Cuba: A Paradigm in Health, Despite the Blockade
Cuba’s achievements are noteworthy despite an economic blockade from the US that has lasted more than 65 years, writes Martí Batres.
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General Motors & SINTTIA Union Resume Talks: Workers Form Strike Committee
For a plant of 7,000 workers, the mobilization of a strike committee of 300 sends a clear message to GM: a willingness to reach an agreement doesn’t imply a renunciation of their demands.
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Mexico’s Ministry of Health says Vaccinations Working: 30% Fewer Active Measles Cases
The public’s response to the call to get vaccinated against the virus has begun to show results in the country, with a reduction in active cases and a downward trend.
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The Inconsistencies of Ebrard
Mexico’s Secretary of Economy touts a new trade policy of origin over price, yet the import of highly subsidized staple grains benefits US producers at the expense of Mexico’s domestic producers.
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Women Financing Child Support & Violence Lawsuits in 100 Peso Installments
Rojo y Morado, an organization of 30 lawyers, offer support during legal processes that can last up to a year and a half and cost between 12 and 15 thousand pesos, which opens a way to pursue cases that were previously abandoned due to lack of money.
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Housing Law Reform Boosts Legal Protection Against Forced Evictions in Mexico
Enshrining security of tenure specifies that this is the “condition that guarantees that the occupants of the dwelling have legal protection against forced evictions, harassment or other threats, whatever the type of tenure.”
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CNTE Teachers Will Hold National Strike March 18th to 20th; Sit-in at Mexico City’s Zócalo
The CNTE urged unions and workers to join actions to demand repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law, & for the defense of a social security system that “provides all with health services and decent pensions.”
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Zacatecas Normalistas Join Solidarity with Cuba
The national association of alumni of the Emiliano Zapata Rural Teachers’ College in Loreto, Zacatecas—founded in 1958—joined La Jornada’s call to stand in solidarity with the government and people of Cuba.
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People’s Mañanera March 16
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, pensions, Cuba, Baja California infrastructure and gas prices.
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Business & Obesity
The weight-loss drug business is as lucrative as obesity itself, and everything remains within the purview of the transnational corporations that make us sick and then offer to cure us.
