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Consorcio Oaxaca reiterated the urgent need to guarantee effective measures to prevent recurrence, a thorough review of security conditions in institutional shelters, independent oversight, clear protection protocols, and accountability mechanisms.
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Parents of the missing students demand the Army hand over 800 files it has it in its possession and complain no new meeting has been scheduled with President Sheinbaum since their last meeting in November.
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Corporations stop paying for trips worth 10,000 pesos and others try to charge 1,000 pesos for each hour of delay, even when it’s due to acts of violence.
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The network, which is owned by ultra-right winger Ricardo Salians Pliego and operates a concession granted to it by the Mexican state, appears to have been viable only if it never had to pay taxes.
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President Sheinbaum’s Comprehensive Plan to Support National Cinema arrives as public film workers raise the alarm over unpaid wages and illegal, informal labour conditions.
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Mining in Mexico has not led to economic development. Despite record wealth extraction, mining communities remain poor, and often poverty rates are far higher than the national average.
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As the tax burden in Mexico is still disproportionately on the working class, pensions and social spending are simply a form of recirculating the working class’ own money, as opposed to having the wealthy contribute a fair share for societal benefit.
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However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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César Cravioto says that of the 3,000 migrants who had been sleeping on the streets at the beginning of this administration, only 200 remain.
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The new President of Mexico’s largest labour federation made a contradictory speech, on one hand declaring the end of corporatism, and the other disavowing protest and vowing to serve Mexico’s productive sector to an audience which included COPARMEX’ President.
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Mexico’s historic labour unions are trying to re-align themselves with the Fourth Transformation while the PRI continues sinking.
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The union say the strike stems from systematic and repeated violations of their collective bargaining agreements and an unsuccessful application of the USMCA Rapid Response Mechanism.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, labour poverty, 80% of weapons seized originate in US, Sinaloa homicide reduction, and addressing root causes of crime.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on arms trafficking from the US, electoral reform, workweek reform, and tourism growth.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, Oaxaca social housing, El Mencho Jalisco operation, and diplomatic relations with the US.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Mexico Takes Down El Mencho – Soberanía 97
Why the narrative spun so quickly out of control, who benefits from painting Mexico as ungovernable, and the real story behind the cartel’s retaliatory actions.
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Analysis
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Concessions, Concessions, Concessions
The yet-to-be-disclosed 200 mining concessions voluntarily returned to the Mexican state represent less than 1% of the 22,000 currently active, while questions remain about the government’s new strategy.
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Mexico’s Filthy Rich
Less than 8 pesos out of every 100 that the rich earn thanks to our collective effort returns to the economy in the form of investment. They are rentiers, clinging to their inherited fortunes, their connections to political & academic power & they extort the State when it threatens even the crumbs they refuse to give us.
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The Illusion of “Voluntary” Overtime
Mexico’s workweek debate must focus on the workers who have “phantom” families because their time with their children is consumed by the need to maintain their jobs. It is the two days of rest for these sectors that must be debated.
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International Rating Agencies Act in Favour of the Financial Sector & Against Mexico’s National Interest
By questioning the fiscal deficit and public debt, rating agencies and conservatives aim to limit government intervention in the economy, forcing it to restrict spending and investment, making the economy dependent on the investment decisions of the private sector.
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Two Fronts to Create Panic
Sunday’s criminal actions were not only intended to hinder the movement of law enforcement, but also to generate panic and anxiety among the civilian population and affect the beneficiaries of government social programs.
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The Dispute Over Public Education
Currently, there is no voice with pedagogical authority to respond to the criticisms leveled at the textbooks and explain and justify the necessary modifications. An inexperienced and controversial official like Nadia López García will hardly be able to extinguish this fire.
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Mexico’s Right Wing Seeks Return to CIDE
Lab-Co, with former advisors to Bukele and with funding from USAID & the State Department of Marco Rubio, the gusano who is suffocating Cuba & kidnapped a sitting president, is positioning itself at CIDE after the firing of José Romero.
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The Diabetes-Cola Cup
In this dystopian world, in the most “Coca-colonized” country on the planet, the construction of toxic advertising environments relies on corruption and the power of large corporations. In the case of FIFA, corruption is an integral part of the institution.
PHOTOS
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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