No to Fracking
The use of fracking in Mexico will not guarantee energy sovereignty and will not lead us to a just energy transition.
Analysis
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Camino Rojo & The Narco Cover-up
The state’s unwillingness to deal with criminality & union-busting at Camino Rojo means the Canadian corporation Orla Mining is laughing all the way to the bank, along with its drug-trafficking cronies who protect its interests at gunpoint.
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It’s Time to Tax Extreme Wealth in Mexico & Latin America
Mexico’s tax burden, equivalent to 17.7% of GDP, is below even the regional average, and has the lowest tax revenue among all OECD members; while billionaires hold a combined fortune of nearly US$300 billion.
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Heberto Castillo: Nationalize the Revolution
Heberto Castillo urged the Mexican left to look to our own history and find in it the answers for the transformation of Mexico, writes Martí Batres.
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Camino Rojo: Impunity & Reluctance
What special privilege do mining corporations (both national and foreign) enjoy in Mexico, where they get away with everything, even in these times when the law is supposed to be applied equally without exception?
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Orla Mining: Investigate & Clarify
If it is confirmed that the Canadian mining company hired criminals to persecute its workers, the sanction cannot be limited to an administrative procedure, as this would allow companies to normalize fines as just another operating cost.
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Mexico’s 2027 Preliminary General Economic Policy Guidelines: Out of Touch with Reality
The government must abandon its policy of fiscal austerity and stop responding to international rating agencies and financial capital. It must act in favor of national production & employment.
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The USMCA Review: Big Pharma, Glyphosate, & Secure Electronic Payments
Our main trading partner is pressuring the Mexican government in several economic areas, including digital payment services and intellectual property, seeking to gain ground for US companies.
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Unresolved Issues with Teachers
Until this crisis is addressed at its root, public education will remain the weakest link in a chain of inequalities that can no longer tolerate excuses. Mexico owes its teachers much more than applause in the Zócalo: it owes them justice.
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Reports of its Death May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
BlackRock, fracking, public-private partnerships, the financial elites and Mexico’s inertia and budgetary shortcomings.
