MUBI Festival Canceled After Controversy Over Ties to Israeli Occupation
MUBI received a $100 million growth investment from Sequoia Capital, a US venture capital fund with a strong presence in israel’s military-tech sector.
News Briefs
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Mexico to Host 9th Continental Solidarity with Cuba Meeting
“We must aim for the Meeting to be a real contribution to confronting the current counterrevolutionary offensive of US imperialism, in pursuit of the broadest possible unity of leftist forces in the region, strengthening militant solidarity for Cuba and for the just causes defended by our peoples”
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Clicks July 1
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Canadian mining corporate union-busting, US imperialism, US expanding military zones on Mexican border, monehy laundering allegations, Ricardo Salinas and Russia offers LNG deal.
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US Senate Lowers Remittance Tax to 1%
Congressional lawmakers had initially set the tax at 3.5 percent in May; lower than the 5 percent planned in the bill’s initial version.
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Outsourcing Ban Improved Wages and Benefits
A study found Mexico’s ban on outsourcing increased workers wages and reduced precarity, despite ominous predictions from employers who resisted the reform.
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Artists, Writers, Academics Call for Sheinbaum to Welcome Gaza Orphans
In a June 24th public letter titled A Home for the Orphaned Children of Gaza, the signatories requested the “valuable diplomatic and managerial intervention” of Mexico’s President to grant asylum to orphaned children in Gaza.
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A Proposal to Tax Vacant Homes and Cap Airbnb in Jalisco
Representative Mariana Casillas seeks to curb real estate speculation and the impact of gentrification in Jalisco, using tax revenues to fund social housing and public programs.
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US Sanctions Mexican Banks for Money Laundering, No Evidence Provided
The US Treasury Department provided no evidence, but did provide a list including many transfers made with legally incorporated Chinese companies, raising suspicions that the US is attempting to limit Mexico-China trade.
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US Attacks Mexico, Calling it a “Foreign Adversary”
The comments were made by US Attorney General Pam Bondi during a Senate Approprations Committee hearing.
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Real Estate Developers Fradulently Monopolizing Water in Mexico says CONAGUA
While some Mexican communities suffer up to 40 days without water access, private concessions hoard the resource, even re-selling it illegally. The government is reviewing only 326 concessions of a national total of 538,000.
