News
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This follows a November 2025 incident when US military contractors installed “restricted area” signs on Playa Bagdad in Tamaulipas, Mexico claiming it as US Department of Defense property.
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96.1% of the Mexican population has access to drinking water and 95.2% to sewage systems, but that doesn’t mean Mexicans receive sufficient, potable, or continuous water, nor does it mean all sanitation systems are functional.
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The tariffs, announced by Mexico in December, were seen by analysts as an attempt to placate the United States, whose President levied significant tariffs on Chinese goods.
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The union stressed the urgency of addressing the conflict since, in addition to fearing further attacks, more than 2,000 families & over 20,000 indirect jobs are affected by the company’s intransigence.
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The US-based autoworkers union called for immediate protection for Tornel workers and their families, as well as a public condemnation of the attack by Mexican authorities and industry leaders.
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Closing 20 campuses and road blocks throughout Mexico City and Mexico state brought management back to the table to secure an agreement for the education workers union SINTCB.
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On March 18, striking workers on the picket line at a Tornel Rubber plant were attacked by an armed shock group of over sixty men. Four workers were shot.
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The Mexican President said that lowering or eliminating tariffs is part of the discussion with the US, but not yet reflected in reality.
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Once the 40-hour work week is implemented, the workday may be longer as long as the new limits established are not exceeded and the corresponding payment is made.
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The President of Mexico reiterated her position on the US’ blockade against Cuba. No fuel shipments from Mexico to Cuba have been announced.
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The Utopias are publicly owned community centres which seeks to bring recreational, cultural, health, and wellness services closer to the population.
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“[Management’s] main objective is to preserve the exorbitant salaries they have never been willing to make transparent,” said the SNTNMP’s General Secretary.
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More than six decades later, recently released CIA documents related to the JFK assassination conjure a scene that does not fit within the rhetoric of sovereignty.
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Despite the agreement, the Federal Labour complaint will go forward, as it relates to alleged violations of the Contract Law and individual rights of workers.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Plan B electoral reform, Housing for Wellbeing and housing as a social right, polls, and consular protection for Mexican migrants in the US.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, PAN, femicide, and diesel prices.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the new water law, recall referendum, Cuba, energy self-sufficiency, and security.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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El Taller: Cuba, Iran and the Wounded Empire with Hilary Goodfriend
In the second part of this El Taller conversation, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth continue their wide-ranging discussion with Hilary Goodfriend, a postdoctoral researcher at UNAM and specialist in Central American politics. The conversation turns to the geopolitical fallout from the U.S. war in Iran and what it could mean for Latin…
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Analysis
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Ecocidal Militarism
If citizens in Western democracies were asked whether their militaries should build public infrastructure instead of waging war, they would almost certainly choose the latter. Abby Martin’s newest film “The Greatest Enemy of the Earth,” documents the environmental cost of the American empire.
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Failing the Stress Test: What the Measles Resurgence in Mexico Reveals About a Fragmented Health System
Surveying the land, 13 months into Mexico’s most recent outbreak.
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Who Produces Social Wealth & Who Concentrates It?
Who built the powerful economic empire of Tehuacán’s poultry industry? Was it solely the entrepreneurial intelligence of its founder? Obviously not.
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Banks Profit at the Expense of Undermining Economic Growth
Mexico’s banking industry, which profits from interest rates that reduced the spending and investment capacity of the government, businesses, and heavily indebted households; has a bizarrely rosy outlook for 2026.
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The USMCA: Dependence In a World Without Free Trade
Mexico is beginning to adopt positions compatible with U.S. priorities not through sovereign decision, but due to the constraints of its own integration.
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For a Solidarity of the South
It is essential that Mexico and Brazil redouble their solidarity with Cuba, both out of altruism and the understanding that the fate of the Global South hinges on the island.
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Predatory Advertising
More normalized than the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Mexico is the consumption of soft drinks. This is because our country has been the victim of one of the most devastating forms of predatory advertising: Coca-Cola advertising.
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Workers’ Struggle at Transnational JK Tyre Turns Bloody
How is it possible that, in 2026, Mexican workers still have to physically defend themselves against armed groups while simultaneously fighting for their rights and class interests?
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