Forced Disappearance & Capitalism
What is more viable: a capitalism without violence or an anti-capitalist project?
What is more viable: a capitalism without violence or an anti-capitalist project?
The origins of organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico begin with a CIA project of anti-communism, political repression, and right wing death squads deployed throughout Latin America.
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 waiver allows US Department of Homeland Security to waive any legal requirement, including environmental laws, to ensure rapid construction of five miles of border wall.
American political and media scaremongering about China at the gates belies a simple truth: the Mexican economy is still captive to US corporate investment.
Mexico must move beyond pursuing foreign investment and the USMCA, which only serves US interests: it requires a centralized body capable of planning and coordinating public investment and national development.
Mexican President Sheinbaum responded to US DEA Director Terry Cole, who yesterday did not rule out bombing Mexico.
The grotesque Trumpist cabinet – and the American ruling class – continue to exhibit hypocrisy, violence and transparently imperial thinking that threaten not just Latin America’s sovereignty, but the lives of the inhabitants of the entire planet.
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.
President Sheinbaum finds herself at the center of a diplomatic dispute: while she has defended Mexico’s sovereignty with her stance of “coordination yes, subordination no,” the facts suggest this line is constantly blurring.