Crisis in Puebla’s Countryside
INEGI figures prove it: agriculture in Puebla state is collapsing. In one year, 103,219 workers, almost 20% of the agricultural workforce, lost their jobs.
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The Return of Large Scale Mining in Mexico
Secretary of Economy Ebrard’s announcement at an Acapulco mining convention was welcome news for Canadian mining companies, who see in the Second Floor of the Fourth Transformation a possibility to return to the rapacious plunder of Mexican minerals of the neoliberal period.
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AMLO’s “Grandeza”
The introduction to former President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s newest book, Grandeza.
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Trump: Sowing Tragedies
Just yesterday the American gangster reaffirmed how little he cares about controlling the flow of narcotics by announcing a full & complete pardon for drug trafficker & former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández.
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Mexico’s Ultra-Right Electoral Projects Beached, But…
The neoliberal Somos México, which includes ex-officials of the National Electoral Institute, appears to be the force with the most realistic chance of obtaining its registration for the 2027 elections, although the neo-pentecostal CSP is also mobilizing.
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Mexico’s Agricultural Crisis & Transnational Corporations
National agriculture is in crisis, and if the government does not respond, the food supply for Mexicans will be left in the hands of transnational corporations.
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Dependency & Development
Mexico’s problem is that, despite an influx of foreign capital, the economy isn’t growing: corporations profit, but don’t stimulate domestic production because they rely heavily on imported components & transfer profits abroad.
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For a Comprehensive Agricultural Plan for Mexico
It’s essential the government develop a comprehensive plan for rural development that goes beyond combating poverty & marginalization & promotes a development policy that supports farmers.
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On the Ninth Anniversary of Comandante Fidel Castro’s Passing
Until the day of his death, Fidel was still in the trenches, on the front lines, leading the fight for the ideas he believed in, ideas that nothing and no one could ever make him renounce.
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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
It is the state’s responsibility to implement the actions required to build a country without violence, where respect, constructive coexistence, & recognition of the value of women and their contribution to the social, economic, & political life of Mexico prevail.
