Water as a Right: Sheinbaum Reports Recovery of 5 Billion Cubic Meters
Following the reform to the National Water Law, Mexico has recovered over 5 billion cubic meters of water from private concessions, enough to supply 90 million people for a year.
News Briefs
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President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Second State of the Nation Address
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s report on two years of her government and eight of the Fourth Transformation: record wages, expanded Well-Being programs, energy sovereignty, and a 51% drop in homicides.
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Mexico Proposes Reviewing Foreign Investments over 49% Under National Security Criteria
Sheinbaum’s bill would add the heads of Defense, the Navy, intelligence, and tax agencies to the commission vetting takeovers in energy, mining, AI and semiconductors.
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Government Incorporates Mexican Steel into the National Content of Public Works
For the first time, public works must favor Mexican steel over imports, a Plan México measure to boost the country’s mills and industry.
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Morena President: If They Win the Poll and Have a Bad Record, They Won’t Be Candidates
Ariadna Montiel told Morena’s senators that vetting candidates is a ‘historic responsibility,’ vowing to reject anyone with ‘pending accounts.’
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Physical Investment in the Mexican Government’s Strategic Projects Grows
Federal physical spending jumped 62.6% in real terms in July, driven by a 130.6% surge at Pemex.
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Peña Nieto Filmed Next to Controversial Israeli Contractor
Former Mexican president Peña Nieto was filmed wearing a kippah at a Jewish wedding in Italy, seated beside Avishai Neriah, the Israeli businessman an outlet accused of channeling $25M to him for Mexican government contracts, including Pegasus.
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Mexico’s Senate Receives Reform to Prohibit Dual Nationality in Presidents and Governors
The reform amends three constitutional articles and requires those with another nationality to renounce it before registering as candidates for president or governor.
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Ecobici Increases Its Fleet by 60%: It Will Reach the Outskirts, Brugada Announces
The 10-year contract runs up to 2.43 billion pesos, brings bike-share to Iztapalapa, Iztacalco and Tlalpan for the first time, and hands all the infrastructure to the city at term’s end.
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Sheinbaum Denounces the ‘Hypocrisy’ of Those Who Defended García Luna and Now Distance Themselves
The president tied Calderón’s ‘war on drugs’ to a jump from 27 to more than 70 daily homicides, the Fast and Furious guns, and a state that took the Sinaloa Cartel’s side.
