Onshoring Sadism: The US 'War on Terror' Comes to Latin America

Onshoring Sadism: The US 'War on Terror' Comes to Latin America

Author: Soberanía Podcast October 8, 2025 Duration: 59:16

This week on Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down Washington’s latest escalation as the US declares itself to be in a "non-international armed conflict" with cartels, exploring how it is set to revive post-9/11 war-on-terror tactics in Latin America. They proceed to discuss the case of the kidnapped Mexicans finally freed after the kidnapping of the Global Sumud Flotilla, what it says about Mexico’s foreign policy, and what a transformational approach to foreign affairs could look like. The conversation turns to US bullying (again), with fresh threats under the USMCA aimed at Mexico’s energy and telecom sectors, among others, before taking a polling deep dive to contrast Claudia Sheinbaum's sky-high numbers with those of MORENA. In Losers & Haters, the hosts take aim at media spin from the LA Times and NY Times, and finally tease an upcoming Tren Maya discussion on their El Taller interview show.


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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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Goodbye Grift: Mexico Neuters US-Funded NGOs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Duration: 58:43
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The Mining Minefield: US Sets Sights on Mexico’s Strategic Minerals [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:29
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