Mexico’s Food Self-Sufficiency Declines
Agro-Industrial crops are grown for export while heavily subsidized imports from the US destroy corn and basic grain production. Has the government decided to sacrifice Mexican agriculture to save free trade?
News Briefs
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Employer Fines For Violating Workweek Limits Between 30,000 to 586,000 Pesos
Mexico’s Secretariat of Labour & Social Welfare will determine the fine based on a variety of criteria, but a dearth of labour inspectors across the country may hamper workers ability to obtain justice.
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CNTE National Strike is Opportunity to Avoid World Cup Strike
Section 9’s General Secretary said a strike during the World Cup could be avoided by President Sheinbaum keeping her promise to repeal the 2007 ISSSTE Law and meeting other demands.
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INEGI: Gross Fixed Investment Contracted 6.6%, Driven by Decline in Public Spending
Investment was affected mainly by the collapse of public construction, which contracted 28.9% annually in 2025; and of private investment in machinery and equipment, which fell 10.5%.
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Chapingo University Workers Demand Mexico’s Agricultural Secretariat Intervene to Guarantee Wages
Five salary levels are below Mexico’s legal minimum wage, such as janitors who make a daily wage of 254 pesos when the minimum is 315 & 2025 year-end bonuses have not been paid.
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Mexican Farmers to Mobilize for Food Sovereignty & Agricultural Model Transformation March 20th
Farmers will seek to prevent the transit of heavily subsidized grains imported from the US & denounced the concentration of the food market by a small number of transnational corporations.
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World Cup Construction at Estadio Azteca Causing Respiratory Problems say Residents
Doctors in the area estimate that up to 70% of their patients suffer from some ailment related to constant exposure to particulate matter & fumes emitted by heavy machinery.
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Mexico City Expected to Achieve Measles Herd Immunity by End of March
Mexico City’s Health Secretariat aims to vaccinate 2.04 million people.
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Farmers Demand Governor Monreal Open Promised Bean Collection Centers
Farmers have been waiting since October 2025 for the Morena administration to meet its commitment to purchase the bean harvest, which is now rotting, while middlemen profit from their desperation.
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Mexico’s Workers Party Proposes Wealth Tax
The socialist party, which has 49 representatives in the Chamber of Deputies, proposed a tax on Mexico’s rich, who pay exceedingly low tax rates, to fund poverty reduction, housing, public education and social programs.
