Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the ‘natural’ zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping, argues VIJAY PRASHAD
From the Ciudad Juarez tragedy to renewed success
DAVID RABY reports on the latest moves to navigate major crises such as immigration, drug cartel violence and energy sovereignty by Mexico’s progressive government
INTERNATIONAL TRAGEDY: Mourners in Guatemala carry Miguel Rojche, who died in a fire at a Mexican immigration detention centre in Ciudad Juarez
Evidence suggests Lammy’s proposals would come at a high cost: reduced fairness, diminished trust and greater racial inequality in the criminal justice system, argue TARA LAI QUINLAN and KATHARINA KARCHER
From the workhouses of the 1840s to today’s market capitalism, A Christmas Carol remains a sharp critique of charity rationed by class, says KEITH FLETT
The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
THE appalling fire which killed 40 migrants in a holding centre in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — on the border with Texas — on March 27 looked at first like a body blow to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his progressive policies.
Amlo has indeed indicated that it was for him one of the two most demoralising incidents in his term so far. But his reaction, followed by a remarkable series of successes, has swiftly restored his prestige.
He immediately took action to provide care to the survivors and to promote impartial investigation; a total of eight individuals have so far been arrested and charged, both local guards and regional officers of the notoriously corrupt National Migration Institute (INM) and one migrant who allegedly started the fire (reports indicate that the migrant was given a lighter by one of the guards, which if true strongly suggests an inside plot).
Similar stories
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the traditional right wing, and Trump’s provocations
By taking a firm stance against the ‘Monroe Doctrine Mk II’ President Sheinbaum has won plaudits from across Mexican society, says DAVID RABY
Mexico’s unflinching stand has earned praise from across Latin America and the world, writes DAVID RABY