Clicks September 7

ByJay Watts

Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.

Pablo Meriguet, In Rubio-Sheinbaum meeting, US agrees to restrict security enforcement to respective borders People’s Dispatch. Although no major security agreement was reached, Mexico and Washington highlighted their good relationship. The meeting comes after a US attack on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea.

¿Y la jornada laboral de 40 horas? Ricardo Monreal aclara que la iniciativa no está en la agenda legislativa El Financiero. La reforma para reducir la jornada laboral a 40 horas no figura aún en la agenda legislativa, informó este jueves el coordinador de los diputados de Morena, Ricardo Monreal.

President Sheinbaum Hails Mexico’s Economic Development Model Telesur English. She highlighted falling poverty, historic wage hikes, and output growth.

“Explícate o renuncia”: Taibo II pide a Morena investigar a Adán por “La Barredora” Sin Embargo. Paco Ignacio Taibo II recordó que no “no tiene particulares simpatías” con Adán Augusto López, pero aseguró que no lo juzgará sin tener pruebas de su relación con el cártel “La Barredora”.

Megan Janetsky, From Trump to social programs: Mexico’s first female president takes stock after a year in office Associated Press. “Under no circumstance will we accept interventions, interference, or any other act from abroad that is detrimental to the integrity, independence, and sovereignty of the country,” she said.

Alfredo Valadez Rodríguez, “Cada año crecerá el salario mínimo 12%”, promete Sheinbaum La Jornada. “Cuando el trabajador gana más, se distribuye la riqueza, por eso me comprometí a que cada año va a seguir aumentando el salario mínimo, al menos en 12 por ciento anual, para que pueda comprar 2.5 canastas básicas”, recalcó.

How the Drug Trade Relies on the US Military WORT. Oswaldo Zavala says that we need to reassess the US’s entire national security agenda. That includes rejecting the language of “cartels” and the “War on Drugs.”

Micaela Varela, El horizonte de la jornada de 40 horas que araña México en la nueva legislatura El País. El proyecto para aliviar el tiempo que se le dedica al trabajo acumula iniciativas en el Congreso y presionan a los legisladores a acelerar su aprobación.

Tiago Nogara, The Restoration of the Monroe Doctrine and Trump’s Imperialist Offensive in Latin America MR Online. It is no surprise that Mexico’s Fourth Transformation governments have consistently emphasized the urgent need to democratize their country’s oligarchic judiciary—a system that mirrors that of many others in the region.

Gabriel Vera Lopes, El pueblo manda y el Gobierno obedece: el desafío de la construcción del poder territorial en la Cuarta Transformación Rebelión. En todo México, militantes de Morena organizan poder territorial para que la ciudadanía participe y controle decisiones.

  • People’s Mañanera October 22

    President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on rainfall emergency response, aid delivery, passenger trains, taxation and the fight against invoice mills.

  • Campesinos Ride Again

    Last week’s strike by agricultural producers against the USMCA and the uncontrolled entry of subsidized grains from the US is part of a fight for Mexican food sovereignty that demands the government’s full attention.