Sheinbaum: No Justification for Raising Price of Tortillas
President Sheinbaum also said a wealth tax needs to be analyzed, but for now, “we don’t have it as part of a broader tax reform.”
News Briefs
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People with Disabilities Denounce Mobility & Infrastructure Barriers in Mexico City’s Care System Consultation
Dialogue sessions and the process towards the consultative stage continue.
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Labour Congress Rules Out Holding International Workers Day Rally on May 1st at CDMX Zócalo
The trade union organization won’t be participating, but President Reyes Soberanis Moreno recommends organizations that do participate include his Congress’ logo.
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Farmers Warn of World Cup Protests After Cancelled Meeting with Interior Secretariat
In Mexico City, farmers were met by riot police and a heavy security presence.
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Striking Tornel Workers File Second Labour Complaint with USMCA Panel
Almost a month after the shooting attack on the picket line in which four workers were injured, the Secretariat of Labour and Social Welfare has not come to carry out any inspection.
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Clicks
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including universal health, fracking, nearshoring, food sovereignty, the Tornel strike and the first Polo de Bienestar.
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Tornel Strike Negotiations Stuck on 40 Hours Issue
The tire transnational remains intransigent on the 40 hour workweek issue and pending salary increases.
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48% of Mexico’s Ejidos Lack Access to Banks or Federal Support
Just over 30 years after the promulgation of the Agrarian Law, exploitation by private interests, corruption, lack of public funds, institutional disorganization, intermediation and marginalization have disrupted the organic life of these entities.
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Workers Requested Support from Mexico’s Army & Navy to Face a Mining Company & Narco Alliance, Authorities Ignored Them
Workers at the Camino Rojo mine, owned by Canada’s Orla Mining, faced violence & threats from drug traffickers.
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Workers Party says Mexican Musicians Betrayed
The PT says “lobbyists for the mega-corporations kept circling [Mexico’s cultural] commission like vultures,” and its President fell into the trap of Universal Music, Sony, & Warner.
