News
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High-impact crime fell 43% and vehicle theft 68%, with nearly 9,949 arrests and 18.7 tons of drugs seized across the state in under two years.
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Part of the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, the 10-million-peso program aids Paracho’s 15 guitar workshops and reaches 180,000 students.
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Once the operator who opened Morena’s door to Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Flores now leads the evangelical party PAZ, which just won national registration and 84.4 million pesos to run alone in 2027.
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Sheinbaum says the far-right outlet La Derecha Diario was built to destabilize Latin American democracies, with Mexico already among its targets.
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Mexico’s federal government proposes free admission to 53 INAH museums, monuments, and archaeological sites — among them Bonampak, La Venta, and Tamtoc — in next year’s Federal Rights Law, saying the cost of charging is disproportionate to the revenue.
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In the first year of Mexico’s elected judiciary, Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar Ortiz reported 13,231 of 15,051 case files resolved and over 4.7 billion pesos in savings.
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Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel outlined a zero sales-tax rate for small bookstores, 50 million pesos in bulk book buys, aid for state book fairs, and a Vasconcelos Library overhaul.
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In the first year of a national adult-literacy drive, 277,000 people learned to read and write, and the INEA has now reached 32.4 million Mexicans in 45 years.
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Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard called the U.S. commerce chief’s meeting with Sheinbaum cordial as both countries prepare a fourth round of USMCA review talks this month.
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A 1990s bailout that turned private bank losses into public debt. Serviced with interest alone, it now claims 48 billion pesos of the 2027 budget.
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Mexico’s 2027 Economic Package aims to lift tax revenue to a record 15.9% of GDP with no new taxes, by fighting evasion, avoidance, and shell-invoice firms (factureras).
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Morena holds a commanding lead ahead of 2027 — 35% raw, 48% among decided voters — while PAN, PRI and MC bunch up far behind for a contested second place.
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After Fox courted the PRI, PAN and the new Somos group ahead of 2027, Morena dismissed the opposition realignment as ‘the same old regime looking for a new disguise.’
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With DEA agents jailed and fentanyl down 70%, she said the US must fix its own house: consumption, distribution, money laundering.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Chiapas, the economy, public education, the INE budget, and sovereignty.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on her national tour, tax simplification, zero tax on books, PISA results, U.S. pressure, and La Derecha Diario.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the 2027 Economic Package, Fobaproa, Pemex, security, and sovereignty.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Mexico Turns to China as U.S. Threats Mount – Soberanía 123
Mexico’s foreign minister visits China as Beijing backs its sovereignty, the 2027 economic package targets tax-evading “factureras,” and Televisa peddles a dubious smear against a Morena senator.
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Analysis
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The Opposition Could Not Beat Morena in 2027
“In 2027, Morena’s party structure will be a crushing machine,” Mellado writes.
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The Origins of the Cristiada: Maderismo
“The support for Huerta was one of the greatest historical errors of the clergy and lay Catholics,” argues Ávila of the choice that helped ignite the Cristiada.
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Women Take Power in Mexico. Seriously. Rosa Icela, Ariadna, Ernestina, Laura Itzel…
Two years into her term, President Claudia Sheinbaum has consolidated women in key posts across her administration.
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Madrid, ‘The New Miami’: Mexican Oligarchy and Politicians Turn Spain into a Favorite Destination
Former presidents Calderón, Peña Nieto and Salinas de Gortari enjoy a golden retirement in Madrid, where figures like Elba Esther Gordillo also mingle.
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Moral Authority
Columnist Fabrizio Mejía Madrid argues the real source of the 4T’s results under AMLO and Sheinbaum is moral authority: the consistency between values and daily conduct.
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DFS Documented Ties Between the Far-Right Knights of Columbus and the PAN
Declassified DFS files show how the far-right Knights of Columbus built a network in Mexico linking PAN members with businessmen, Catholic hierarchs, and foreign leaders.
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Two Years, One Direction
La Jornada columnist Juan Becerra Acosta on Sheinbaum’s second State of the Nation Address: a 154% real minimum-wage rise, homicides down 51%, and 70% approval keep outrunning the opposition’s story.
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The US: The Real Narco-State?
“Washington isn’t interested in fighting organized crime within its borders… but in using drug trafficking as a pretext to interfere in other countries,” La Jornada argues.
PHOTOS
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CNTE Strike Day 3: Teachers vs Privatized Pensions
Photos of the Mexican teachers actions at private banks in Mexico City which manage workers pensions, whether anyone wants them to or not.
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Petróleo Mexicano para los Cubanos!
Solidarity protestors gathered outside of the former location of the Embassy of the United States on Reforma in Mexico City on Sunday, demanding that Mexico send oil to Cuba and expressing their disavowal of Trump’s recent assault on the island and its people.
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Mexico City Mass March for Venezuela, Maduro & Flores
Defense of sovereignty and a unified continental response to US imperialist aggression comprised the collective agenda of the 10,000 strong march.
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Trump, Hands Off Venezuela Rally
Mexicans rallied outside the new US embassy in Mexico City, expressing solidarity with Venezuelans and demanding US President Donald Trump cease his aggression against the Bolivarian Republic.
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600k in Mexico’s Zócalo for Seven Years of the Fourth Transformation
Photos of the anniversary commemorating the Mexican party Morena & social movement the Fourth Transformation forming government.
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Mexico City Mobilizes on 2nd Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood, Against Genocide of Palestinians
Thousands marched in support of Palestinian national liberation, demanding Mexico break relations with the genocidal state of israel.
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Mexican Trade Unions for Palestine March Against Gaza Genocide
The march was organized by a coalition of 300 of Mexico’s trade unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations, and made five demands of the Mexican government.
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THUNDER OVER MEXICO
Publicity stills from Thunder Over Mexico, a film edited from the remnants of an aborted project by Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
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MAY DAY: MEXICO CITY MARCH
International Workers Day was commemorated in Mexico as unions marched from the Angel of Independence to the Zócalo.
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s 100 Points
100 points outlined in Sheinbaum’s first speech as the newest President of the Mexican Republic, with photos.
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Mexico Votes!
Mexicans voted in election in the largest election in the country’s history. More than 20,000 congressional and local positions are up for grabs, as well as the Presidential position, which was won by Claudia Sheinbaum of Morena.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Close
Hundreds of thousands filled the Zocalo and side-streets in Mexico City to attend the closing event for Mexican Presidential candidate Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum.
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CDMX Rally Against Ecuador’s Attack on Mexican Embassy
The provocative assault was ordered by the ultra-right wing government of Miami-born, nepo-baby Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Campaign Launch
Hundreds of thousands crowded the Zócalo and beyond in Mexico City. Sheinbaum polling over twice the amount of her nearest competition.
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Mexico City Global Day for Palestine
The demand was made for Mexico to end diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Massive march brings over 20,000 into Mexico City streets for Palestine
Various social and political organizations participated, as well as students and a substantial number of trade unions, including the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas and Sindicato de Trabajadores de la UNAM.
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CDMX with Palestine
On Saturday, October 28th, Chilangos marched in solidarity with Palestine from the Angel of Indepence to the Zócalo,
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Mexico City in Solidarity with Palestine
Over 10,000 rallied in Mexico City in solidarity with Palestinians
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XXII Feria Internacional del Libro
For this edition, tributes were made to Almudena Grandes, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, Carlos Martínez Rentería and Elena Poniatowska.
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Energy Reform Vote
Mexicans gathered at the Chamber of Deputies to show support for a bill to amend the Mexican Constitution regarding the energy sector