Piña Exits, Leaving Judgement of Mexico’s Last Neoliberal Court “to the scrutiny of history.”
The final session of the neoliberal court. Mexico’s elected Supreme Court justices take to the bench in September.
News Briefs
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President Sheinbaum Denies Agreement Between Mexico & DEA
According to a DEA statement released yesterday, the agency launched a joint initiative with Mexico to dismantle drug trafficking networks.
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Michoacan Sugarcane Farmers Demand Decent Pension; They Live on 5,000 Pesos a Month
The sugarcane workers currently receive a pension of less than 60% of Mexico’s minimum wage, which places them in poverty and violates Article 123 of the Mexican Constitution and Mexico’s social security law.
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Microfinance Bank Implosion Victims Lack Answers From Government on Missing Savings
CAME, a microfinance bank whose financial risks exceeded its capital by 170 times has disappeared, leaving 1.3 million working Mexicans wondering what happened to deposits equivalent to 1.6 billion pesos and a government less than prompt to deal with a bank implosion in Mexico’s notoriously poorly regulated financial sector.
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Palestinian Solidarity Anti-Monument Erected in Mexico City
“If this happens for the 40th time, we’ll do it again,” a participant stated, highlighting the persistence of the act in the face of injustice and neglect. The solidarity movement has demanded Mexico break relations with Israel.
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Clicks August 17
Our weekly press roundup of Mexican political stories, including Pan-American Congress against fascism, Train Maya to Guatemala & Belize, Sheinbaum vs Trump, ex-PEMEX corruption, Morena’s national council, women’s care centers, & Great Maya Forest protection.
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Impossible to Build Care System in Six Years, Admits Secretary of Women
Citlalli Hernández stated that a Mexican government initiative will diagnose how much money should be distributed in Mexico each year for unpaid domestic work.
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Jalisco Morena Members Demand Steering Committee Renewal: “Lack of Democracy”
Areas of concern included extending national councilor terms for two years, unelected National Executive Committees, INFP head being in office 7 years, & interference in internal democratic functioning from the party center.
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CFE Consolidates Position as Driving Force of National Development
The director of Mexico’s public energy enterprise identified energy justice, the prohibition of profit-making, planning and expanding internet services as key elements advancing the re-socialization of the utility.
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Trump: “Mexico Does What We Tell It To”
US President Donald Trump made the remarks during a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday.
