Mexico Expresses Concern over China’s 54.3% Tariffs on Pecans
China’s anti-dumping ruling hits Mexican pecan exporters with duties up to 51.6% starting Tuesday; the Economy Secretariat says it will seek to prevent their final imposition.
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Two Far-Right Organizations Seek to Revive in Mexico… but End Up Alone
A century after the Cristero War, sinarquistas and a Carlist circle rallied to the Paseo del Pendón, but failed to gather support, even among the right.
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Sheinbaum Kicks Off the National Reforestation Day in Puebla; the Goal Is to Plant 6.6 Million Trees in a Day
Sheinbaum decreed the reforestation day an annual event and proposed renaming the Cortés Pass, between two volcanoes, the ‘Pass of the Indigenous Peoples.’
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Mexico and Brazil Strengthen Economic Ties; Foreign Minister Seeks New Investments
In São Paulo, Velasco courted Embraer and the state industry federation with Plan México, after meeting Lula and co-chairing the two countries’ VI Binational Commission.
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Sheinbaum Doubles the Education Goal: Announces 400,000 New Public High School Places
Only months after setting a 200,000 target in April, Sheinbaum doubled it from a newly inaugurated campus in Texcoco.
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Ríos Farjat, With a Lifetime Pension, Joins Firm That Has Litigated Against Mexico
She left the Supreme Court rather than stand for election under the reform that swept out Mexico’s old judiciary; six months later, Ríos Farjat is a partner at Holland & Knight, a US firm that has litigated against the Mexican State.
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Use of ‘Fracking’ to Obtain Gas Is Still Being Investigated; Energy Sovereignty Is Being Sought, Sheinbaum Says
Sheinbaum casts unconventional gas as national security, but says no decision has been made yet. Texas already supplies 60 percent of Mexico’s gas through fracking.
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Mexico Became the World’s Largest Beer Exporter in 2025
Beer exports hit US$6.48 billion across 98 countries, 36% of global value, with the US alone buying US$6.046 billion.
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Faster Justice and Prevention, Key Points to Combat Property Dispossession in Mexico City
Mexico City promises restitution in 15 days and prosecution in 30, a 20-judge unit, and a new Property Defense Office, amid 1,846 open dispossession cases.
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Mexico’s Labor Secretariat Confirms US Company Newmont Violated Workers’ Rights at the Peñasquito Gold Mine
The miners’ union’s fifth USMCA rapid-response case forces Newmont into a neutrality letter and a binational remediation plan after three leaders were fired.
