Calderón-Peña-era IMSS & PEMEX Official Arrested in US
Carlos Treviño, who held senior positions in the Calderón and Peña Nieto governments, faces charges of bribery and other possible crimes.
News Briefs
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Exclusion Denounced at Women’s Conference
This article by L. Hernández O. and C. Gómez M. appeared in the August 14, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Although their participation was not scheduled for the 16th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (RCM), feminist demonstrations were present outside the meeting’s venue, the…
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Cuban Solidarity Campaign Launched to Mitigate Energy Crisis
The ship, carrying oil and other supplies, “will contribute to improving the electricity supply in hospitals, schools, industries, and homes, and will help Cuba’s economy function better.”
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Sheinbaum Asks Justices to Explain Final Extraordinary Meeting of Supreme Court
The extraordinary meeting has raised concerns exiting Justices will use it to cover their tracks or engage in some last minute politicking. The new elected judiciary takes office on September 1st.
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13.4 Million Mexicans Escaped Poverty Between 2018 & 2024
The estimate was made using a methodology that considers not only income but also access to social rights such as housing, healthcare, education, and food.
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“There Will Be No Turning Back” on Social Policy for Women
“In Mexico, we build peace, governance with justice, sustainable development with well-being, humanism, & a gender perspective,” said Rosa Icela Rodríguez, at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Sheinbaum Announces Mexico City-Pachuca Train Will Operate in 2027
The new passenger rail line will reduce travel time between the two cities to just one hour and 15 minutes. The project seeks not only to connect territories but also to boost economic and social development.
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Clicks August 10
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Trump’s secret executive order, doubling of the minimum wage, Canada tries to save relationship with Mexico, social housing, electoral reform, Pan-American Congress, and the Fourth Transformation’s corporate friend.
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Canada Tries to Salvage Relationship with Mexico After Trump Disagreement
The northern country is primarily known in Mexico for parliamentary Nazi ovations, its rapacious mining corporations and abuse of Mexican agricultural workers. Despite a lengthy history of servility to US imperialism, its current relationship with Trump is tumultuous.
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Any US Military Action in Mexico Unacceptable: Foreign Ministry
A bombshell New York Times story yesterday revealed a secret executive order signed by US President Donald Trump authorizing extraterritorial attacks on “cartels.”
