MEXICO CITY EXPROPRIATES PROPERTIES, PROPOSES NEW PUBLIC LAND BANK
While a proposed reform to end the plague of excessive Airbnb rentals remains stalled in Mexico City, in other areas related to social housing, advances are being made.
News Briefs
AN URGENT PLEA FOR SOLIDARITY
Jaime is a militant leader of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union, who had been organizing workers at an open-pit mine owned by Orla Mining of Vancouver, BC, Canada. His life and the lives of his family are being threatened.
PEOPLE’S MAÑANERA MAY 13
Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on healthcare, pharmaceutical supply, publicly funded surgeries, combating screwworm infection, and the US withdrawing the visa of the Baja California Governor.
MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING POLITICAL DIALOGUE AT CHINA-CELAC FORUM
Mexico works on the basic premise that a more united Caribbean and Latin America is capable of articulating shared solutions and addressing different geopolitical scenarios.
CHINA ANNOUNCES FORUM WITH CELAC MEMBERS: LULA, PETRO, BORIC CONFIRMED
The forum will adopt a three year plan, covering measures for collaboration in scientific and technological innovation, economic and trade investment, finance, infrastructure, agri-food, energy development, and the Belt and Road Initiative.
CLICKS MAY 10
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Communist Party of Cuba and Morena agreement, Taibo II talks TV nationalization, lawsuit against Google, Rubalcava and the Metro, Monreal family questions, USW in Mexico, Telecommunications law, no US troops, and Morena’s new ethical guidelines.
CRIME DOWN IN MEXICO
The Mexican government has released statistics showing an across-the-board reduction in crime, particularly high-impact crime, and attributed the results to the successful application of the Security Strategy, launched in October 2024.
PLAN MEXICO: PRODUCTIVE SOVEREIGNTY OR MODERNIZING DEPENDENCY?
What is promised in its rhetoric does not always coincide with the structural logic underlying Plan Mexico, which seeks to further integrate Mexico into a subordinate cog in the U.S. productive apparatus.
MORENA SETS RULES FOR INTERNAL COMPETITION; BANS NEPOTISM IN 2027
The document reiterates recommendations made by President Claudia Sheinbaum in a letter she wrote following the scandal involving Senator Andrea Chávez and internal disputes that have arisen in other states, such as Coahuila.
GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR REPRESENTATIVES, PUBLIC SERVANTS, PROTAGONISTS OF TRUE CHANGE, AND MORENA MILITANTS
On Sunday, May 4th, Morena adopted a ban on electoral nepotism and expanded the ethical guidelines its leaders, elected officials, militants and candidates must follow. These are the guidelines.