Facts & Fiction of the Mexico City Protests
Drop Site’s Ryan Grim speaks with José Luis Granados Ceja about the movement behind Mexico’s recent self-declared “Gen Z” protest and what’s driving the mobilization.
News Briefs
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Mexico City Will Expropriate 400 Buildings to Build Social Housing
The expropriations are part of the city government’s committment to guarantee the right to decent, affordable housing for the lowest-income population.
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El Poder del Consumidor Demands Suspension of Coca Cola Christmas Caravans
Coco Cola propaganda parades are held in different cities across Mexico, representing one of the most persuasive advertising strategies aimed at children by appropriating powerful symbols and cultural values that they associate with a product that has a serious impact on the population’s health.
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People’s Republic of China Announces 2026 Full Scholarship Program for Mexican Citizens
Benefits include tuition and fees, a monthly stipend, accommodation in university residences or an equivalent allowance, and health insurance.
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President Sheinbaum’s Address on the 115th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
Remarks delivered by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in the Zócalo: the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.
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From Geriatric to Ghosted: Mexico’s Second Gen-Z March Fizzles
Tens of protestors, outnumbered two to one by journalists and street vendors, gathered for a dismal march in Mexico City. A planned mobilization at UNAM, where hundreds of thousands of Gen-Z members attend school, drew precisely zero protestors.
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No Agreement: Government Denies Support to Sugarcane Growers, Postpones Response for 2 Weeks
The unsuccessful meeting arose after the government agreed to it to end a November 12th sugarcane grower blockade in Mexico City.
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Unions Across Mexico are Demanding Immediate Approval of the 40 Hour Workweek
Thousands of trade unionists gathered outside Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to deliver the message that the union movement will not allow the reform to be diluted or for the business sector to impose conditions that limit its scope.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Grupo Salinas; Must Pay $67 Million Fine
The ruling comes a week after the Court definitively ratified seven other tax debts totaling more than 48 billion against ultra-right winger Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s conglomerate.
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Sheinbaum: “We don’t want intervention from any foreign government; it’s not going to happen”
The Mexican President responded to comments made by the US President Donald Trump on Monday indicating he would be okay with launching airstrikes on Mexico.
