People’s Mañanera February 26
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on arms trafficking from the US, electoral reform, workweek reform, and tourism growth.
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Mexican Film’s Dreary Reality: Workers Announce Work Stoppages, Decry Informality
President Sheinbaum’s Comprehensive Plan to Support National Cinema arrives as public film workers raise the alarm over unpaid wages and illegal, informal labour conditions.
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A Raw Deal
Mining in Mexico has not led to economic development. Despite record wealth extraction, mining communities remain poor, and often poverty rates are far higher than the national average.
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International Rating Agencies Act in Favour of the Financial Sector & Against Mexico’s National Interest
By questioning the fiscal deficit and public debt, rating agencies and conservatives aim to limit government intervention in the economy, forcing it to restrict spending and investment, making the economy dependent on the investment decisions of the private sector.
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People’s Mañanera February 25
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, Oaxaca social housing, El Mencho Jalisco operation, and diplomatic relations with the US.
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Oxfam: Billionaires Contribute Only 21 Cents per 100 Pesos of Tax
As the tax burden in Mexico is still disproportionately on the working class, pensions and social spending are simply a form of recirculating the working class’ own money, as opposed to having the wealthy contribute a fair share for societal benefit.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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Mexico City Government Claims Will Not Use Violence Against Migrants in Vallejo
César Cravioto says that of the 3,000 migrants who had been sleeping on the streets at the beginning of this administration, only 200 remain.
