People’s Mañanera December 10
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Michoacán peace, migrant mistreatment in US, water law, water dispute with US, UN recognition for Iztapalapa, and Indigenous artisans.
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Mexico City Congress Creates Commission to Investigate “Gen-Z” March Violence
The overwhelming opinion on Mexico’s left is that shock groups in the November 15th confrontation were paid for, and orchestrated by the right wing opposition.
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The Failed USMCA Project
Transnational corporations won in both NAFTA & the USMCA, and Mexico is not prepared to face the greater demands the US will impose in its favor for the continuation of the USMCA or in a new trade agreement.
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The Fourth Transformation Punches Back: Soberanía 88
600,000 Mexicans rally in support of Sheinbaum on the seventh anniversary of the Fourth Transformation, public health system, minimum wage increase, DEA drug scandal & the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel.
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Bean Producers Face Ruin: Squeezed by Corporations, Government Support Insufficient
Mexico’s government has not met its commitment to enforce its agreed-upon price for farmers, who are forced to sell to an oligopsony of corporations, intermediaries and wholesale operators.
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Mexico City Distributes Free Vouchers for Public Markets
300,000 Mexico City residents have received the vouchers, which are worth 2,000 pesos & can be redeemed at public markets and neighbourhood enterprises.
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People’s Mañanera December 9
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on approval ratings, homicide reduction, crime strategy, 1944 water treaty, Michoacán explosion, and former Chihuahua governor César Duarte.
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Bean Imports from US Worsen Mexico’s Farm Crisis
Subsidized US beans are flooding Mexico, above the amount required to meet national demand, while the government fails to meet commitments it made to producers only a month ago.
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Mexico’s PT: 35 Years of Struggle
The Workers Party, originating in Mexico’s Maoist movement and a long-time ally of AMLO since his 2006 Presidential campaign, was founded on December 8, 1990.
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Via Campesina Latin American Coordination Holds 8th International Congress in Mexico
The world’s largest peasant & Indigenous movement expressed its solidarity with Mexican farmers, who have been striking to demand the government remove basic grains from free trade agreements.
