Mexico’s Exports Reach a Record in the First Half of 2026
Mexico’s trade surplus jumped to $9.857 billion from $1.433 billion a year earlier, as non-oil exports surged 25.6 percent on booming US demand for electronics.
News Briefs
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Claudia Sheinbaum Announces Cancellation of La Parota Dam in Guerrero; Water Wells Will Be Built Instead
After a two-decade grassroots fight against the CFE dam on the Papagayo River, the government will supply Acapulco with radial wells and tanks instead.
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Thousands March in Mexico City in Support of Cuba, 73 Years After the Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Against US Attacks on the Island
Backed by over 100 organizations, from Morena to communist parties, the march condemns Trump’s invasion threats and the six-decade blockade.
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The Study of the Far Right Is Necessary: Mexico’s Science Secretary
Scholars at a Secihti panel traced how far-right movements, “neither new nor spontaneous,” are gaining ground by borrowing the left’s own vocabulary on jobs, freedom, and crisis.
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Mexico’s Security Chief Says Slain Temoac Mayor Was Under Investigation for Organized Crime and the Samir Flores Case
Killed in his own office, mayor Valentín Lavín was himself under investigation for organized crime ties and as the alleged mastermind of three murders, including activist Samir Flores.
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox and Ex-PAN Governors Defend Ruffo Appel and Allege ‘Political Persecution’
The PAN’s old guard closes ranks behind Ernesto Ruffo, a fellow governor charged with fuel smuggling and organized crime, recasting him as a persecuted ‘political prisoner.’
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Sheinbaum Confirms Resumption of Mexican Cattle Exports to the US
The US border, shut to Mexican cattle since May 2025 over a screwworm outbreak, reopens in late August via Agua Prieta, Sonora, then two points in Chihuahua.
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U.S. Tariffs Do Not Affect Mexico; They Stayed at the 10% That Products Outside the USMCA Already Had: Sheinbaum
Speaking in Cuernavaca after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, she said rules of origin remain under negotiation.
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In Mexico, Collectives Will March This Sunday in Defense of Cuba and Anti-Imperialism
Organizers expect a bigger turnout than the annual July 26 mobilizations, marching to the former U.S. embassy on the 73rd Moncada anniversary.
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Mexico’s Science Secretary Strengthens Cooperation with China in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Rosaura Ruiz met with Ambassador Chen Daojiang to advance joint AI, semiconductor, and electromobility projects, plus possible collaboration with Huawei.
