16 Proposals for 40 Hour Workweek in Chamber of Deputies
With nothing coming from the President, proposals for a 40 hour work week continue to emerge in the Chamber of Deputies, along with calls to stop postponing the debate.
News Briefs
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Threats, Lobbying, & Manipulation: Coca Cola Pulls Out Arsenal to Fight Tax
Soft drink companies, with the help of front groups, have been spreading false information and denying scientific evidence about the harm their products cause, in an attempt to stop an upcoming tax.
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Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba ends with Demand to end Genocidal Blockade, Support for Venezuela
This article by Emir Olivares Alonso originally appeared in the October 13, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Dozens of delegates from 35 countries demanded that the United States government and Congress end the “genocidal” economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba. In the final declaration of the Ninth Continental…
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Anti-Corruption Secretariat Sanctions Pharma Corps Impromed & Total Farma
The companies will be barred from entering into contracts with federal, state, and municipal government agencies for a year and a half.
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SME Asks Supreme Court to Review Decree Disbanding Luz y Fuerza Electrical Utility
Marking the 16th anniversary of former President Felipe Calderón’s order to abolish the utility, electrical union members claim it violated their human and labour rights.
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CDMX’ Brugada Delivers Report on First Year in Office
Mexico City’s head of government announced before the capital’s Congress the submission of five initiatives on care, gender, and security in her first Informe.
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Clicks October 12
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Sheinbaum’s big Zocalo speech, CDMX head Brugada, Mexicans of Global Sumud Flotilla, neoliberalism, pesticide lobbyists, USMCA, and Cuban Solidarity.
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Touchy “Alito” & His Mysterious Fortune
PRI President & Senator Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas is accused of illicit enrichment, embezzlement, misuse of powers, tax fraud, and money laundering; and is acutely sensitive to questions about his wealth.
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9th Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba Opens in Mexico City
More than 250 delegates from 23 countries attended the opening ceremony, where they expressed their support for the Cuban Revolution and solidarity with Palestine.
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Sheinbaum Coordinates Action to Address Rain Emergency
5,400 personnel, and state and civil protection protocols were activated to assist affected populations across Mexico.
