People’s Mañanera August 19
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on security and relations with US, soft drink consumption, health strategy, medicine supply, judiciary and electoral reform, poverty reduction & El Mayo.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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President Sheinbaum Denies Agreement Between Mexico & DEA
According to a DEA statement released yesterday, the agency launched a joint initiative with Mexico to dismantle drug trafficking networks.
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People’s Mañanera August 18
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor, Women’s Pension, public housing, legislative agenda and opinion polling.
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Michoacan Sugarcane Farmers Demand Decent Pension; They Live on 5,000 Pesos a Month
The sugarcane workers currently receive a pension of less than 60% of Mexico’s minimum wage, which places them in poverty and violates Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution and Mexico’s social security law.
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Microfinance Bank Implosion Victims Lack Answers From Government on Missing Savings
CAME, a microfinance bank whose financial risks exceeded its capital by 170 times has disappeared, leaving 1.3 million working Mexicans wondering what happened to deposits equivalent to 1.6 billion pesos and a government less than prompt to deal with a bank implosion in Mexico’s notoriously poorly regulated financial sector.
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Palestinian Solidarity Anti-Monument Erected in Mexico City
“If this happens for the 40th time, we’ll do it again,” a participant stated, highlighting the persistence of the act in the face of injustice and neglect. The solidarity movement has demanded Mexico break relations with Israel.
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People’s Mañanera August 15
Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
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Impossible to Build Care System in Six Years, Admits Secretary of Women
Citlalli Hernández stated that a Mexican government initiative will diagnose how much money should be distributed in Mexico each year for unpaid domestic work.
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Jalisco Morena Members Demand Steering Committee Renewal: “Lack of Democracy”
Areas of concern included extending national councilor terms for two years, unelected National Executive Committees, INFP head being in office 7 years, & interference in internal democratic functioning from the party center.
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CFE Consolidates Position as Driving Force of National Development
The director of Mexico’s public energy enterprise identified energy justice, the prohibition of profit-making, planning and expanding internet services as key elements advancing the re-socialization of the utility.
