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.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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People’s Mañanera June 27
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on taking control of three banks accused by US of money laundering, re-opening Bicentennial Park, singing competition, Grupo Salinas’ tax debts, judicial elections, migrants in US, and the new intelligence law.
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Artists, Writers, Academics Call for Sheinbaum to Welcome Gaza Orphans
In a June 24th public letter titled A Home for the Orphaned Children of Gaza, the signatories requested the “valuable diplomatic and managerial intervention” of Mexico’s President to grant asylum to orphaned children in Gaza.
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A Proposal to Tax Vacant Homes and Cap Airbnb in Jalisco
Representative Mariana Casillas seeks to curb real estate speculation and the impact of gentrification in Jalisco, using tax revenues to fund social housing and public programs.
