People’s Mañanera January 26
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on approval ratings, Grupo Salinas tax debt, PROFECO vs Ticketmaster, and FIFA World Cup 2026.
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Mexican Government to Investigate Ticketmaster Monopoly for BTS Ticket Sales Irregularities
Mexico’s Attorney General indicated that the fines against the ticketing company could reach up to $230k USD.
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PAN’s Desolate “Mass” Membership Drive
It began in October with an arena event where Maximiliano Cortázar fell into a pool. Three months and only 3,500 new members later, the ultra-right party is still floundering in the deep end.
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USMCA Review Needs to Include More Than Just Corporate Interests
Mexico’s Economy Secretary Ebrard has cancelled social organization consultations and adopted a rhetoric of supplication towards corporate interests in advance of the USMCA review.
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Salinas Pliego Did Not Pay Tax Debt, Still Negotiating
A five-day grace period which would allow the ultra-right winger a 39% discount on his nearly $3 billion USD tax debt has passed.
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Berdegué, Agribusiness Hatchet Man
With a crippling national farmers strike only one bad meeting away, the government’s disregard for Mexico’s agricultural crisis has a surprising face: its Secretary of Agriculture.
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Mexico City Investigating Ultra-right Mayors in Connection with “Gen-Z” Shock Groups
Two investigations were launched in Cuauhtémoc & Miguel Hidalgo following accusations against Alessandra Rojo de la Vega & Mauricio Tabe Echartea related to the half-geriatric, half-lumpen march in November.
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Former DEA Agent Sentenced for Protecting Drug Trafficking Friends
Such cases are not rare for the corrupt American institution, which portrays itself as waging some sort of Drug War, but in reality operates as a critical management link between drug traffickers and the US security state.
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Classism & Racism in the Era of the Fourth Transformation
In a world where dehumanization, exclusion, persecution of people based on their ethnicity, racism, and classism are exponentially increasing, these practices are not isolated incidents; they are symptoms.
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People’s Mañanera January 23
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Interoceanic trail derailment report, collaboration with US, extortion, declining homicides in Veracruz, and Veracruz infrastructure investment.
