News
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Secretariat of Health Recognizes Indigenous Traditional Medicine in the National Midwifery Committee
The Health Secretariat revised decree adds INPI, the Indigenous Peoples Council and traditional midwives to the new committee.
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Sheinbaum floats a school-phone ban and a sleep-hygiene jingle, citing screen-anxiety research and TikTok use of 2-4 hours a day by kids she met in Manzanillo.
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Responding to Trump’s G7 jab calling her a ‘scared’ woman, Sheinbaum declines a personal debate.
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Mexico is hosting Iran’s World Cup squad in Tijuana after the United States denied them permission to stay on its territory during the 2026 tournament.
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In one of her twenty calls with Trump, Sheinbaum told him Cuba has already opened its economy and urged him to take that into account.
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“Mexico has lost control of its country. The cartels control Mexico, it’s sad. The President is a very good woman, but she’s a very scared woman,” Trump declared.
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Asked about the march planned outside the Azteca stadium, Sheinbaum says her Interior and Education secretaries already carry her full authority in CNTE talks.
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A 21.4-billion-peso plan with 45,182 works will prioritize the Seri people, the Sierra Tarahumara, and other Indigenous and remote communities still off the grid.
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Day 16 of the national strike: contingents from six states gather at three points, with an afternoon forum on Pensionissste planned.
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Daily average dropped from 86.9 to 47.3; eight states account for 54% of cases and 28 states saw declines, with San Luis Potosí down 81%.
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First housing program targeting workers earning under two minimum wages; aims for 1.8 million homes and 7 million beneficiaries by end of term.
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Section 7 demands Sheinbaum take the negotiating table herself; rejects June 2 counter-proposal and calls for return to IMSS-style solidarity pensions.
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She’ll take over after her Senate term ends; the new secretariat has been vacant since Citlalli Hernández left for a Morena leadership role in April.
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Decision comes after CNTE sections voted over the weekend to keep the strike; government points to an August school-by-school Usicamm consultation.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on bureaucracy reduction, Indigenous peoples, the Sierra Tarahumara, the 2026 World Cup, sovereignty, and CNTE.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on housing for well-being, public health, energy justice, security, sovereignty, teachers’ rights, and popular power.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on public safety, greater investment and shared prosperity, and gender parity.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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‘La Perra de Trump’: Mexican Soccer Fans Give Right-Wing Oligarch a Rude Awakening – Soberanía 111
In episode 111 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth cover a week of contrast — from a billionaire’s public humiliation to a heartwarming display of South-South solidarity.
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Analysis
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Utopía — or Dystopia? Socialism — or Barbarism?
Ashwin Ravikumar of DSA’s Mexico Solidarity Working Group on Iztapalapa’s 16 Utopías — community centers showing what ‘re-socializing the commons’ can look like.
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Defending Mexico’s Sovereignty, the Principal Task of the Left in the Face of Imperialism’s War
Defending sovereignty is now the principal task of Mexico’s left, argues Josafat Hernández, as Trump, rating agencies and the far right besiege the 4T.
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MAGA? Unmasking US greatness
A Chinese American activist reflects on racism, inequality, and the historical foundations of U.S. power, arguing that Mexico’s sovereignty and social transformation offer an alternative to the American imperial model.
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The CIA in Mexico? What a Surprise!
Who can truly believe that Mexican intelligence agencies are unaware of the CIA’s undercover agents operating in Mexico, never mind those who infiltrate special operations & enter on tourist, temporary worker & student visas?
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Raising Wages: a Tool for Economic Development
Mexico can’t wait until 2030 to end working poverty, says Sandra Polaski, a member of the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board.
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CNTE: A Media Manual for Inciting Hatred
We have returned to the stage of prioritizing lies over a minimum exercise of truthfulness, wrote Jenaro Villamil in 2013. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
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AMLO Speaks, Los Angeles Times Leaks
The truth is that these kinds of leaks often serve to foreshadow government operations carried out by US intelligence agencies to test the waters, warn, and prepare the ground.
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The Left That Learned to Distribute, But Not Produce
Mexico faces a historical contradiction: it has a government that speaks as if it has broken with neoliberalism, yet it retains too many of the economic structures that neoliberalism left untouched. It has rhetoric of sovereignty, but financial dependence.
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