Michoacán to Distribute 10,000 Artisanal Guitars in Secondary Schools to Boost Arts Education
Part of the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice, the 10-million-peso program aids Paracho’s 15 guitar workshops and reaches 180,000 students.
News Briefs
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The Uncomfortable Ally Splits Off: Hugo Eric Flores, Now with PAZ, Rails Against Morena
Once the operator who opened Morena’s door to Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Flores now leads the evangelical party PAZ, which just won national registration and 84.4 million pesos to run alone in 2027.
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Leaked Cerimedo Audios: He Talks About Sheinbaum and Calls Negre ‘a Mercenary, Worse Than Me’
Sheinbaum says the far-right outlet La Derecha Diario was built to destabilize Latin American democracies, with Mexico already among its targets.
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Mexican Government Seeks Free Admission to 53 Museums and Archaeological Sites Next Year
Mexico’s federal government proposes free admission to 53 INAH museums, monuments, and archaeological sites — among them Bonampak, La Venta, and Tamtoc — in next year’s Federal Rights Law, saying the cost of charging is disproportionate to the revenue.
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Mexico’s Federal Judiciary Reports 88% of Cases Resolved in One Year
In the first year of Mexico’s elected judiciary, Supreme Court president Hugo Aguilar Ortiz reported 13,231 of 15,051 case files resolved and over 4.7 billion pesos in savings.
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Mexico’s Culture Secretary Proposes Zero Tax Rate for Small and Medium Bookstores; It Would Mean a Tax Benefit of Some 250 Million Pesos
Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel outlined a zero sales-tax rate for small bookstores, 50 million pesos in bulk book buys, aid for state book fairs, and a Vasconcelos Library overhaul.
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Mexico Reduces Its Illiteracy Rate to 3.8%: Public Education Secretariat
In the first year of a national adult-literacy drive, 277,000 people learned to read and write, and the INEA has now reached 32.4 million Mexicans in 45 years.
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Dialogue Between Lutnick and President Sheinbaum Will Be Useful in Trade Negotiations, Ebrard Says
Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard called the U.S. commerce chief’s meeting with Sheinbaum cordial as both countries prepare a fourth round of USMCA review talks this month.
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Mexico Has Paid 1.6 Trillion Pesos on the Fobaproa Bank Bailout, yet the Debt Keeps Growing: “A Scam,” Says the Finance Secretary
A 1990s bailout that turned private bank losses into public debt. Serviced with interest alone, it now claims 48 billion pesos of the 2027 budget.
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Economic Package Will Seek to Combat Evasion and Avoidance by Shell-Invoice Firms
Mexico’s 2027 Economic Package aims to lift tax revenue to a record 15.9% of GDP with no new taxes, by fighting evasion, avoidance, and shell-invoice firms (factureras).
