Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including ICE raid death of Mexican citizen, mayor removes Fidel Castro & Che Guevara statues, Mexico at the Hague Group, Trump attacks Mexican aviation, gentrification, the Adán Augusto issue, health sovereignty, Brazil & Mexico relations.
Mexico had participated as an observer at The Hague Group’s Emergency Conference to end the Genocide in Gaza this week, but confirmed today it will not take any actions against israel.
The Mexican President called for the Cuauhtémoc borough to coordinate with Mexico City’s government to seek relocation of the monument commemorating Fidel & Che’s first meeting in Mexico.
“The true Revolution is not made of stone or bronze: it is a transformed consciousness, the collective will to fight and build a more just world,” said Cuban Ambassador to Mexico Marcos Rodríguez Costa, after the illegal removal of Fidel and Che statues in Mexico City.
The monument to Fidel Castro and Che Guevara at Tabacalera factory was removed by Cuauhtémoc mayor & ultra-right winger Alessandra Rojo de la Vega.
12 states committed to immediately implementing six measures to break ties of complicity with israel’s campaign of devastation in Palestine at the conclusion of The Hague Group’s Emergency Conference. Mexico was not one of them.
The proposals include rent control, public housing, regulating Airbnb and other platforms, and an Ombudsman’s office.
There was also increased use across the other major signature public infrastructure projects of the Morena government such as the AIFA and Tulum airports, and increased ridership on Mexico’s state airline Mexicana de Aviación.
A decadent, sickening gathering of Mexican vendepatrias, 4th Transformation and ultra-right politicians was held recently in honor of American Death Squad Diplomat, Ronald Johnson, in Polanco, which featured dark threats towards Mexico’s government.
The head of Profeco asked legislators not to intervene in proceedings: the goal is to defend consumer rights.