AMLO Reappears
Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador re-appeared in a video promoting his new book, saying he would return to the streets for 3 reasons: to defend democracy, the President, & national sovereignty.
News Briefs
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CNTE Will Strike, Protest in 2026 so President Sheinbaum Keeps Promise to Repeal Calderón’s ISSSTE Law
The teachers union will mobilize to ensure the Mexican President honours her 2024 campaign promise.
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Clicks November 29
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including farmers strike, 40 hour work week, Indigenous femicide, migrant protections, US imperialism vs Mexico, Gen Z marches, & poverty reduction.
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Torre Mítikah left Xoco with Little Water, Classism & Aggression
The Mítikah luxury apartment & shopping complex consumes 12 percent of all the water received by the pre-Hispanic town, increasing water shortages by 1,750% between 2018 and 2022
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Mexican Supreme Court Reinstates 2% CDMX Tax on Digital Platforms
A 2022 injunction filed by the parasitic American corporation Uber & upheld by previous neoliberal Supreme Court justices ends up in the trash, where it belongs.
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Mexican Legislators Approve Protection for Public Sector Union Autonomy
“Today marks a turning point for the guarantee & progressivity of the labor rights of workers in the service of the State by safeguarding the right to free unionization and elevating union autonomy to the level of law.”
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Minimum Wage Dialogue Begins
While Mexico’s minimum wage has increased substantially in years, it has yet to reach the purchasing power it had in 1976.
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Mexican Farmers & Transporters End Blockades
The government has made a commitment to farmers to discuss excluding basic grains and oilseeds from the review of the USMCA.
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80% of Mexico’s Water is Stolen by Corporations & Politicians
The insatiable appropriation of water in Mexico is a systemic problem driven by politicians and large corporations—such as Coca-Cola, Lala, mining companies, and the tourism sector.
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Mexican Corn Corporations Manipulate Prices
In October 2024, Mexico’s anti-trust authority decried the situation as being an oligopoly, and singled out Maseca, Minsa, Gruma, Cargill as paying unfair prices for white corn while reaping extreme profits selling to tortilla shops.
