About this episode

Alex and Kaleigh discuss the recent Mexican election and interview Laura Primeau about Indigenous rights and the Tren Maya project.

This month, Alex and Kaleigh unpack the recent Mexican election AND chat with a friend of the show, Laura Primeau, a PhD candidate studying Indigenous rights and the controversial Tren Maya project. Tune in to dive deeper into the election's impact and how Indigenous communities use international law to fight for their rights territory and recognition of Indigenous worldviews in development. Get in touch with us with any of your democracy queries: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@probpolitics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@probpolitics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠probablyaboutpolitics@gmail.com⁠⁠ Laura Primeau: https://carleton.ca/polisci/people/laura-primeau/

Topics covered

• Mexican election
• Indigenous rights
• Tren Maya project
• international law

Keywords

• democracy
• Indigenous communities
• development
• worldviews

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