People’s Mañanera August 6
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Alameda Oriente infrastructure, digital platform workers rights, Canadians, Fourth Transformation unity, and debunking circulating rumours.
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Sheinbaum Meets with Canadian Ministers, Prepares for Visit from Prime Minister Carney
President Sheinbaum revealed Canada wants to expand investment in Mexico, while she also emphasized the need for Canadian mining companies to comply with environmental regulations.
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Soberanía 70: Bridges, Not Walls
Is there any way for the peoples of the Americas to truly understand each other? Dispatches from the Pan-American Congress and good news on reducing poverty, rescuing PEMEX and holding tariffs at bay. Plus, expanding the definition of “cartel” north of the Rio Grande.
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Song of the Stubborn One Thousand
An interview with Peter Shapiro on the Watsonville Canning Strike of 1985-87.
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People’s Mañanera August 5
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on PEMEX, murder of Federal Attorney General staff member in Tamaulipas, and US-Mexico security agreement.
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Day Labourers: Victims of Cruelty
There are more than 5 million agricultural day labourers in Mexico, approximately half of whom lack employment contracts, benefits and health services; many are Indigenous, often children work in the fields. These workers produce untold wealth for Mexican and transnational agribusiness corporations, in conditions of extreme exploitation and abuse.
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Mexico & The Uncomfortable Proximity
Mexico can’t choose its neighbors, but Mexico can choose a new path of unity and strength with other Latin American and Global South countries that share our values to make us stronger.
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Asymmetric Dependence, the New Economic Order
Mexico ceased to be energy sovereign in 2014, but rebuilding state-owned enterprises gives it the flexibility and capacity to avoid Trump using energy as a weapon to extract concessions and halt the national development of strategic sectors. Europe is too far gone.
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People’s Mañanera August 4
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on remittance prices, basic basket of goods prices, Tuxtepec hospital opens, youth weight and vision issues, Israel Vallarta, electoral reform, & ABC Daycare owner extradition.
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Alito in the US: Betrayal, Escape or Both?
The President of PRI and former Campeche Governor appears to be hiding out in the US, facing accusations of embezzling over 83 million pesos during his governorship and potentially having his immunity from prosecution stripped.
