#mexican politics

[ayeforscotland]

Mexico has elected Claudia Sheinbaum as president. She’s an environmental scientist, a feminist and she’s Jewish.

She’s also anti-Zionist, which has led to a bunch of idiots on twitter saying she isn’t really Jewish. The evidence? She thanked Jesus in her acceptance speech.

…Her husband is called Jesús.

She was thanking her husband.

Edit: An update on this one folks. Reading a lot of what Mexicans have written in the notes, there’s a whole lot to criticise about Claudia Sheinbaum.

While that doesn’t change anything about idiots on twitter invalidating her Jewishness, the top of this post was far too complimentary.

[read-marx-and-lenin]

[Link to tweet]

[talkethtothehandeth]

⚠️ IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS MESSAGE ⚠️

Hi I don’t care if you don’t live in Mexico please reblog this I have not seen anyone talk about it on here only on tiktok but Mexico got hit with a huge and unexpected category five hurricane (without proper warning or preparation) in Acapulco (an area with around 1 million people) on October 25th and the government is not allowing media coverage. 27 people have died so far.

⚠️ UN MENSAJE MUY IMPORTANTE Y SERIO ⚠️ Repite este mensaje incluso si no vives en México

El 25 de octubre Acapulco (un zona que tiene un millión de personas) fue azotada por un huracán categoría 5 sin la debida advertencia del medios. El gobierno no permite que los medios cubran la historia. 27 personas han muerto hasta el momento.

You can inform yourself donate (puedes aprender donar aquí) here:

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I don’t have access to my family who is in contact with people in Mexico but I can post this please reblog it

[orion-archives]

Dear Americans and people outside Mexico: Please stop.

I have seen many posts of people outside Mexico saying: Congrats, Mexico! Claudia, a leftist feminist ambientalist jewish woman, is president! Take notes US!

Meanwhile, you go out in the streets in Mexico today and no one is celebrating. No one. The streets are empty, everything feels sad and hopeless.

A lot of people didn't want her. Because we know what is going to happen.

Morena (her political group) is literally in every position of power. From senators, to city governors. They have EVERY SINGLE thing in the goverment.

You know how bad things are gonna get for us here? Do you know what she has allowed? What THEY have done to our country? All the shit we have been through because of them?

No, because you don't care. You haven't cared enough to research who this woman is really and just praise her without knowing a shit.

Because you have to make everything about you, don't you?.

"I can't believe Mexico has a woman president before US!"

"OMG, US take notes!"

"The US-"

Can you stop for a second and think outside of your bubble? Do you truly know who this woman is and what she has done to Mexico? Or you are just using this to talk about you and your own country and problems?

Please. Please do your research.

She is not your precious feminist ally.

She has denied multiple times the ongoing wave of violence against women in Mexico (11 women go missing A DAY). She has sent riot police to gas feminist protests.

Did you hear what I said?

11 WOMEN GO MISSING A DAY.

EVERY DAY 11 WOMEN NEVER COME BACK, ARE KILLED, ARE RAPED, ARE TORTURED, ARE GETTING FORGOTTEN WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE. EVERYDAY.

And she denies this. She has denied MULTIPLE TIMES that the violence against women is at an all time high.

A feminist would denied that 11 mothers/sisters/daughters/aunts/girls/women/people are going missing PER DAY?

No. Because she doesn't fucking care.

She is no ambientalist.

She was more than happy to support the Tren Maya, a project AMLO, the former president, was hooked on making since the begining.

The issue?

DEFORESTATION. MASSIVE DEFORESTATION.

10 MILLION TREES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN.

Entire natural spaces gone for a train that isn't even working and already is having problems.

Also, how can I forget this?

27 people died, 80 injured.

The line 12 (Linea 12) of the CDMX Metro collapsed. The structure and the entire transport had (and still are) been neglected by the city administration.

Guess who was in charge of CDMX at the time of the tragedy?

Exactly, Claudia Sheinbaum. What was she doing instead of sending resources and money to fix and mantain the Metro?

But political propaganda for herself, of course!

And even after that tragedy, there have been multiple issues and accidents in the metro. A fucking coworker of a family member was trapped in a wagon alongside multiple people for HOURS due to a malfuction of the metro. They weren't allowed to get out even if they were cooking alive due to the heat of being inside a closed wagon and police ordered them TO NOT FILM what was happening to them.

She is not a saint. She is not an icon. She is not someone you should praise.

FUCKING INFORM YOURSELF BEFORE TALKING.

Mexico is not USA. Get it? We don't have the same politics and issues you have, get that?

The entire world doesn't revolve around you. We aren't your argument to use, we aren't your little meme to fuck around with.

We are people that are tired. People that didn't want this. People that are upset, dissapointed, mad, hopeless.

My blog isn't a political place, so as a final note, I want to say this:

I want to be wrong. I really, really want to be fucking wrong.

I want my country, Mexico, to be ok. To be a better place to live.

I HOPE to be wrong and that things get better. For me, for my family, for my friends, for the millions of people that stay, study, work, breathe, live and love this country.

Claudia Sheinbaum, I really want to be wrong about you. Not because I love you, but because I love Mexico.

I don't have high hopes for the future, but I really, REALLY, want things to be better.

That's all I have to say for now.

[troythecatfish]

[faranae]

I love how all Canada and Mexico had to do to pause these idiotic trade war tariffs was to take border programs that'd already started during Biden's term and make Trump think they were his idea.

He and his followers think they strong-armed us.

We just made a fool of them on the world stage.

[trilliumtriffid]

This is your last warning...

[eddies-disability-swag-blog]

Being very normal as a mexican.

