“Historic Day” – Final Section of El Insurgente Train Inaugurated
The 57.7-kilometer journey between Mexico City and Toluca will take less than an hour and cost 100 pesos.
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When Mexico Ceased Being an Exception
For the Latin American left the meaning is clear: not sending to oil to Cuba will not be interpreted as realism or strategic prudence, but as an abandonment of a tradition that distinguished Mexico, even in the face of openly conservative governments of the past.
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San Quintín Workers Blockade, Sheinbaum Reprimands Morena Members: “Work more with the people!”
Farmworkers in the San Quintin Valley initiated a blockade to protest corruption in the San Quintin municipality prior to President Sheinbaum’s visit.
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Cárdenas & Cuba: The Torrent of Solidarity
Part of Mexico’s 1938 oil nationalization was paid for with the sweat of the Cuban people, and in 1961, a headline appeared in the Mexican newspaper Hoja Revolucionaria: “Not sending oil to Cuba is betraying the oil expropriation.”
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People’s Mañanera February 2
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Mexico-Toluca train line, Ticketmaster fine over BTS profiteering, Mexican foreign policy and humanitarian aid for Cuba.
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Petróleo Mexicano para los Cubanos!
Solidarity protestors gathered outside of the former location of the Embassy of the United States on Reforma in Mexico City on Sunday, demanding that Mexico send oil to Cuba and expressing their disavowal of Trump’s recent assault on the island and its people.
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Mexican Anti-imperialist Front in Support of Venezuela Founded in Morelos
On February 7th, a national march for Venezuela will be held to demand the release of Maduro and Flores, and marches or rallies will take place in the capitals of each state.
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Rights Under Siege: Democratic Crisis & The Risk of a Global Exodus
On the world stage, the reaction to Trump’s imperialist assault remains at the level of statements of rejection: condemnations that sound firm but are ultimately empty, incapable of halting the Trump machine.
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Clicks
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press including Mexican oil for Cuba, the Pascual cooperative, negative view of US, Mexican gas dependence, US immigration policy, and Mexico City’s missing Utopias.
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Mexico City Protest Demands Mexico Continue Sending Oil to Cuba
The rally condemned US President Trump’s executive order imposing tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba and decried the over 60 year old blockade against the island.
