In episode 130 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth return from a week off with a packed show. First, they discuss Vicente Fox finally saying the quiet part out loud: in an interview the former president confessed that he “made Calderón win” in 2006, admitted it wasn’t very democratic, and said he wouldn’t have handed over power had AMLO been recognized as the winner.
Next, they analyze the U.S. midterms from a Global South perspective: a tsunami that flipped both chambers, with Texas electing Democrat James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa as governor — the first since Ann Richards. The hosts caution against cheering the Democrats too loudly, noting their complicity in the Cuba blockade, the El Mayo kidnapping, and the Iran war, but argue the rebuke of Trump — a monster who deserves The Hague — creates space for maneuver.
Then, they celebrate Lula’s fourth-term victory in Brazil: a four-million-vote margin, nearly three million more voters turning out in the second round, and a campaign that combined a 10-million-subscriber WhatsApp channel with decentralized, street-level organizing. They also note Flávio’s brief, absurd self-declaration as president-elect from Miami before the State Department made him walk it back.
Losers and Haters takes aim at the Associated Press for a badly sourced piece on the assassination of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo, which buries the allegations against his widow and successor until three-quarters of the way in — and launders Miguel Mesa, a political operative tied to the opposition who admits receiving intelligence from U.S. security agencies, as a “researcher.” The hosts call it lazy, complicit journalism that feeds the U.S. agenda in the region.
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Fox’s Stunning Confession – Soberanía 130
November 5, 2026
Vicente Fox admits he “made Calderón win” in 2006, the U.S. midterms seen from the Global South, Lula’s fourth-term victory, and the AP’s lazy Uruapan story.
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Sheinbaum Recognizes Victories of Xavier Becerra and Gina Hinojosa in California and Texas
November 5, 2026November 4, 2026
Becerra will be California’s first directly elected Latino governor, and Hinojosa beat Greg Abbott to become the first Latina to lead Texas.
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Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit Freezes Accounts of Ex-Election Chief Taddei and the “Electoral Coyote”
November 4, 2026November 4, 2026
The freeze covers 40 people and companies tied to INE suppliers; a complaint went to the Attorney General, and INE resignations have reached 30.
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