Communist Party of Vietnam Highlights Strategic Vision at Mexican Global Forum of Left Wing Parties
Founded in 1996, the annual seminar organized by Mexico’s Workers Party has established itself as a space for meeting and exchange.
News Briefs
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To a Salsa Rhythm, Mexico City Celebrates Historic Link Between Cuba & Mexico
The theme: the union of the two cultures and the start of year-round activities to raise funds for the An Oil Ship for Cuba campaign and to celebrate the centennial of Comandante Fidel Castro’s birth.
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Clicks September 28
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political stories in the English and Spanish language press, including Canada-Mexico USMCA strategy, the unsolved Ayotzinapa disappearances, Gaza genocide, China-Mexico tariff spat, ICE murders, de-commodifying water, and corruption.
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“43” Parents Demand Extradition for Tomás Zerón & Ulises Bernabé
Parents of the Ayotzinapa students also demanded the Mexican military hand over documents pertaining to the case, asserting that “they will not deceive us against with a historical truth.”
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Garduño Offers Public Apology for 2023 Ciudad Juárez Fire That Killed 40 Migrants
Speaking to the victims’ families and survivors, the former Migration commissioner acknowledged that this tragedy was “unacceptable” and that “the victims’ human rights were violated.”
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Ayotzinapa March: 11 Years After, Parents of Students Fed Up With Lack of Justice
A Mexico City march drew over five thousand attendees, including 20 teacher training colleges, on the 11th anniversary of the disappearance of the 43 students, demanding concrete results from the Mexican government.
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Annual Bonus Bill Stalled
Morena Deputy Napoleón Gómez Urrutia’s bill to double the annual bonus received by workers appears to be MIA for 2025, along with any reduction in the 48 hour workweek.
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Trade Union Specialist Asks Government to Modify Digital Platform Worker Reform
Of the 1.2 million gig workers added to the IMSS by the new reform, only 133,178 met the threshold required to access social insurance policies such as medical care, daycare, retirement savings & disability pensions.
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Corporations, Political Clans & Even Religious Groups Have Monopolized Water in Mexico
Behind the abuses of Mexico’s privatized water system are corporations like Kimberly Clark, Banco Azteca, Coca Cola, GoldCorp, as well as political clans like the Monreals and even Mennonites.
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Citizens Demand Reinstatement of Fidel Castro & Che Guevara Statues
A member of the Committee of ’68, warned that this could become “a political defeat for the 4T” against the right wing Cuauhtémoc government if the sculptures are not restored.
