Weekly News Items Jan 8
Mexico’s neutralization of the extreme right, Haitian migrants, AMLO’s enduring popularity, GMO corn dispute, 30 years of the Zapatistas, Mexican cinema.
News Briefs
Weekly News Items Dec 16
Garcia Luna, Carlos Slim getting richer, miners strike ends with raise, US gun-makers responsibilities for Mexican violence, Trump and Univision, the DACA fight.
Mexican Gov’t Backs Guatemalan Pres-Elect as He Faces Down ‘Coup’ Attempt
Mexico joined a choir of voices backing President-elect Bernardo Arévalo.
Weekly News Items Dec 9
Women delivery drivers organize, independent union certification votes, Movimiento Ciudadano disassociates from far right opposition bloc, AMLO to take 2,400 hectares from US corporation, the centrality of the Mexican Revolution to global struggle.
What Is Biden’s Immigration Policy?
Journalist José Luis Granados Ceja on immigration policies in the United States, the challenges in dismantling deeply ingrained policies and the need for a more just and humane immigration policy.
Mexico calls for moratorium on international deep-sea mining
Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs said in its announcement that it will support a moratorium on seabed mining in international waters
Acapulco: Mexico begins major redevelopment
The mobilisation of multiple wings of the state in a massive clean-up and rebuilding effort after a hurricane which will leave jobs in its wake epitomises AMLO’s time in power.
Mexico Implements ‘Historic’ 20% Minimum-Wage Hike
The announcement fulfills President López Obrador’s campaign promise to double the minimum wage rate in real terms.
Weekly News Items Dec 2
Americans seeking abortions in Mexico, Dirty War deaths, Univision laundering Trump’s reputation, Sheinbaum pre-campaign team announced, economic outlook good for Mexico, minimum wage increase, 40 hour work week battle
China and Mexico Take Action to Stem Flow of Fentanyl Precursors
China has announced plans to take increased action on precursor chemicals used to synthesize fentanyl, marking an important step in attacking the flow of these substances into Mexico.