WTF IS GOING ON IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN?
The popular anti-imperialist podcast returns with Teri Mattson, Alina Duarte and Marco Castillo discussing the ongoing and forthcoming issues with the US-Mexico relationship.
Author: Mexico Solidarity
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MEDIA CRIMINALIZATION
While AMLO repealed some of the worst elements of neoliberal teaching reform, underlying demands have not been fully addressed & worse, certain sectors close to Morena have replicated the narrative of the past, presenting the CNTE as an irrational and intransigent pressure group.
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THE LAW IS NOT THE SAME AS JUSTICE
An interview with Supreme Court candidate Federico Anaya Gallardo
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TEACHERS’ RESISTANCE
In the days of Porfirio Díaz, a soldier earned 90 pesos and a teacher barely 40: even today, such a disparity is clear, a new teacher earns 8,000 pesos and a new soldier 12,000.
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PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 23
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on García Luna & Wife owing Mexico US$2.49 Billion, park concession expropriated, Calderón’s blathering, canceling meeting with striking teachers, remittances, energy reform, judicial elections, and the new telecommunications law.
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DESPAIR & NOSTALGIA
As the government’s social programs and security strategy produce results, organized crime groups must be feeling a potent (and dangerous) mixture of despair and nostalgia.
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CULTURAL EVENTS IN CDMX PARK RETURN TO PUBLIC CONTROL
The Parque Bicentenario concession, previously privatized by the Peña Nieto government, will return to public hands, with the Secretary of Culture and CDMX government ensuring there are no corporate events.
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THE 1935 FORMULA FOR 2025?
Why does a well-positioned President like Sheinbaum today want or need “operators” who emerged from the PRI or in equally reprehensible environments, and what lessons does Cárdenas’ experience in 1935 have here?
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CNTE BLOCKS ROADS IN MEXICO CITY
“The average real salary of a teacher is between 14 and 15 thousand pesos per month ($725-$775USD), which is totally insufficient to support a family.”
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PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 22
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Mexico-US relationship, respect for national sovereignty, economic update, healthcare investment, demonstrations, and food sovereignty.
