Clicks August 10
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Maria Abi-Habib, Mexico’s President Says U.S. Forces Are Unwelcome in Her Country New York Times. The Mexican government thought it had turned a corner in cooperating with the Trump administration on combating the cartels, having launched an aggressive crackdown of its own.
Rubén Martín, Nueva amenaza de Trump Sin Embargo. Intervenir México sería una catástrofe que regresaría las relaciones entre ambos países cien años atrás
Luis F. Munguía, How Mexico Doubled the Minimum Wage Phenomenal World. With the radical shift in Mexico’s wage policy, these recent increases in the minimum wage—while translating into an average income growth of 25 percent in real terms and a significant decrease in poverty and inequality—have only begun to chip away at corporate power.
Canadá intenta salvar su relación con México tras desacuerdo con Trump La Jornada. El primer ministro Mark Carney está luchando por salvar la relación de su país con México, después de que se estropeó a fines del año pasado cuando funcionarios canadienses sugirieron que sería mejor que negociaran un acuerdo comercial solo con el gobierno de Donald Trump.
Caroline Tracey, The Mexicali Experimental Project: A Contemplative, Human-Scale Approach to Housing on the Border The Border Chronicle. In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali. Could this forgotten experiment hold answers for Mexico’s housing crisis today?
Elia Castillo Jiménez, Pablo Gómez, un histórico de la izquierda para empujar la reforma electoral y convencer al PT y al Verde El País. Un puñado de pesos pesados del oficialismo, todos cercanos a la presidenta, integran la comisión presidencial que se encargará de impulsar la propuesta de reforma electoral que se ha fijado la mandataria aprobar en su Administración.
Mexican legislators promote progressive integration of America Prensa Latina. The 2nd Pan-American Congress closed its doors in Mexico after three days of debates focused, among other issues, on the integration of progressive legislators of the continent.
Viri Ríos, ¿Por qué se redujo la desigualdad con Obrador? Milenio. Mientras que en 2018 los hogares del 1% más rico del país concentraban el 49% del ingreso, ahora solo tienen el 44%. Una reducción de 5 puntos porcentuales que ahora se distribuye entre hogares de ingresos medios y bajos.
Maya Averbuch, Mexico’s Sheinbaum Finds Unlikely Ally in Young Heir to Corn-Flour Fortune Bloomberg. Altagracia Gómez Sierra , from a family with a fortune built on the privatizations and Fobaproa bailout of the neoliberal period, reaches out to business for President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Georgina Saldierna y Enrique Méndez, Sin PT y Verde no habrá enmienda, admite Morena La Jornada. Un primer problema es convencer a todos en Morena, y luego a los partidos del Trabajo y el Verde Ecologista de México. Sin ellos, no hay reforma constitucional, subrayó Fernández Noroña.
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People’s Mañanera October 22
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on rainfall emergency response, aid delivery, passenger trains, taxation and the fight against invoice mills.
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National Campesino Confederation Anticipates Agriculture Budget Cuts
Members of the CNC attended the Listening to the Voices of the Field forum at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to address their concerns about the budget directly to legislators
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Campesinos Ride Again
Last week’s strike by agricultural producers against the USMCA and the uncontrolled entry of subsidized grains from the US is part of a fight for Mexican food sovereignty that demands the government’s full attention.
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Soberanía 81: Just a Flash in the “PAN”
Mexico’s right wing opposition rebrands: what the party’s reset looks like, who’s driving it, and can it really reclaim relevance?
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The Second Floor & Its Pending Mission
In the name of consensus & pragmatism, control of recovered strategic spaces is beginning to be ceded, & Mexico’s Fourth Transformation risks dissolving into directionless management, discourse without conflict, & change without power.
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People’s Mañanera October 21
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on universal breast cancer care model, surgeries, illegal sales of public medicines and PAN relaunch.