The Miyawaki Method: A Japanese Technique Helping Restore Green Areas in the Valley of Mexico
The ultra-accelerated reforestation technique seeks not only to “plant trees”, but to create self-sufficient ecosystems.
News Briefs
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General Motors & SINTTIA Union Resume Talks: Workers Form Strike Committee
For a plant of 7,000 workers, the mobilization of a strike committee of 300 sends a clear message to GM: a willingness to reach an agreement doesn’t imply a renunciation of their demands.
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Mexico’s Ministry of Health says Vaccinations Working: 30% Fewer Active Measles Cases
The public’s response to the call to get vaccinated against the virus has begun to show results in the country, with a reduction in active cases and a downward trend.
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Women Financing Child Support & Violence Lawsuits in 100 Peso Installments
Rojo y Morado, an organization of 30 lawyers, offer support during legal processes that can last up to a year and a half and cost between 12 and 15 thousand pesos, which opens a way to pursue cases that were previously abandoned due to lack of money.
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Housing Law Reform Boosts Legal Protection Against Forced Evictions in Mexico
Enshrining security of tenure specifies that this is the “condition that guarantees that the occupants of the dwelling have legal protection against forced evictions, harassment or other threats, whatever the type of tenure.”
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CNTE Teachers Will Hold National Strike March 18th to 20th; Sit-in at Mexico City’s Zócalo
The CNTE urged unions and workers to join actions to demand repeal of the 2007 ISSSTE Law, & for the defense of a social security system that “provides all with health services and decent pensions.”
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Zacatecas Normalistas Join Solidarity with Cuba
The national association of alumni of the Emiliano Zapata Rural Teachers’ College in Loreto, Zacatecas—founded in 1958—joined La Jornada’s call to stand in solidarity with the government and people of Cuba.
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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.
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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.
