News
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After a 112-day leave over US cartel accusations, Sinaloa’s Morena governor returns “with a clean forehead and head held high,” cleared by Mexico’s attorney general and calling the charges far-right interference.
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La Derecha Diario uses bots, AI, and fake news to sway Latin American elections, Sheinbaum said after the arrest of co-founder Fernando Cerimedo, adding that Ricardo Salinas Pliego hired its operators.
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Designed by public universities, Mexico’s second homegrown EV hauls over half a ton, runs 120-plus km, and will sell for about 150,000 pesos by late 2027.
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Mexico’s representative Alejandro Encinas rejected labeling Nicaragua’s situation a regional security threat, warning it could “deepen isolation” and exceed the OAS’s powers, leading Mexico to abstain on the US-backed resolution.
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President Sheinbaum rebuked six Supreme Court justices for voting to restore taxpayer-funded major medical insurance for judicial staff, invoking Benito Juárez and republican austerity: “No to privileges.”
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Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco says Mexico has filed 20 complaints with US authorities over 17 nationals who died in ICE custody or operations, pressing legal and human-rights channels.
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La Derecha Diario founder Fernando Cerimedo, Milei’s “troll army” chief who brands Sheinbaum a “narco-communist,” was arrested in Bolivia over the shooting of his ex-partner, who said he claimed to be CIA.
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Officials credit a shift from private care to the public system: 32 new hospitals and the 2023 IMSS Bienestar network now serving 56 million across 24 states.
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Sheinbaum said data centers should serve Mexico’s own AI, not other countries, with the power that runs them kept under public-sector control.
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A Chengdu firm signed to buy Sinaloan sorghum via the port of Topolobampo, grain that lab tests found beats Australia’s for China’s baijiu liquor.
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One of the largest archaeological sets returned to Mexico in years, voluntarily handed over and cataloged by more than 40 students over two years.
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After organized-crime violence displaced families in Guerrero’s highlands, Rosa Icela Rodríguez vowed a permanent security presence and a 13-point recovery plan.
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Russia’s SVR says the West is planting arms and faking video to blame Moscow for arming cartels and pull Latin America into its anti-Russia camp.
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One year after the Calakmul Declaration, the three countries unveiled a joint Regional Action Plan for a transboundary corridor that is home to over 2 million people.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a cave discovery, repatriated artifacts, migration, Michoacán, audience rights, and the economy.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Olinia, the strong peso, school funding, public service, audience rights, and disinformation networks.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on housing, Hidalgo, migrant protection, the PRI, La Derecha Diario, the Government Report, and the Lie Detector.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Arrest of Trump-linked Operator Reveals Seamy Underworld of Latin American Far Right – Soberanía 120
The arrest of operative Fernando Cerimedo exposes the far right’s CIA-linked web, the U.S. weaponizes visa cancellations against the left, and ICE brutalizes Mexican migrants.
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Analysis
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What Awaits Migrant Kids “Al Otro Lado?”
Kathy Kruger Castro, a Mexican attorney at Al Otro Lado, was separated from her brother for 10 years at the border. Now she fights for unaccompanied migrant kids.
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The 4T
“On July 2, 2018, a political event took place in Mexico that many still fail to grasp… The first thing to say is that 15 million citizens who had not taken part in previous elections burst onto the scene.”
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Beyond the USMCA: Why Sheinbaum Can’t Bet Everything on the US Economy
With Treasury yields spiking and US job losses mounting, Mexico’s USMCA shield may not hold, pushing Sheinbaum toward state-led growth and new partners like Brazil.
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The Boom in Mexican Computer Exports
Trump’s China tariffs rerouted the AI data-center supply chain to Mexico, now the world’s third-largest computer exporter—overtaking its own auto industry.
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Ayotzinapa: An Opportunity to Move Forward
The FGR’s arrest of ex-Governor Ángel Aguirre—accused of ordering footage of the Iguala bus destroyed—revives a case stalled for nearly 12 years.
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Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples
For Indigenous Peoples Day, Elena Poniatowska talks with Senator Susana Harp on recognizing Afro-Mexican peoples, halting textile plagiarism, and Mexico’s racism.
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Archives of the PRI’s ‘Political Police’ Reveal Its ‘Tradition’ of Spying
Contralínea’s serial report on Mexico’s secret-police files shows the PRI spied on Sheinbaum from age 6, her mother (branded a ‘communist’), and AMLO from his start in politics, among a vast range of targets.
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Trump’s Pushing It — But Claudia Sheinbaum’s No Pushover
David Raby on the El Mayo abduction, USMCA fights, ICE killings of Mexican-Americans, and the economic strength behind Sheinbaum’s firmer line with Washington.
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