After 200 Day Student Strike, Mexico State University’s Rector Building Returned to Become Cultural Center
The student movement had been holding the property since May.
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Clicks November 22
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Gen-Z marches and the ultra right wing, Tijuana deportees, US-Mexico wage gap, exploitation in the auto industry, Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Uruapan mayor and Peru and Mexico diplomatic spat.
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Evidence Cuauhtémoc Borough Finances Violent Shock Groups: Morena
Beleaguered ultra-right winger Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, head of a Cuauhtémoc borough in financial crisis and awash with complaints about unmaintained streets, public spaces and extortion, is accused of financing violent shock groups.
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Unions Want 30% Minimum Wage Increase in 2026
The raise would finally bring the purchasing power of the minimum wage up to the level it had 50 years ago in 1976, as workers have experienced decades of neoliberalism and superexploitation by foreign capital.
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People’s Mañanera November 21
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on free online courses, the economic model, Tabasco cacao, PEMEX, CFE, the Gen-Z march, guardianship of three banks, and women in the Armed Forces.
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Facts & Fiction of the Mexico City Protests
Drop Site’s Ryan Grim speaks with José Luis Granados Ceja about the movement behind Mexico’s recent self-declared “Gen Z” protest and what’s driving the mobilization.
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Mexico City Will Expropriate 400 Buildings to Build Social Housing
The expropriations are part of the city government’s committment to guarantee the right to decent, affordable housing for the lowest-income population.
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Donald Trump & the Coup Plotters Who Betray Mexico
Our government must be vigilant in punishing those who commit the crime of treason, since opposition figures in Mexico periodically express their hope that Trump will take action against the government, without ruling out armed intervention.
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El Poder del Consumidor Demands Suspension of Coca Cola Christmas Caravans
Coco Cola propaganda parades are held in different cities across Mexico, representing one of the most persuasive advertising strategies aimed at children by appropriating powerful symbols and cultural values that they associate with a product that has a serious impact on the population’s health.
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“Life isn’t just about work”: Why the 40-Hour Week Can’t Wait
Mexico’s National Front for the 40-hour Workweek marks its second anniversary with nationwide mobilizations demanding an immediate reduction in working hours, in a country that works the most in the OECD.
