Beset by disunity, cynical calculation, tepid reformism and an ascendant ultra-right, Latin America and the Caribbean must unite against a US imperialism which aims to snuff out any emancipatory possibilities and subjugate the continent once and for all.
Simultaneous attacks on Venezuela and our communities via the criminal actions of ICE and the Border Patrol expose the twin pillars of the Trump/MAGA project.
While the share of wages in national income has increased in Mexico, trade liberalization, displacement of domestic production by imports, high interest rates & waning public spending hamper growth & maintain continuity with the much-maligned neoliberal period.
“We have designated the Tren de Aragua, MS-13, & the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. They have seen what we have done on the water. We are beginning to do it on land.”
President Sheinbaum’s decision to deny US military aircraft entry comes after a C-130J Super Hercules belonging to the US Air Force was spotted landing at Toluca International Airport on Saturday.
Mexico must overcome the inertia of decades of unilateral alignment with the interests of the US and understand that the nation’s future depends, more than ever, on its ability to circumvent the encirclement that the empire seeks to impose on us, along with the other countries of the region.
Agencies like the CIA are ready to “accompany” Mexican operations, but does Trump really want to combat drug trafficking, or is his intention to manage & manipulate Mexico?
Our country cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, such as when Latin American unity was rejected or when it disregarded Cuban and Venezuela initiatives to connect with labor and educational forces, along with their proposals and warnings.
The US Constitution denies universal and equal rights at home and protects the military behemoth that denies the same rights abroad. A democratic constitution would create a new political playing field and strengthen the movement to dismantle the imperial war machine.