National Campesino Confederation Anticipates Agriculture Budget Cuts
Members of the CNC attended the Listening to the Voices of the Field forum at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to address their concerns about the budget directly to legislators
News Briefs
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National Institute of Migration Dissolves Migrant Caravan in Oaxaca; Arrives in CDMX with Visas
The exodus left Mexico’s southern border after reporting that their asylum applications took months, even more than a year, and that they didn’t have the necessary resources to wait.
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National Institute of Indigenous Peoples & Afro-Mexican Communities Agree on Comprehensive, Just Development Path
The plan will begin to fulfill Mexico’s Constitutional mandate to guarantee the effective exercise of the rights of Afro-Mexican peoples.
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CONAGUA Wants Mining Industry to be Allowed to Dump Toxic Waste into Rivers
Mexico’s National Water Commission is pushing for the mining industry to be allowed to dump toxic waste into rivers, despite President Sheinbaum’s stated environmental objective to clean up contaminated tributaries.
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Mexican Import of White Corn, Used for Dough & Tortillas, Quadruples
2025 will close with record levels of imports, with most of the grain coming from the US, along with genetically modified yellow corn.
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USMCA is “dead, it no longer exists.”
UNAM’s Enrique Dussel Peters warned that it will be replaced by an American tactic of bilateral blackmail & that if Mexico unilaterally imposes tariffs on China, Mexico “is heading towards a dead end”
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Mexico Goverment Will Provide Aid to Families Affected by Flooding
Starting Wednesday, a distribution of 20 thousand pesos will begin to families registered by the Secretariat of Wellbeing in the five affected states.
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Mexico City Trains 100 Officers Against Dispossession
The program seeks to provide Public Prosecutors with legal tools to more effectively handle cases of dispossession, which is an ongoing issue related to the gentrification of the city.
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Clicks October 19
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Sheinbaum to skip Summit of the Americas, Cuba & Venezuela aid Mexico after floods, farmers strike against USMCA, Tina Modotti, Coca Cola politics, and USMCA and unions.
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Mexican Senators Propose Pay Transparency
Senators highlight that without salary transparency, it’s virtually impossible to file a claim for unfair pay, thus perpetuating the gender pay gap.
