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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press including a world without the USMCA or the death of Mexican agriculture, Indigenous rights, and the lingering threat of US military aggression against Mexico.
News Briefs
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University & Intervention
Our country cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, such as when Latin American unity was rejected or when it disregarded Cuban and Venezuela initiatives to connect with labor and educational forces, along with their proposals and warnings.
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The PAN’s “Trophy” in Guanajuato: 30,000 Murders in the Last Decade
Over three decades of rule, the right wing PAN implemented failed policies and oversaw record levels of violence in the state.
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Mexico City Landgrabs: 94 Properties Recovered, Six People Arrested
Mexico City has been plagued with high-profile night raids by criminal gangs, sometimes accompanied by police, invading and capturing properties throughout the capital.
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Dual American Mexican Citizen Dies Under ICE Custody in Private Prison
The unidentified man is the fifth person to die in ICE custody since the beginning of this year.
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Mexican Farmers & Agriculture Secretariat Dialogue Resumes Today
Mexican agriculture remains in crisis: 10 million tons of grain can’t be sold, the government is not meeting agreements while US dumping destroys the market & even limits access to credit to help farms last another season.
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Mexican Unions To Rally for 40 Hour Workweek… With Two Days of Rest
In the face of President Sheinbaum’s roundly criticized workweek reform proposal, considered excessively flexible & accommodating to capital & the danger to workers from USMCA renegotiations Mexican labour isn’t standing still.
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30 Mexican Unions Unite in Face of USMCA & Labour Demands
The bloc announced it will intensify regional meetings & coordination efforts, towards consolidating a unified trade union front.
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Evangelical zionists Close to Forming Political Party
Amongst other political malformities, two evangelical groups are set to become national political parties in Mexico, one with ties to the US ultra-right and the israeli government.
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Record Corn Imports for Third Year in a Row
Mexico’s food sovereignty is being rapidly eroded thanks to the dumping of heavily subsidized US corn and the USMCA, which is an erroneously named “trade” agreement to subjugate, not develop, the Mexican nation.
