People’s Mañanera August 19
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on security and relations with US, soft drink consumption, health strategy, medicine supply, judiciary and electoral reform, poverty reduction & El Mayo.
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The Role of Economists in National Transformations
Mexican political economy has always advanced along with Mexican society, and with a radical critique, from the independence period to its role in the pedagogical transformation of Mexico in the post-revolutionary period.
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President Sheinbaum Denies Agreement Between Mexico & DEA
According to a DEA statement released yesterday, the agency launched a joint initiative with Mexico to dismantle drug trafficking networks.
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People’s Mañanera August 18
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor, Women’s Pension, public housing, legislative agenda and opinion polling.
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Michoacan Sugarcane Farmers Demand Decent Pension; They Live on 5,000 Pesos a Month
The sugarcane workers currently receive a pension of less than 60% of Mexico’s minimum wage, which places them in poverty and violates Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution and Mexico’s social security law.
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The Neoliberal Court Evaporates Without Applause
For three decades, Mexico’s Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary acted in favor of political, economic, media, and intellectual elites with decisions that led to its discredit as an insensitive and corrupt institution.
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“Mexico’s healthcare system is good, and we aspire to improve it.”
“I used to practice private medicine, but it doesn’t solve the country’s health problem. A well-developed, strong public sector is needed,” says David Kershenobich, Mexican Secretary of Health.
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Microfinance Bank Implosion Victims Lack Answers From Government on Missing Savings
CAME, a microfinance bank whose financial risks exceeded its capital by 170 times has disappeared, leaving 1.3 million working Mexicans wondering what happened to deposits equivalent to 1.6 billion pesos and a government less than prompt to deal with a bank implosion in Mexico’s notoriously poorly regulated financial sector.
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Palestinian Solidarity Anti-Monument Erected in Mexico City
“If this happens for the 40th time, we’ll do it again,” a participant stated, highlighting the persistence of the act in the face of injustice and neglect. The solidarity movement has demanded Mexico break relations with Israel.
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Clicks August 17
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Pan-American Congress against fascism, Train Maya to Guatemala & Belize, Sheinbaum vs Trump, ex-PEMEX corruption, Morena’s national council, women’s care centers, & Great Maya Forest protection.
