The Empire Strikes Back – Soberanía 105
In episode 105 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth dissect the U.S. government’s extradition request for Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya — and why the timing looks less like justice and more like retaliation.
The episode opens with a breakdown of the indictment, highlighting three red flags: the U.S. made it public within hours of notifying Mexico; they requested provisional arrest without providing evidence; and the charges rely on testimony from protected witnesses — likely the Chapitos — whose credibility is compromised. All of this comes just days after the Chihuahua scandal, where CIA agents were caught operating illegally with a PAN governor.
The conversation then examines the newly released U.S. National Drug Control Strategy, which prioritizes militarized interdiction and “the healing power of faith” over public health — revealing that U.S. drug policy is about imperial control, not solving addiction.
Finally, they turn to Morena’s new party president, Adriana Montiel, a former wellbeing secretary who helped build Mexico’s social programs inside the territory. Her first act? Expressing solidarity with Cuba — a promising shift for a party needing territory work, not spotlight seekers.
Losers and Haters takes aim at a New York Times piece on Cuba’s May Day march, which the hosts dismantle as propaganda: unscientific surveys, unsubstantiated claims, and an “embattled president” framing that ignores the actual U.S. blockade causing the crisis.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Announces Cancellation of La Parota Dam in Guerrero; Water Wells Will Be Built Instead
After a two-decade grassroots fight against the CFE dam on the Papagayo River, the government will supply Acapulco with radial wells and tanks instead.
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Thousands March in Mexico City in Support of Cuba, 73 Years After the Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Against US Attacks on the Island
Backed by over 100 organizations, from Morena to communist parties, the march condemns Trump’s invasion threats and the six-decade blockade.
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The Study of the Far Right Is Necessary: Mexico’s Science Secretary
Scholars at a Secihti panel traced how far-right movements, “neither new nor spontaneous,” are gaining ground by borrowing the left’s own vocabulary on jobs, freedom, and crisis.
