Mexican Government Allocates 37.452 Billion Pesos to Scholarships for People with Disabilities
The federal government is funding scholarships for 1,596,000 people with disabilities.
News Briefs
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AMLO: “It hurts me that they seek to exterminate our fraternal people of Cuba”; Former President Calls for Donation to Buy Aid & Oil
This was only the second political statement Mexico’s former President has made since leaving office, the first was on the occasion of the US’ kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Zapotec Community in Oaxaca Strengthens Defense of its Cultural Heritage After Dispute with Adidas Over Appropriation
Villa Hidalgo Yalálag is working not only to protect its cultural designs, but also recovering the official Zapotec name they had lost in 1877.
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La Via Campesina Issues Global Call Against WTO & Free Trade Agreements
The relentless promotion of Free Trade Agreements has led to widespread privatization and deregulation, primarily benefiting corporations at the expense of the working class everywhere.
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Clicks
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press including US arms trade, Veracruz & fracking, USMCA & Steelworkers, the ever-present trafficking discourse, cumbia rebajada, price control on gas, and social housing prototypes.
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Trump Launches Investigation into Mexico for Excessive Manufacturing Capacity & Production
US officials say the investigation will examine whether certain industries in Mexico are producing more goods than domestic demand can absorb and exporting excess supply into the US market.
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Senate Concludes Vote Against “Golden Pensions”; Sends Reform to San Lázaro
President Sheinbaum’s initiative establishes a cap on pensions and retirement benefits for high-ranking officials to prevent them from receiving more than 50% of the presidential salary.
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Three of Every Four Unpaid Caregivers Never Cease Being Poor
Performed primarily by women in Mexico, it is a determining factor in inequality of opportunity, says a new report ‘Social Mobility & Care.’
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Indigenous Communities Tell Sheinbaum Fracking Threatens Huasteca Potosina’s Social Fabric & Natural Resources
In a letter addressed to the Mexican President, communities expressed concern over what they consider a change in the government’s commitment to prohibiting hydraulic fracturing.
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People’s Republic of China Embassy Warns Mexico About Shen Yun Performances
The dubious cultural production is in fact a vast propaganda operation for the right wing Falun Gong sect, which is backed by US intelligence services and also publishes the crypto-fascist Epoch Times newspaper.
