Clicks November 15
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Alex Vasquez & Gonzalo Soto, Sheinbaum’s China Tariff Plan Delayed as Backlash Builds Bloomberg. Mexican manufacturers warn that the proposed tariffs would raise production costs, given their dependence on Chinese imports for machinery, components, and raw materials.
Obed Rosas, Esto comienza para Salinas Pliego. Necesita pagar YA 48 mil millones, y todavía debe Sin Embargo. Fue en el Gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador cuando, a pregunta de SinEmbargo, se precisó en marzo de 2024 que Salinas Pliego debía 63 mil millones de pesos por 17 juicios, un monto que originalmente ascendía a 38 mil millones de pesos, pero que aumentó luego de actualizaciones y por créditos emitidos en la pasada administración.
Mateo Crossa, Unequal Value Transfer from Mexico to the United States Monthly Review. The growth of the export industry, far from making Mexico’s economy more dynamic, has bled it dry beyond belief.
Pedro Salmerón Sanginés, 500 años del asesinato de Cuauhtémoc La Jornada. Encabezó una resistencia en la que México se fue quedando solo frente a una alianza contraria.
Jennifer Suan, Mexican American Artists Celebrate Day of the Dead Amid ICE Attacks The Progressive Magazine. Artists in New York City are using their art to strengthen the Mexican community in the face of federal immigration raids.
Hacienda bloqueó 13 casinos ligados a ‘lavado’ de dinero Revista Contralínea. Esta mañana en su conferencia matutina, la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo aseguró que “se están revisando todos los casinos, desde la perspectiva de seguridad y también de cumplimiento de la norma.”
Andrés Rodríguez, ‘The visa remover’: Christopher Landau’s scrutiny of Mexican social media accounts El País. The Deputy Secretary of State is trawling through social media to revoke papers from people who criticize the US, fueling a debate about sovereignty and freedom of speech.
La 4T, los medios públicos y la actitud patrimonialista Intervención y Coyuntura. No cabe duda: los procesos de democratización social no son lineales. Avanzan y retroceden, se bifurcan, se interrumpen. Los gestos progresistas no garantizan transformaciones sostenidas, y a veces, incluso, desembocan en lo contrario de lo que prometían.
MarÍa Verza, Mexico arrests a new suspect in 1994 assassination of a presidential candidate Washington Post. Federal prosecutors in Mexico arrested another alleged accomplice in the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, a crime that shocked the country and remains unsolved , even though the confessed killer has been imprisoned for more than 30 years.
María del Pilar Martínez, General Motors tendrá nuevo contrato colectivo en San Luis Potosí: Con alza salarial y blindaje vs IA El Economista. El Sindicato Nacional “Carlos Leone”, titular de la Constancia de Representatividad en la planta de General Motors en San Luis Potosí, está a punto de firmar su primer Contrato Colectivo de Trabajo.
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Mexico and Chile Will Seek to Review More Trade Opportunities: Economy Ministry
Mexico and Chile reaffirmed their commitment to a more competitive and inclusive economic integration by making full use of their free trade agreement, the Economy Ministry said.
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Major Chinese Archaeological Exhibitions Could Come to Mexico as a Heritage Exchange
Mexican shows in China have drawn nearly 2.9 million visitors since 2024, and 3.8 million abroad in all; 804 pieces are on display right now in Shanghai.
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Mexico City: 60 Police Officers Arrested in Two Years; Kidnapping and Homicide Among the Crimes Committed
Mexico City’s Attorney General ordered the arrests as part of a push to root out corruption within the capital’s police force.
