Mexico’s Exports to the United States Grew 21.1% in April
Mexico’s exports to the U.S. grew 21.1% year-on-year in April, with Mexico holding firm as Washington’s top trading partner ahead of July USMCA talks.
News Briefs
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Authorities Seize 59 Homemade Explosives on Bus Bound for CNTE Solidarity March
Federal and Mexico City authorities seized 59 homemade explosives on a bus carrying students and teachers to a CNTE solidarity march, the Secretary of Interior says.
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CNTE Warns Sheinbaum: Meet Our Demands or We Protest at World Cup Inauguration
With 48 hours to go before the FIFA World Cup opens, the CNTE warns Sheinbaum: meet our pension demands or we will protest at the inauguration.
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‘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.
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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.
