Mexican Government & Soft Drink Monopolies Agree to Reduce Soda Tax
The reduction was announced after representatives from different parties complained about pressure from lobbyists to avoid imposing the tax on light beverages.
News Briefs
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President Sheinbaum on US Operations in Venezuela
Mexico’s President responded to news the US is utilizing the CIA to target Venezuela, after murdering dozens in the Caribbean over the past month and a half.
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Mexican Journalist from Global Sumud Flotilla Responds to US Deputy Secretary of State Landau
The former diplomat and US government’s self-proclaimed Visa Remover has been reduced to spending his last few years on earth as a virtual hall monitor.
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Palestinian Ambassador Demands Economic Sanctions & Arms Embargo on israel
The Hague must prosecute war crimes: ending genocide is not enough, she points out in Mexico’s Senate.
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16 Proposals for 40 Hour Workweek in Chamber of Deputies
With nothing coming from the President, proposals for a 40 hour work week continue to emerge in the Chamber of Deputies, along with calls to stop postponing the debate.
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Threats, Lobbying, & Manipulation: Coca Cola Pulls Out Arsenal to Fight Tax
Soft drink companies, with the help of front groups, have been spreading false information and denying scientific evidence about the harm their products cause, in an attempt to stop an upcoming tax.
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Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba ends with Demand to end Genocidal Blockade, Support for Venezuela
This article by Emir Olivares Alonso originally appeared in the October 13, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Dozens of delegates from 35 countries demanded that the United States government and Congress end the “genocidal” economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba. In the final declaration of the Ninth Continental…
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Anti-Corruption Secretariat Sanctions Pharma Corps Impromed & Total Farma
The companies will be barred from entering into contracts with federal, state, and municipal government agencies for a year and a half.
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SME Asks Supreme Court to Review Decree Disbanding Luz y Fuerza Electrical Utility
Marking the 16th anniversary of former President Felipe Calderón’s order to abolish the utility, electrical union members claim it violated their human and labour rights.
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CDMX’ Brugada Delivers Report on First Year in Office
Mexico City’s head of government announced before the capital’s Congress the submission of five initiatives on care, gender, and security in her first Informe.
