Weekly News Items May 13
UNAM Palestine encampment, maternity and labor, Ecuador vs Mexico diplomatic conflict, Cooperative Pascual, Trump and the “cartels,” economic development, mining workers rights.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
Alejandro Robles Gómez, Migrant & Mexican Congressman
Since 2021, as a Morena representative in Congress, Alejandro Robles Gómez has been a strong advocate for human rights, migrant rights, and uplifting the poor.
SOBERANÍA 11 – USAID Corruption NGO Faces Corruption Allegations
Scandalous accusation surrounding the head of Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad, bribery allegations against US Representative Henry Cuellar, false news reports on an alleged secret crematorium, and our bad coverage of the week from The Economist.
Weekly News Items May 5
Canada losing to Mexico in investment, Palestine and repression, manipulated surveys, government will investigate lack of new collective bargaining agreements, and GMO corn.
SOBERANÍA 10 – Xóchitl Slings Mud To Save Campaign
The winners and losers of Mexico’s second presidential debate, Mexico City’s electoral watchdog censors talk about the housing cartel, and a look at Anabel Hernández’s forthcoming book.
Weekly News Items April 27
The Drug War as process of corporate accumulation, Nestle’s dirty deeds, PT promises to push Sheinbaum left, amparo and pension reforms, GMO corn, social change in China and Mexico.
SOBERANÍA 9 – Pension Predators vs. Pension Protectors
Pension reform, the regional response to Ecuador’s invasion, and the campaign in Chiapas.
Weekly News Items April 20
Mexico-Ecuador embassy and lawfare rift, glyphosate dispute, US pressure on Mexico to limit trade with China, Sheinbaum interview, the neoliberal intellectual crisis.
SOBERANÍA 8 – Another Xóchitl Gaffe
Xóchitl Gálvez scorns millions of people who rent their homes in Mexico & the Mexican opposition’s lawfare campaigns.
Weekly News Items April 15
Private water hoarding, INE attempts to disenfranchise Mexicans abroad, fallout from the embassy attack by Ecuador, Indigenous rights and trade.