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.’
News Briefs
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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.
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Iran Asks President Sheinbaum to Condemn US Attacks: “If the US wins, it won’t be difficult for them to attack Mexico or Cuba”
“The best position in the world, so far, has been that of the Spanish government,” Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, Abolfazl Pasandideh said.
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Chilean Congresspeople Ask President Sheinbaum Not to Approve Chahuán As Ambassador to Mexico
Chahuán presented a bill which would released convicted criminals from the Pinochet period, believed to have been written by military officers currently imprisoned for crimes against humanity.
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Sheinbaum: Rejection of Electoral Reform Not a Defeat, Will Present Plan B
Reforms include capping the resources allocated to local deputies & municipal councilors; expanding public consultations to include political party budgets; and holding recall elections in the third or fourth year of the Presidential term.
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What Does President Sheinbaum’s New Housing Initiative Propose?
The Executive branch seeks to incorporate the concept of adequate housing into public programs, considering not only the physical characteristics, but urban environment, availability of services & accessibility to development.
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Mexico’s Sugarcane Growers Want Just Treatment Under USMCA
Mexican sugar exports face quotas in the US, but US corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup have no import restrictions in Mexico, a situation even worse than the original NAFTA agreement.
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Veracruz: Oil Spill Victims Complain Of Insufficient Action by State Government
Residents of Pajapan, who live around Laguna Ostion, demand that the authorities take prompt intervention to solve the hydrocarbon spill in the southern part of the state of Veracruz.
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San Luis Potosí Goodyear Workers Threatens Strike After Salary Increase Refusal
While Mexico’s general minimum wage has had a real increase of 116% in the last seven years, SITGM workers have received only 15.2% increases in the same period.
