News
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The Global Sumud Flotilla participants denounced physical, psychological abuse & torture, demanding President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo break relations with the genocidal entity.
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Reforms were also approved to punish phishing with six years in prison, and to create a Sports Secretariat.
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The figures represent the highest level recorded since data has been available, as subsidized US imports, droughts, and increased grain prices have battered Mexican producers.
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The goal is to prevent a disproportionate increase in housing prices as well as temporary accommodations during the World Cup.
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Polling by Mexico’s La Jornada reveals Mexicans largely unimpressed with the football spectacle.
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A draft bill proposes those listed will be barred from obtaining environmental permits, authorizations, or concessions for a period of up to ten years, & will also be denied access to subsidies or public support.
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For Luis Chaparro, beyond the political implications, the case reveals possible violations of the National Security Law & an irregular relationship with US agencies.
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Drought, the dumping of subsidized crops from the US, middle-men profiteering and falling prices have been indebting and ruining Mexico’s corn producers.
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In 1977, almost half a century ago, one of the most popular groups in Latin American folk and nueva canción was formed in Mexico, giving a new dimension to Andean music.
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“It’s a miracle Marcelino is alive. We only ask that the authorities investigate this serious crime because they shot without any justification and directly at families.”
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“Mario Mata broke the law, modified the agreement on his own and evaded federal control procedures; this agreement is also a violation of national sovereignty.”
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Due to the environmental impact the construction could have on Mahahual, the project will not be approved.
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With trucks, patrol cars, riot police, and even an official tow truck, the police blocked vehicles carrying protesters, despite their right to public demonstration.
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The Yucatán hospital, inaugurated last Sunday by President Claudia Sheinbaum, will serve more than one million people without social security.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on relationship with US, inflation, Mexican women & US economy, reading, Raúl Castro & Evo Morales.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on student stipends, organized crime & elections, Trump’s executive order on remittances, PAN, and agricultural supports.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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CIA Out of Chihuahua – Soberanía 107
Morena’s massive march: 20,000 people demanding the impeachment of Governor Maru Campos; 269 extradition requests, and President Sheinbaum’s weekends.
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Analysis
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The World Cup: Screens & Stamps for the Poor
In each match, Mexico, Colombia, or Brazil don’t win; instead, the multimillion-dollar profits of FIFA executives & the owners of corporations associated with the industrial, commercial, financial, and communications complex grow enormously.
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International Rating Agencies are Acting Against State Involvement in Mexico’s Economy
Weak economic growth is a direct result of the rating agencies’ own recommendations that Mexico should restrict public spending & investment.
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Taxation & Investment
Mexico’s prolonged neoliberal era confirms a public and private drought of investment in the context of a deficient tax system that doesn’t raise more than 11 to 13 percent of GDP.
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Fracking: A False Solution for Mexico
Every peso spent on prolonging gas dependency is a peso not invested in electricity transmission, battery storage, distributed solar generation, wind power, energy efficiency, demand management, or grid modernization.
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Monroe to Donroe
An interview with CODEPINK’s Teri Mattson on US foreign policy in Latin America & the Caribbean.
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The Triple Meaning of Latin American Marxism
Latin American Marxism cannot justify itself as a mere critical theory of capitalism and bourgeois society as a whole, since Marxist critique entails a propositional character regarding what has been called communism or a classless society, the precursor of which is socialism.
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The USMCA Has A Project. Mexico Doesn’t.
The United States knows what it wants from Mexico. The uncomfortable question is whether Mexico knows what it wants from itself.
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Comfort & Boldness in the Fourth Transformation
If for years we let the Americans tell us who our criminals were and pressured us to arrest them; if we gave them extraordinary power out of a lack of will or courage, then no one should be surprised that this nation, always expansive and always lurking, now uses that power as it pleases.
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