News
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Politico and Bloomberg report a Wednesday call a U.S. official called “constructive,” days before the September 28 and 29 USMCA review, as Trump pushes to close a deal before the U.S. midterms.
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The president turned the tables on Washington’s drug scorecard, pointing to U.S. consumption, the opioid crisis, money laundering, and the guns flowing south into Mexico.
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On Independence Day, Sheinbaum cast Mexico as a nation “born from the rebellion of a people who refused to accept injustice as their destiny.”
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From the National Palace balcony before a packed Zócalo, President Sheinbaum delivered her second Cry of Independence: “Long live a free, independent, and sovereign Mexico!”
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Mexico City’s government reported that more than 300,000 people packed the Zócalo for Sheinbaum’s Cry of Independence, with celebrations spilling into boroughs across the capital.
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Hundreds of thousands pour into the heart of Mexico City for Sheinbaum’s second Cry of Independence, ringing the same bell Hidalgo sounded 216 years ago.
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Speaking in tu’un savi from the Congress tribune, Moisés Hilario López proposed living digital archives of native tongues and AI trained on elders’ voices.
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First-ever 99-aircraft flyover, 45 debuting tactical drones, and DN11 vehicles with 100%-national remote weapons systems; 15,458 troops will march.
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Sheinbaum Foresees 12 Million Families Benefited by the Housing Program by the End of Her Government
“The most important thing is having access to what we consider a right, which is decent housing,” Sheinbaum said.
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Businesses can opt for a flat 7% VAT rate, income-tax thresholds will rise, and IMSS registration forms shrink from 80 fields to 14.
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Hyundai Accused of Leaving Transport Operators Without Routes and Putting More Than 300 Jobs at Risk
The SITRABICS union says the automaker is faking bankruptcy to dodge a T-MEC labor order, pushing drivers into cabotage that costs them their US visas.
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In two years, Milk for Well-being went from importing 40 percent of its inputs to supplying itself 100 percent with the production of Mexican cattle ranchers, highlighted Antonio Talamantes, director of the state-owned company.
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At her Cancun report, Sheinbaum likened PAN chief Jorge Romero’s five-member European tour to the conservatives who brought Maximilian to rule Mexico.
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Federal officials skipped the opening of the 4.7-billion-peso Chihuahua surveillance tower, built by an opposition state government accused of inviting CIA agents in violation of Mexican law.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on infrastructure, the fight against drugs, sovereignty, Mexican handicrafts, and historical memory.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on housing, property rights, gentrification, sovereignty, and national pride.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Chiapas, the economy, public education, the INE budget, and sovereignty.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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Mexico Stands Up to the U.S. on its Independence Day – Soberanía 124
Six fronts of Mexican sovereignty, a leaked U.S. “poll” manufacturing consent for intervention, and Rubio’s threats against Mexico.
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Analysis
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The Women of Mexico’s War of Independence
We interviewed Dr. Pedro Salmerón for our weekly bulletin to talk about Mexican Independence: “Like the nomads of Mongolia, they all moved together. Women participated directly.”
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Broken Promises and Discontent: Reforms to Mexico’s Supreme Court Between 1994 and 2018
In part one of his paper, Luke Pickrell explores Mexico’s Supreme Court during the neoliberal period and argues it was made to serve the elite rather than the people.
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“To Preserve Our Freedoms, We Must Defend Mexico’s Sovereignty”
In her Second Government Report, President Sheinbaum frames defending Mexico’s sovereignty —territorial, energy, food, financial, commercial, health, scientific, and even space— as essential to preserving the nation’s freedoms.
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The Popular Revolution of Independence
Felipe Ávila, who heads Mexico’s institute for the history of its revolutions, recounts how the 11-year war of independence abolished slavery and the caste system to found a free, sovereign nation.
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The Opposition Could Not Beat Morena in 2027
“In 2027, Morena’s party structure will be a crushing machine,” Mellado writes.
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The Origins of the Cristiada: Maderismo
“The support for Huerta was one of the greatest historical errors of the clergy and lay Catholics,” argues Ávila of the choice that helped ignite the Cristiada.
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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.
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