EPISODE · May 7, 2024 · 1H 5M
Oh the Irony! US-Funded Anti-Corruption NGO Faces Corruption Allegations of Its Own
from Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast · host Soberanía Podcast
Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth discuss the scandalous accusation surrounding the head of Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad, María Amparo Cásar, a right-wing ideologue who has endlessly criticized AMLO yet has skeletons in her own closet and is accused of illegally collecting her ex-husband’s pension to the tune of millions of pesos. Kurt and José Luis also discuss the bribery allegations against US Representative Henry Cuellar, the false news reports on an alleged secret crematorium in Mexico City, and our bad coverage of the week from The Economist.
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Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth discuss the scandalous accusation surrounding the head of Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad, María Amparo Cásar, a right-wing ideologue who has endlessly criticized AMLO yet has skeletons in her own closet and is accused of illegally collecting her ex-husband’s pension to the tune of millions of pesos. Kurt and José Luis also discuss the bribery allegations against US Representative Henry Cuellar, the false news reports on an alleged secret crematorium in Mexico City, and our bad coverage of the week from The Economist.
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