US Goes Behind Sheinbaum's Back: Ron Johnson Provokes President's Ire with More Meddling

<p>In episode 127 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth open with another case of U.S. interference — this time in Querétaro, where Governor Mauricio Kuri and Ambassador Ron Johnson broke ground on a police training academy without federal authorization. The hosts explain how this violates Mexico&#39;s National Security Law, which explicitly requires high-level federal approval for any security cooperation with foreign governments. They note the pattern: Chihuahua and now Querétaro, PAN-governed states where the U.S. is pursuing a &quot;subnational strategy&quot; to work around the federal government that defends Mexican sovereignty.Next, they discuss AMLO&#39;s return via a video promoting his new book, &quot;Pueblo.&quot; In a wide-ranging 90-minute address, he criticized Ron Johnson as &quot;a meddling policeman,&quot; denounced U.S. hypocrisy on drug trafficking, and dedicated the book to Claudia Sheinbaum, calling her &quot;the best president in the world&quot; — definitively debunking the opposition&#39;s fantasy of a rift between them. The conversation then turns to Brazil&#39;s presidential election, where Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro are separated by just two points heading into a runoff. The hosts analyze the structural challenges facing the Latin American left: late capitalism, low growth, and a far-right that promises to &quot;get the state off your back&quot; while offering nothing but nihilism. They note that Brazil&#39;s high abstention rate (over 30 million voters) could be decisive, but warn that convincing non-voters to turn out is an uphill battle. Losers and Haters takes aim at Instagram and Meta for removing their video reporting on Bolsonaro&#39;s sex parties and suspicious gifts, claiming it violated community standards on sexual violence — even though it was journalistic reporting on a public scandal. The hosts note the irony: the same platform that briefly suspended Lula&#39;s ads is now censoring critical journalism while allowing fake election-day ads to flourish.</p>