The Spanish Left Backs Sheinbaum Against the Threat of Far-Right Interference
At a Madrid rally, PSOE, Sumar and IU deputies and unions called Sheinbaum a ‘beacon of light’ and denounced a ’21st-century Monroe Doctrine.’
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Protesters at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico Demand the Release of Maduro and His Wife
As Maduro and Cilia Flores faced a New York court on ‘narco-terrorism’ charges, Mexico’s Anti-Imperialist Front burned photos of Trump, Vance, and Netanyahu.
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Homicide Incidence in the State of Mexico Falls 56% from September 2024 to This Past June
The daily homicide average in the State of Mexico fell from 6.6 to 2.8 as a single-command strategy across 15 eastern municipalities drove 3,330 arrests.
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Mexico’s Environment Secretariat Halts Mining Companies: Demands Environmental Authorization in Protected Areas
The decree takes effect Tuesday and covers even pre-2023 concessions, with Supreme Court backing that holding a concession grants no automatic right to mine.
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Sheinbaum Says the 152 Hospital Projects Planned for the Six-Year Term Advance, with an Investment of 181 Billion Pesos
Of the 152 projects, 50 are brand-new hospitals; the plan adds 13,300 census beds by 2030, more than triple the neoliberal era’s 4,300.
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Colossal Archaeological Exhibition of Mesoamerica Amazes in China
Nearly 3,000 pre-Hispanic relics, 804 of them from Mexico, fill the Shanghai Museum in Asia’s largest such show since 2001, drawing 10,000 visitors a day.
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FDA Corrects Itself: Mexican Lettuce Did Not Cause ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak; It Was a ‘False Positive’
The FDA apologized to Taylor Farms after wrongly blaming Guanajuato-grown lettuce supplied to Taco Bell for an outbreak; no positive samples were confirmed.
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Record High for Mexico’s Corn Imports in the First Half of the Year
Corn imports hit 12.28 million tons, almost all US yellow corn for livestock, while white corn for tortillas fell as domestic harvests stabilized supply.
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Up for Global Tender, Mexico’s Purchase of 3.536 Billion Medicines
Eight federal agencies will jointly buy generic, cancer, and anti-infective drugs for 2027-2028, with deliveries slated to begin in January 2027.
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The Zócalo’s FIFA Fan Fest Reports Full House for the Last Match of the 2026 World Cup
Fans began arriving before six in the morning for the Spain-Argentina final, and by halftime Civil Protection had declared the plaza at full capacity.
