Mexico has changed and they will no longer find the obsequious silence that once allowed them to do and say as they please.
What are the implications for Mexico of hardliner Terry Cole being nominated to lead the scandal-racked DEA, and analyzing the USAID’s historic role as a soft-power arm of empire.
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including Sheinbaum and Brugada inaugurations, Airbnbn regulation comes to Mexico City, DEA torture in Latin America.
What’s behind the capture of El mayo Zambada, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug traffickers?
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.
The 4th Transformation, Morena’s dubious new recruit, anti-AMLO smear campaign, a crybaby billionaire tax cheat, labor news and new leaks reveal corporate interests driving US foreign affairs meddling.
Analysis of the dangers and prospects surrounding one of Mexico’s most importat elections from the México Solidarity Project and Mexico Solidarity Forum.
The Times displays an insolence that is out of place in the treatment of any country and that constitutes an umpteenth example of the colonial and racist arrogance with which the Western media addresses the entire non-white world.