News
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After decades of abandonment, Mexico is rebuilding its passenger railway: the Mexico City–Guadalajara line breaks ground in 2027, another stretch of a national network being revived to connect most major cities.
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The Olmeca refinery, built under AMLO, hit a record 252,000 barrels per day in July, covering 19.38% of Mexico’s diesel and gasoline demand.
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In opposition-run Aguascalientes, Sheinbaum called welfare spending ‘investment, not expense,’ pointing to the trillion pesos now behind programs recast as constitutional rights.
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Zacatecas’ daily homicide average fell from 4.5 killings a day at its 2021 peak to 0.2, the lowest on record, as residents’ sense of insecurity also eased.
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Mexico reinforced its National Search Strategy with 10 new actions; of 31,946 people located, 13,625 were found since July 2025 through the strategy’s mechanisms.
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President Sheinbaum confirmed Mexico has asked the U.S. to detain and extradite Linda Cristina Pereyra, wife of former security secretary Genaro García Luna, as part of an investigation by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office.
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The former Colombian president met with Sheinbaum at the National Palace and warned of US interference in Latin America’s elections ahead of Mexico’s 2027 and 2030 votes.
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The head of Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry will travel to the Asian country on September 7 to strengthen political dialogue and the cooperation agenda between the two countries.
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“They run into a wall, because Mexico’s security Cabinet has enormous coordination and unity,” Sheinbaum said, dismissing US attempts to divide her government.
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Following the reform to the National Water Law, Mexico has recovered over 5 billion cubic meters of water from private concessions, enough to supply 90 million people for a year.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum’s report on two years of her government and eight of the Fourth Transformation: record wages, expanded Well-Being programs, energy sovereignty, and a 51% drop in homicides.
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Sheinbaum’s bill would add the heads of Defense, the Navy, intelligence, and tax agencies to the commission vetting takeovers in energy, mining, AI and semiconductors.
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For the first time, public works must favor Mexican steel over imports, a Plan México measure to boost the country’s mills and industry.
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Ariadna Montiel told Morena’s senators that vetting candidates is a ‘historic responsibility,’ vowing to reject anyone with ‘pending accounts.’
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on security in Zacatecas, the countryside, investment and exports, and water sovereignty.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on governability, violence prevention, missing persons, migrant protection, and public approval.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the Constitution, sovereignty, Well-Being programs, public education, US cooperation, and the Lie Detector.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Sheinbaum’s Second State of the Union – Soberanía 122
The hosts break down Sheinbaum’s second State of the Union address, the constitutional reform to bar dual citizens from the presidency, and the controversial U.S.-Venezuela oil deal.
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Analysis
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Women Take Power in Mexico. Seriously. Rosa Icela, Ariadna, Ernestina, Laura Itzel…
Two years into her term, President Claudia Sheinbaum has consolidated women in key posts across her administration.
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Madrid, ‘The New Miami’: Mexican Oligarchy and Politicians Turn Spain into a Favorite Destination
Former presidents Calderón, Peña Nieto and Salinas de Gortari enjoy a golden retirement in Madrid, where figures like Elba Esther Gordillo also mingle.
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Moral Authority
Columnist Fabrizio Mejía Madrid argues the real source of the 4T’s results under AMLO and Sheinbaum is moral authority: the consistency between values and daily conduct.
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DFS Documented Ties Between the Far-Right Knights of Columbus and the PAN
Declassified DFS files show how the far-right Knights of Columbus built a network in Mexico linking PAN members with businessmen, Catholic hierarchs, and foreign leaders.
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Two Years, One Direction
La Jornada columnist Juan Becerra Acosta on Sheinbaum’s second State of the Nation Address: a 154% real minimum-wage rise, homicides down 51%, and 70% approval keep outrunning the opposition’s story.
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The US: The Real Narco-State?
“Washington isn’t interested in fighting organized crime within its borders… but in using drug trafficking as a pretext to interfere in other countries,” La Jornada argues.
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The Sheinbaum-López Obrador Rupture
“The salinistas who invoke a Sheinbaum-López Obrador split calculate that only a fight could hand them what they’ve failed to win on their own,” argues Delgado.
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A Hundred Years After ‘La Cristiada’
“The Cristero War stands as an example of the high cost that political struggles among the elites of power can have for society when they act irresponsibly,” concludes Meyer.
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