Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast Soberanía Podcast
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Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast brings you news and analysis about Mexico from a grassroots and leftist perspective, helping English-language audiences better understand the country, its politics and players.
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Xóchitl Slings Mud in Attempt To Save Campaign: 2nd Debate Analysis
Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth analyze the winners and losers of the second presidential debate in Mexico and refute the notion that there’s an unfair playing field in this election. In the second half of the program, Kurt and José Luis breakdown the effort by Mexico City’s electoral watchdog to censor talk about Santiago Taboada’s links to the housing cartel, plus a look at Anabel Hernández’s forthcoming book and her tendency to rely on unnamed sources.
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The Pension Predators vs. the Pension Protectors
Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth discuss the debate surrounding AMLO’s efforts to reform Mexico’s neoliberal pension system. Kurt and José Luis also talk about the regional response to Ecuador’s invasion of the Mexican Embassy. Plus an update from the campaign trail in Chiapas and, as always, our regular segment going over bad press coverage, this might be the worst example yet.
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Another Xóchitl Gaffe! Scorns Millions of Renters in Mexico
Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth go over opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez’s cringe-inducing gaffe where she scorns millions of people who rent their homes in Mexico. In the second half, Kurt and José Luis define lawfare and analyze the campaigns leveled by the country’s conservatives including the latest probe by Supreme Court President Norma Piña against her predecessor Arturo Zaldívar. Finally, we recommend you read José Luis’ recent piece in Al Jazeera instead of this week’s bad piece of the week by Nicolas Medina Mora.
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Ecuador Invades Mexican Embassy: What's the Real Story?
Soberanía podcast co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth take a deep dive into the political persecution of leftists in Ecuador, which led to the embarrassing decision by Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa to violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and invade the Mexican Embassy in Quito. Plus a look at recent scandals involving the adult children of opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez and as always our segment looking at bad coverage of Mexico where Kurt and José Luis mock Massive Caller’s terrible polling.
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Mexican Opposition Wants to GAG Debate on Social Programs
Soberanía podcast co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down the Mexican opposition’s bizarre efforts to get Mexico’s electoral authority to censor Morena and stop candidates from talking about the right-wing’s opposition to universal social programs. In the second half of the episode, Kurt and José Luis criticize the push by rich tourists and gentrifiers to silence Banda music in Mazatlan. Plus a look at Mexico's water crisis and TV Azteca’s fat-shaming campaign against Citlalli Hernández.
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AMLO on 60 Minutes: 'Mexico is Not a Colony'
Soberanía podcast co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth analyze Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s interview with “60 Minutes” and the reaction to it both here in Mexico and the US. Plus a look at the opposition’s dirty campaign in Mexico City that staged a false flag protest to drive a wedge between Morena and social movements. As always, we wrap with our regular segment looking at terrible English-language coverage of the country by the mainstream media.
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This is great. I’ve been looking for a podcast on Mexican politics that explains things in a way I, a US observer, can understand from a leftist perspective, specially as I’m not well versed in Mexican politics. It is specially valuable because most (if not all) of the coverage on AMLO in US mainstream outlets is usually negative and clearly biased, and it is great that this podcast exists to dispel those lies and get a clearer picture of what is going on in Mexican politics.