News
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Starting in August, the federal government will consult Mexico’s teachers school by school, bypassing union leaderships, on the elimination of Ussicamm and its alternative.
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After failed negotiations with the federal government on ISSSTE pensions, the CNTE teachers union will march to the Estadio Azteca during the World Cup opening.
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Hundreds of fans line up on Madero and Simón Bolívar streets to enter the Zócalo Fan Fest, passing CNTE protest tents along the way to the World Cup opening event.
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President Sheinbaum says recent violent acts during teacher protests aim to stage an image of chaos in Mexico, linking the strategy to Salinas Pliego.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum accused Felipe Calderón’s government of colluding with the Sinaloa cartel, pointing to the García Luna corruption cases as evidence.
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Mexico’s exports to the U.S. grew 21.1% year-on-year in April, with Mexico holding firm as Washington’s top trading partner ahead of July USMCA talks.
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Federal and Mexico City authorities seized 59 homemade explosives on a bus carrying students and teachers to a CNTE solidarity march, the Secretary of Interior says.
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With 48 hours to go before the FIFA World Cup opens, the CNTE warns Sheinbaum: meet our pension demands or we will protest at the inauguration.
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Morena says the PRI ran a vote-buying scheme in Coahuila’s Sunday election, with voters paid via QR codes after photographing their marked ballots.
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Mexico’s Security Cabinet says June 7 saw 28 homicides, the country’s lowest daily total in a decade. It beats the previous record of 29 set on May 15.
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Mexican officials offered a gradual path on teachers’ pension demands: full repeal would cost 7 trillion pesos (20% of GDP), so Pensionissste will grow progressively, with August consultations feeding next session’s bill.
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Sheinbaum took the wheel at the debut of the Olinia 1, a plug-in with 125 km range that goes on sale next summer as Mexico’s bet on building its own electric vehicle.
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Mexico’s Mining Union wins the largest profit-share in the country’s mining history: 1.5 million pesos for each of Peñasquito’s 2,000 workers.
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Workers and retirees believe the reduction in pensions violate acquired rights.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on housing, Mercado Libre, Plan México, the 2026 World Cup, and confidence and stability.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Mexico–United States relations, teachers protests, corruption, Cuba and the World Cup.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the World Cup, teachers protests, ISSTE, investment, Coahuila and sovereignty.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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On My Whistle: Mexico Braces for World Cup Conflict – Soberanía 109
Mexico gears up for the World Cup amid teachers’ protests, the debut of the ‘Olinia 1’ electric car, and the Mexican opposition’s appearance at the American Society gala in Washington.
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Analysis
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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.
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Mexico 2026: The Protests Behind the World Cup
In a tense political context, fueled by pressure from the US, exacerbated by the ever-consolidating power of elites, & further exacerbated by internal divisions within the ruling party and the costs of its pragmatic alliances, we must not ignore the legitimate, simmering social discontent that is resurfacing.
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