Six Structural Barriers Hinder Gender Equality in Mexican Workplaces
Equality is not a concession or a favor, it is an act of justice. As long as women’s work remains invisible, there will be no economic justice.
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November is a Key Month for Work Week Reduction Reform
90 years ago, the ILO defined the 40 hour workweek as an international standard. Mexico still has, in 2025, a 48 hour workweek, one of the longest in the world.
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People’s Mañanera November 5
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on national water strategy, Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, sexual harassment, security with justice, astroturfed protests, & flood aid.
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REMA Rejects Canadian Mining Corporations’ “Sustainable Mining” Standards as Sham
The organization stated the new standard promoted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico is a self-assessment mechanism covering up socio-environmental violations & favouring impunity for Canadian corporations.
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Soberanía 83: The Vulture Doctrine
The political vultures are circling after the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, amongst renewed calls for US intervention and failed “war on cartels” policies.
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Noriega’s Tamales
From Panama in 1989 to today’s slanders against Maduro & Petro, the aim is the same: to force Latin American people to relinquish sovereignty and raw materials to US imperialism, to accept DEA oversight and US armed forces on their territories.
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Let’s Talk About Migration
To talk about migration in this month of November, when we honor our dead & celebrate their memory, is also to renew hope. While many governments remain silent, millions of people organize, march, and protest against authoritarianism and hatred.
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People’s Mañanera November 4
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, HPV vaccination, healthcare progress, dispute with Peru, US Agriculture Secretary visit, and saying no to US military intervention in Mexico.
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The Exhausted Empire
America’s combination of chronic debt, military excess, inequality, and political paralysis constitutes a sustained deterioration.
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Supreme Court Denies TV Azteca & Grupo Elektra Request to Postpone Tax Trials
The companies, owned by notorious tax scofflaw Ricardo Salinas Pliego, requested a postponement of the rulings while the Tax Service “adjusts” debts. The court also dismissed motions to recuse Justices Batres, Esquivel, & Ortiz.
