Laura Carlsen discusses how Claudia Sheinbaum will navigate a series of domestic challenges and a changing U.S.-Mexico relationship. In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel
By Laura Carlsen Not only did Donald J. Trump win the US presidential against his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris, he won every one of the seven swing states in play
Since 2006, Mexico has been living through a war known for its senselessness. The declaration of the war on drugs by former President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) not only led the country into
With the slogan “It’s time for transformation, it’s time for women!” and shouts of “Presidenta”, Claudia Sheinbaum took office October 1 after winning a landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election on June
Under the same blazing sun, women day laborers do the same work as men, but for lower wages. In Latin America, women agricultural workers share other problems
On June 27, the mothers and fathers of the 43 students forcibly disappeared from the rural teachers’ school in Ayotzinapa made public their position regarding the President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s extreme
About 21 million people become climate refugees annually, from the big storms and droughts, and by 2050, 1.2 billion people will be climate refugees. Thank the energy companies for most of that.
US immigration policy should not be based on Republican lies and the desire to fund foreign wars. Mexican immigration policy should not be based on US political ambitions.
Mira director Laura Carlsen offers a close-up of the impacts of U.S. policy in Mexico and Central America. Juan González, of the Great Cities Institute and Democracy Now!, examines immigration, US policy
Militarization, now institutionalized in the Constitution and in practice, extended for the next six years and quite possibly forever, is not just the latest bone of contention between political parties. It is