‘QRGate’: the PRI’s New Vote-Buying Scheme in Coahuila
Morena says the PRI ran a vote-buying scheme in Coahuila’s Sunday election, with voters paid via QR codes after photographing their marked ballots.
News Briefs
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June 7 Had 28 Homicides, the Day With Fewest Killings in the Last Decade: Security Cabinet
Mexico’s Security Cabinet says June 7 saw 28 homicides, the country’s lowest daily total in a decade. It beats the previous record of 29 set on May 15.
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Public Insurer is the Way to Meet CNTE Demands; 2007 ISSSTE Law Can’t Disappear ‘Overnight,’ Batres Says
Mexican officials offered a gradual path on teachers’ pension demands: full repeal would cost 7 trillion pesos (20% of GDP), so Pensionissste will grow progressively, with August consultations feeding next session’s bill.
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Sheinbaum Drives the First Mexican Electric Vehicle: Olinia 1 to Sell for 150,000 Pesos
Sheinbaum took the wheel at the debut of the Olinia 1, a plug-in with 125 km range that goes on sale next summer as Mexico’s bet on building its own electric vehicle.
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Historic Profit-Sharing of 1.5 Million Pesos for Each Worker at Peñasquito, Mexico’s Second-Largest Mine
Mexico’s Mining Union wins the largest profit-share in the country’s mining history: 1.5 million pesos for each of Peñasquito’s 2,000 workers.
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Michoacán Congress to Reconsider President Sheinbaum’s “Golden Pension” Reduction Reform
Workers and retirees believe the reduction in pensions violate acquired rights.
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Mexico Must Define a Position For Its Relationship with the US & China: Enrique Dussel Peters
Mexican elites have for decades failed to keep pace with the global changes involving China.
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Mexico’s Host Cities for 2026 World Cup Will Suffer More Economic Losses Than Benefits
12 billion USD in infrastructure investment for an economic impact of 3 billion USD. Meanwhile an opaque agreement with FIFA means big tax breaks for FIFA & foreign corporations.
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Guerrero Teachers Injured in Mexico City Strike Repression Campaigned for Sheinbaum, AMLO
Proceso Columbo González González lost his eye from a rubber bullet reportedly fired by Mexico City riot police, while Octavio Romero was struck in the face with a metal rod.
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Former President AMLO: “The Trump of today is different from the one I dealt with”
Mexico’s former President has released a statement on US attacks on Mexico, only his second political statement since the end of his term, accusing US official of plotting to “weaken Morena.”
