Mexican Household Income Increased Over 10% in 2024
Average monthly labor income increased 10.5% from 2022 to 2024; while in the previous six-year period, the increase was 12.79%.
News Briefs
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Economy Secretariat Holds Social Economy Meeting for Mexican Cooperatives
This meeting between the Mexican government and cooperatives responds to a strong demand from Mexico’s social economic sector to be heard and taken into account.
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Mexican Government Reviews Working Conditions in Public Media
The President ruled out any financial problems or a lack of resources to pay workers’ salaries, refering to the delay in paying salaries to staff of the public TV station Canal Once.
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1.9 Million Litres of Stolen Fuel Seized in Tamaulipas and Coahuila
The fuel was recovered as part of Operation Northern Border. A significant amount of stolen fuel is delivered to US refineries, to be sold in the US market and where the US government has shown little interest in pursuing the perpetrators of the crime.
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Clicks July 27
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including MR-13 guerillas, israeli weapons in Mexico, internal Morena issues, Steelworkers solidarity, Alligator Alcatraz, and US-Mexico relations.
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Subcontracted Personnel Fell 89.4% Due to Outsourcing Ban
Prior to the changes implemented during AMLO’s administration, outsourcing, which in addition to registering workers with social security with lower than actual wages also represented a form of tax evasion for companies, was a growing practice.
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Sheinbaum “Condemns What is Happening Right Now”
Amid global south partners, Mexico stands out for its cowardice in taking any stand against the genocide in Gaza. President Sheinbaum once again reverted to diplomatic boilerplate.
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Goodbye, Iberdrola?
The rumoured exit of Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, with outstanding fines of 9.145b pesos & a lengthy rap sheet of corporate criminal misdeeds, would be cause for a national holiday in Mexico.
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Morena Supporters Deliver Letter Demanding Party be “Democratized”
The Morena members identified a number of issues, such as state leaders and municipal executive committees seeking to remain in office after their term expires, lack of clarity regarding the membership registry, and an internal democratic deficit that leads to self-censorship and disenchantment.
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Mexico Will Be Self-Sufficient in White Corn in 2025
This reverses the prediction only a few months ago that 2025 would be a bad year for domestic white corn production as a result of drought and require significant imports.
