CNTE: A Media Manual for Inciting Hatred
We have returned to the stage of prioritizing lies over a minimum exercise of truthfulness, wrote Jenaro Villamil in 2013. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Labor
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Guerrero Teachers Injured in Mexico City Strike Repression Campaigned for Sheinbaum, AMLO
Proceso Columbo González González lost his eye from a rubber bullet reportedly fired by Mexico City riot police, while Octavio Romero was struck in the face with a metal rod.
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Marches & Blockades by Thousands of Teachers in at Least 10 Mexican States
Teachers are demanding the repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE and 1997 IMSS laws; as well as the repeal of Peña Nieto’s 2012 education reform and salary increases.
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What Are Mexico’s Striking Teachers of the CNTE Demanding?
The teachers’ national strike centers around demands to end the privatized pensions built on the Pinochet model, a dignified retirement, & for President Sheinbaum to keep her promise to repeal the 2007 ISSSTE Law.
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CNTE Blocking Zirahuén Toll Booth After Murder of Teacher in Michoacán
The blockade is in response to the murder of teacher Felipe de Jesús Martínez and the serious injuries of another, Adelaida Zacarías Pascual, after an attack in Pómaro yesterday.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Will Fall to 30.7% in 2026
This figure represents a decrease of 3.2 percentage points compared to the same period of the previous year, according to INEGI.
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Missing Striking Teachers from CNTE Found in Chiapas; Prosecutor’s Office Investigates Alleged Extortion
The teachers were found only one day after a Morena mayor organized a shock group which shot at striking teachers and kidnapped 15 of them in neighbouring Oaxaca.
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Morena Mayor who Organized Shock Group That Shot at & Kidnapped Striking Teachers in Oaxaca Resigns
The attack by the mayor of San Pablo Villa de Mitla sparked outrage among teachers’ unions & the local Congress, who were already demanding his removal and an immediate arrest warrant.
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United Steelworkers Request Canadian Criminal Intervention Against Orla Mining
The USMCA Rapid Response Mechanism confirmed union meetings and workers were targeted and threated by armed individuals.
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Morena Mayor Organized Armed Group Which Shot at CNTE Teachers in Oaxaca
The teachers agreed to move to the side of the road and allow free passage, asking for time to do so. The mayor’s companions, who were carrying high-caliber weapons, began to shoot.
