Soberanía 65: Patience Running Out
As Attorney General Pam Bondi calls Mexico a “foreign adversary” and the US Treasury Department sanctions three Mexican financial institutions, President Sheinbaum’s patience is clearly running out.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
The Temptation of Other People’s Applause
Governing from the left doesn’t mean preserving what exists, but rather transforming it. It’s not enough to occupy the government: power must be used to break structures that sustain inequality. Sharing the path with those who have already derailed it is to derail the project.
Mexico to Host 9th Continental Solidarity with Cuba Meeting
“We must aim for the Meeting to be a real contribution to confronting the current counterrevolutionary offensive of US imperialism, in pursuit of the broadest possible unity of leftist forces in the region, strengthening militant solidarity for Cuba and for the just causes defended by our peoples”
People’s Mañanera July 1
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the new telecommunications law, Llave MX surveillance, house-to-house healthcare, expanding medical care, PAN accusations against AMLO and the new Supreme Court.
Clicks July 1
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Canadian mining corporate union-busting, US imperialism, US expanding military zones on Mexican border, monehy laundering allegations, Ricardo Salinas and Russia offers LNG deal.
US Senate Lowers Remittance Tax to 1%
Congressional lawmakers had initially set the tax at 3.5 percent in May; lower than the 5 percent planned in the bill’s initial version.
People’s Mañanera June 30
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on gas prices, reimbursement on reduced remittance tax, Campeche light rail, 700 years of Tenochtitlán, Mexican humanism, fuel theft, and Hugo López-Gatell WHO appointment.
A Pact with Banking Oligarchies to Not Touch Pension Gold Mine
4T administrations have opted for agendas replicating the crisis of progressive Latin American countries: prioritizing partisan hegemonies of agreement with right-wing parties; and encouraging the electoral mobilization of citizens as the only valid form of political participation.
The Right to Life, Against Profit
Despite powerful forces aligned against them, community organizations can transform trade rules, defend territories, promote agroecology, seeds, and solidarity-based ways of life.
Outsourcing Ban Improved Wages and Benefits
A study found Mexico’s ban on outsourcing increased workers wages and reduced precarity, despite ominous predictions from employers who resisted the reform.