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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Morena President: If They Win the Poll and Have a Bad Record, They Won’t Be Candidates
Ariadna Montiel told Morena’s senators that vetting candidates is a ‘historic responsibility,’ vowing to reject anyone with ‘pending accounts.’
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People’s Mañanera August 31
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on public education, student mental health, phones in classrooms, and school renovations.
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Physical Investment in the Mexican Government’s Strategic Projects Grows
Federal physical spending jumped 62.6% in real terms in July, driven by a 130.6% surge at Pemex.
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A Hundred Years After ‘La Cristiada’
“The Cristero War stands as an example of the high cost that political struggles among the elites of power can have for society when they act irresponsibly,” concludes Meyer.
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The Normalization of the Abnormal
Palestine’s ambassador to Mexico, Nadya Rasheed, denounces the normalization of genocide in Gaza: more than 73,000 Palestinians killed, homes, schools and hospitals destroyed, water poisoned — and a world that looks away.
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Peña Nieto Filmed Next to Controversial Israeli Contractor
Former Mexican president Peña Nieto was filmed wearing a kippah at a Jewish wedding in Italy, seated beside Avishai Neriah, the Israeli businessman an outlet accused of channeling $25M to him for Mexican government contracts, including Pegasus.
