Our weekly roundup of Mexican political stories in the English and Spanish language press, including decades of the drug war, Aytozinapa, a historic Grito, Zedillo’s debt, Global Sumud Flotilla, TV Azteca debts, and Canada and Mexico.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is a former banker at Goldman Sachs.
During the earthquake of September 19, 1985, 600 seamstresses were trapped under the rubble. After they formed unions and cooperatives, but nothing changed: working conditions remained horrible, & dozens of seamstresses were trapped in the 2017 earthquake.
The ostensibly “anti-drug” agency called for attacks on drug trafficking leaders and military strikes on infrastructure, according to the Washington Post.
The bill, introduced in the Senate, would create a supervisory system for notaries and ensure some services to be limited by cost or free.
A coalition of nearly 300 unions demand that the Mexican government sever diplomatic relations with israel, cancel the Mexico-Israel Free Trade Agreement and prohibit the purchase of israeli military & police security products and services.
The US Treasury has sanctioned Los Mayos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, and has also named a Morena Congresswoman who, while mayor of Rosarito, colluded with this criminal organization.
Ignacio “Nacho” Pablo was previously Santiago Sochiapan’s Mayor as a member of Morena, and most recently ran as a candidate with the PT.
The Mexican President emphasized that the three countries want to maintain the free trade agreement.
In her first Cry for Independence as President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum saluted Indigenous women, migrants, and national heroes.