News
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Beset by disunity, cynical calculation, tepid reformism and an ascendant ultra-right, Latin America and the Caribbean must unite against a US imperialism which aims to snuff out any emancipatory possibilities and subjugate the continent once and for all.
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Saúl didn’t remain at the level of words or ideologies, but transformed his convictions into daily action, traveling through communities and fighting to ensure that the voice of his people was heard.
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The film, by Rafael Rangel and Mahmoud M. Zaqout and in close collaboration with 12 Palestinian photographers, exposes the human cruelty of imperialism against the Palestinian nation.
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Some proposed projects include street light replacement, sidewalk and street repairs, park restoration, security modules, rainwater harvesting and other infrastructure projects aimed at improving residents’ quality of life.
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“We have designated the Tren de Aragua, MS-13, & the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. They have seen what we have done on the water. We are beginning to do it on land.”
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President Sheinbaum’s decision to deny US military aircraft entry comes after a C-130J Super Hercules belonging to the US Air Force was spotted landing at Toluca International Airport on Saturday.
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President Sheinbaum Formalizes New Guanajuato Ejido, Closing Agrarian Conflict of More Than 80 years
Mexico’s President delivered legal, collective land ownership to the new community of Cruz del Palmar and announced support in housing, youth, community health & artisanal roads.
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Trained teachers were protesting the lack of placements, while the CNTE union demanded the state government meet its hiring and salary obligations.
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For the governments of the Fourth Transformation, literacy is considered a national priority and a strategic action of the Mexican State to reduce inequalities, strengthen social inclusion and expand development opportunities throughout the country.
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Producers in the Bajío region report they have at least 1.5 million tons of corn unsold, while in Zacatecas, 80% of bean producers cannot sell their harvest.
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Baja California day labourers arrive at ranches in the early morning and begin harvesting agricultural products on a piece-rate basis until they finish, without benefits or social security, in a completely illegal scheme.
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Campesinos, who shut down border crossings and major highways twice last year and face ruin due to the dumping of US crops, believe the government is sacrificing Mexican agriculture in order to secure a USMCA deal.
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The large number of Mexicans withdrawing from their pensions to survive unemployment indicates an urgent necessity to establish national unemployment insurance.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press including a world without the USMCA or the death of Mexican agriculture, Indigenous rights, and the lingering threat of US military aggression against Mexico.
Mañanera del Pueblo
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on tough talkin’, economic update, Puebla violence, Puebla flooding reconstruction and electoral reform.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on filling potholes, US military Hercules aircraft in Toluca, expelling criminals to the US, and electoral reform.
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President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a new ID for universal healthcare access, PRIAN electoral fraud, measles, and seven new IMSS hospitals.
Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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World Cries Out “Sovereignty, Not Subordination” Soberanía 92
What do Canadian PM Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum mean for Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum in terms of shifting economic and political signals, expelling criminals from Mexico, and the move towards universal healthcare.
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Analysis
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Morena is not the PRI of the ’70s
The opposition’s claim that Morena is the PRI of the 70s lacks foundation; the votes with which it won in 2018 and 2024 reflect genuine popular support.
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Mexico SA
Canada has begun to make moves (such as rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China), but Mexico is clinging to the USMCA: all its eggs in one basket, something that, given the frenzied dynamic imposed by Trump, doesn’t seem to be the wisest course of action.
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No Happy Ending for 2025
If public investment continues to decline, the economy & employment will be highly vulnerable, and the foundations for sustained growth will not be laid. At best, we will remain a vast assembly plant; at worst, a country without decent employment opportunities.
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Why Chicanas & Chicanos Must Defend Venezuela
Simultaneous attacks on Venezuela and our communities via the criminal actions of ICE and the Border Patrol expose the twin pillars of the Trump/MAGA project.
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Old Wine, New Bottles?
While the share of wages in national income has increased in Mexico, trade liberalization, displacement of domestic production by imports, high interest rates & waning public spending hamper growth & maintain continuity with the much-maligned neoliberal period.
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Canada Moves to China, What About Mexico?
While it might have been argued until recently that countries like Brazil possess unparalleled geographical, historical, & economic advantages [compared to Mexico], Carney’s recent visit to China invalidates this interpretation.
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Mexico in the Context of the New Imperialism
Mexico must overcome the inertia of decades of unilateral alignment with the interests of the US and understand that the nation’s future depends, more than ever, on its ability to circumvent the encirclement that the empire seeks to impose on us, along with the other countries of the region.
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Our Water, In Whose Hands?
A promising vision from President Sheinbaum for public water management rapidly disappeared. Yet again the Mexican state openly assumes the role it has always played under neoliberalism: facilitating access to natural resources for special interests.
PHOTOS
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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