News
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Students from rural teachers colleges demanded a meeting with the Secretary of the Interior to address violence against them, but rejected the Gen Z march in Mexico City on November 15th as a plot deriving from right wing hatred.
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Equality is not a concession or a favor, it is an act of justice. As long as women’s work remains invisible, there will be no economic justice.
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90 years ago, the ILO defined the 40 hour workweek as an international standard. Mexico still has, in 2025, a 48 hour workweek, one of the longest in the world.
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The organization stated the new standard promoted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico is a self-assessment mechanism covering up socio-environmental violations & favouring impunity for Canadian corporations.
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The companies, owned by notorious tax scofflaw Ricardo Salinas Pliego, requested a postponement of the rulings while the Tax Service “adjusts” debts. The court also dismissed motions to recuse Justices Batres, Esquivel, & Ortiz.
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The Peruvian government is obligated to allow former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez to leave the country if Mexico, which granted her asylum, requests it.
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CIA agents would also be part of the operation.
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Mexico’s President commented that, “Justice is the only way to build peace and security, social justice where there is zero impunity. That is why the judiciary was reformed.”
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Mexico’s public energy utility aims to ensure that 4,473 communities, primarily in rural areas, Indigenous communities and marginalized urban areas, will have electrical services by the end of 2028.
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“We honor those who cared for the cornfields, those who healed with herbs, those who told stories under the moon, those who defended their land and dignity,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum declared.
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Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Coca Cola Christmas propaganda, Acapulco airstrikes, Trump’s plans for Mexico, ICE deaths, the Sheinbaum method, cempasuchil under threat, and Indigenous autonomy.
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Los Mineros obtained a new ruling in its favor so that the mine in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, can continue a strike that has already lasted 18 years.
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Mexico’s farmers strike has not ended, as the government has only negotiated with certain producers over issues such as a low price for corn which benefits monopolies and the destruction of food sovereignty initiated by free trade with the US.
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The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs made the acknowledgement, a first for Spain, at the inauguration of the exhibition “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico” in Madrid.
Solidarity
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Jaime is a militant leader of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union, who had been organizing workers at an open-pit mine owned by Orla Mining of Vancouver, BC, Canada. His life and the lives of his family are being threatened.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on actions against sexual abuse, healthcare spending, corn prices, flight reductions to US, Buen Fin, free education portal, US interference in Mexico and Mexico-France meeting.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on national water strategy, Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, sexual harassment, security with justice, astroturfed protests, & flood aid.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, HPV vaccination, healthcare progress, dispute with Peru, US Agriculture Secretary visit, and saying no to US military intervention in Mexico.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Soberanía 83: The Vulture Doctrine
The political vultures are circling after the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, amongst renewed calls for US intervention and failed “war on cartels” policies.
Analysis
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City Heights Unites Against ICE
Immigrant neighborhoods like City Heights in San Diego are major targets of the Trump assault and are organizing against it. An interview with María Romero.
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Noriega’s Tamales
From Panama in 1989 to today’s slanders against Maduro & Petro, the aim is the same: to force Latin American people to relinquish sovereignty and raw materials to US imperialism, to accept DEA oversight and US armed forces on their territories.
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Let’s Talk About Migration
To talk about migration in this month of November, when we honor our dead & celebrate their memory, is also to renew hope. While many governments remain silent, millions of people organize, march, and protest against authoritarianism and hatred.
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The Exhausted Empire
America’s combination of chronic debt, military excess, inequality, and political paralysis constitutes a sustained deterioration.
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Mexico in the Political Reconfiguration of Latin America
The electoral presence of the radical right is limited. However, its economic, media, and social presence is not; and its growing activity in the coming years is to be expected.
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The Realm of Confusion & Concealment
Trump is neither crazy nor deviant, but rather responds to the interests of his ruling class and his imperialist nation. We are witnessing the militarization of American society.
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Morena: From a Movement to Leading a Nation
An interview with Morena dissident Javier Bravo.
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The Relevance of Mexico’s Fourth Transformation
The separation of political and economic power is particularly relevant amidst the fight against corruption and the pursuit of a more transparent and just government.
PHOTOS
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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.