Clicks June 16
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Amy Stillman and Maya Averbuch, Mexico’s Pledge to Give Deportees Jobs Hits Snag Over US Flights Bloomberg. Mexican officials initially expected that planes carrying deportees would land in Mexico City, where they had organized services to receive them. But their plans were disrupted when US deportation flights began landing instead at airports in southern Mexico.
Alejandro Páez Varela y Álvaro Delgado Gómez, “Trato en LA es brutal” Sin Embargo. Noroña anuncia una comisión de legisladores para revisar en EU agresión a migrantes.
President Sheinbaum Expresses Solidarity With Cristina Fernandez Telesur English. On Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her solidarity with former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (2007–2015) after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld a six-year prison sentence and disqualified her from holding public office.
María Fernanda Sosa Santiago, Claudia Sheinbaum viaja al G7: se reunirá con Donald Trump y líderes globales en Canadá El Economista. La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, partió este lunes rumbo a Canadá para asistir a la Cumbre del G7, donde sostendrá encuentros con líderes internacionales.
Enrique Acevedo, Why we fly the Mexican flag at the L.A. protests Washington Post. What unsettles people isn’t the flag itself; it’s what it reveals about being American.
Sabina Berman, Los decepcionados de Morena El Universal. Corrupción o no corrupción. Extirpar el cáncer de los corruptos o dejarlo que invada todo el organismo. El dilema de Morena está a la vista y apalabrado por sus propias bases.
Maria Movsesyan, Mexico’s Developing Democracy: Controversy Amidst A Historic Judicial Election Organization for World Peace. To truly effect the virtue of popular sovereignty that is inherent to democratic procedures, Mexican voters must act on their power to determine political outcomes by participating in the election process. Going forward, the country’s civilians must harness this constitutional right in order to hinder nation-wide conflict, violence, and corruption.
“Tengo al pueblo al lado” Sin Embargo. “Mi líder moral es un gigante de Macuspana”, responde Cornejo a críticas de Morena.
Tallis Boerne Marcus, Sheinbaum addresses misleading White House statement and offers support to Mexicans in LA People’s Dispatch. Following comments from the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem that misconstrued Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s comments on the demonstrations against ICE in Los Angeles, Sheinbaum has clarified her position.
Abelardo Carro Nava, Aunque la 4T se vista de seda, neoliberal se queda Profelandia. Ahora intentan calmar el descontento magisterial con una semana más de vacaciones y con reducir gradualmente los años de jubilación; perdón, pero eso no es lo que Sheinbaum prometió; ¿hay quién todavía duda de que el neoliberalismo recorre las venas de la llamada cuarta transformación y su segundo piso?
People’s Mañanera June 16
Mexican Executive’s daily press conference, with comments on Claudia Sheinbaum attending the G7, social housing builds, and the judicial elections.
Over 14,000 Mexicans in USA Join IMSS as Independent Workers
In addition to medical, hospital, and pharmaceutical care, self-employed members receive benefits such as workers’ compensation insurance; financial support in the event of disability or death; retirement, old-age, and severance pay; as well as access to childcare and social benefits
House-to-House Healthcare Launches in Tlaxcala
The healthcare brigades will make visits to the people with disabilities and the elderly across the state.