I absolutely am not worried as I see the deadline closing in.

I am really not spiraling as I see the writing on the wall.

I definitely do not harbor resentment and hate for the path you northerners have set us too.

I don’t at all see that a great majority of USAmericans want to enact terrorism into my home. (Including Chicanos)

I am being very normal about it.

Poor Mexico. So far from god and so close to the United States.

If we crash and burn, I hope we take you with us.

You should’ve organized to beat both warmongering genocidal tyrants when you had the choice.

Both Harris and Trump were going to be harbingers of war and destruction and y’all did nothing to stop either of them.

I just want to curl up in a ball and cry.

Pray with all my heart that Trump is bluffing.

But if he isn’t.

We have no one else to blame but the action and inaction of our “neighbors” up north.

I hope, even if it’s a year too late now, the few compassionate people in the north there are organize to prevent the destruction and subjugation of my people.

Fight for us, fight for Mexico, fight for Palestine, fight for Cuba, fight for Syria, fight for Hawaii, fight for the NDNS, fight for Venezuela, fight for every single nation the US is currently subjugating, occupying and invading, and the nations the US is planning to invade, occupy an an subjugate.

I just feel so alone.

Also, on a related note, fuck veterans. Why do you celebrate murderers? I don’t care some of them are disabled. You can accommodate and treat their disability while also spitting on their face like they deserve. They killed thousands of innocent people and freedom fighters. ACAB includes veterans. ACAB includes people who join the military because they’re poor. This should not be a hot take.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

A Belligerent Trump Could Unite Latin America—Against Him

As diplomatic conflict and trade-war talk ramps up, the continent’s often fractious leaders could end up sharing an antagonist in common.

Last Friday, the first wave of Brazilians deported from the United States since the inauguration of Donald Trump arrived in the Amazonian city of Manaus. Images of passengers deplaning in handcuffs and shackles, as well as allegations of inhumane treatment, caused an uproar over the weekend in the political discourse of Latin America’s largest nation. Entering the U.S. illegally is, after all, not a crime in Brazil.

The flight was part of a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Brazil, signed in 2018, aiming to expedite the deportation of Brazilians held in U.S. immigration detention centers. In 2021, after reports that Brazilians were being handcuffed during deportation flights, the Brazilian government requested a review of the procedure by U.S. authorities, including then–national security adviser Jake Sullivan and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Brazilian officials note that the U.S. has a standard procedure of using handcuffs during the boarding of deportees while still on American soil.

However, the use of handcuffs during the flight is recommended only if there is a risk to the passengers or crew. At the time, Brazil’s foreign minister warned that if the request was not addressed, the Brazilian government could refuse to allow deportation flights to land in the country. As a result, standard practice has been to limit the use of handcuffs to the interior of the aircraft and only when necessary for flight security.

So far, the center-left government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has taken a cautious approach in dealing with the new Trump administration. Some on the left sought a stern rebuke from Lula, but the Brazilian president does not seem eager to pick a fight with Trump so early into his second term. Brazilian diplomats have reportedly been instructed not to respond to Trump’s provocations but to firmly yet discreetly seek clarifications regarding the treatment of Brazilians in U.S. custody.

This weekend’s events came on the heels of a phone conversation between Lula and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in which the two leaders “reaffirmed their commitment to fostering productive relations with all countries in the Americas, including the new U.S. administration, with the goal of preserving peace, strengthening democracy, and promoting regional development,” according to an official release. Reading between the lines, the heads of the two Latin American giants are huddling to strategize over how to react to Trump. Indeed, one unintended consequence of Trump’s return is that Mexico and Brazil are likely to enjoy warmer relations than they have in generations.

Continue reading.

[fairandfatalasfair]

The tariffs will go into effect on Tuesday, setting a showdown in North America that could potentially sabotage economic growth. A new analysis by the Budget Lab at Yale laid out the possible damage to the U.S. economy, saying the average U.S. household would lose the equivalent of $1,170 in income from the taxes. Economic growth would slow and inflation would worsen — and the situation could be even worse if the countries retaliate.

A senior U.S. administration official, insisting on anonymity to brief reporters, said the lower rate on energy reflected a desire to minimize any disruptive increases on the price of gasoline or utilities. That’s a sign White House officials understand the gamble they’re taking on inflation.

[rvllybllply2014]

God I love her

[dicapiito]

This is what both GOP voters and third party voters wanted.

Best of luck red states. While this affects everyone; there’s a reason why Blue states will endure this better than red.

How to fix this damage? Vote in the midterms and don’t listen to leftist/third party idiots.

[onlytiktoks]

[hdksjsb]

It is actually terrifying to be in a country with 25% tariffs looming over it. Americans won’t stop screaming about how Trump is affecting them, but I do not think they understand how he’s going to destroy his neighbours’ economies just for kicks. Currencies are going to tank, inflation will skyrocket and job loss will be, at least, in the tens of thousands.

Some of the terms floated to avoid these tariffs were to abandon our own industries and support American, while they abandon ours. Everyone, all our countries, will have reorganize their economies’ from the ground up regardless of the outcome.

[optimistic-autistic]

el pais estaria mejor si xochitl y claudia se besaran. en este ensayo voy a (le pegan un tiro)

[bigblazecoffee]

Image says: "Claudia Sheinbaum proposes calling parts of the USA 'Mexican America' stating 'It sounds nice, doesn't it?'. "

Clearly this is in response to the fat orange cunt saying he will conquer Mexico and also change the Golf of Mexico to the Golf of America. And I just have to say, thank fuck we have this woman to counter Trump instead of old AMLO.