Clicks August 17
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
José Luis Granados Ceja, Progressive Leaders Across the Americas Unite Against Growing Global Fascism Truthout. The leaders must now translate positive experiences from the Pan-American Congress into action in their home countries.
Carlos S. Maldonado, Sheinbaum promete la ampliación del Tren Maya a Guatemala y Belice El País.La mandataria se reúne con sus homólogos centroamericanos para discutir temas de cooperación en migración, seguridad, energía limpia y medioambiente.
Mexico leader rebuffs claim that US calls the shots in Mexico China Daily. “President Trump has his way of speaking, but as I said yesterday, the only one who rules in Mexico is the people – plain and simple,” Sheinbaum said at her daily press conference.
México rechaza despliegue naval de EE.UU. en el Caribe y reivindica autodeterminación de los pueblos Telesur. La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, rechazó el intervencionismo, en marco del reciente despliegue naval de Estados Unidos en el Mar Caribe.
Pablo Mariguet, Former Pemex director arrested in the US on corruption charges People’s Dispatch. Mexican authorities allege that Treviño received bribes from the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The arrest and possible extradition come during the Pemex rescue plan announced in August by President Sheinbaum.
Dra. Ana Alicia Solís y Dr. Max Ortega, Octavo consejo nacional extraordinario de Morena Intervención y Coyuntura. El cambio en Morena no es automático: necesita deliberación interna.
Mexico, Guatemala and Belize Launch Trinational Corridor to Protect the Great Maya Forest Telesur English. Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have created the world’s largest biocultural corridor to protect the Great Maya Forest, as environmental groups urge stronger safeguards amid controversy over the Maya Train project.
Jesús García, Primer Centro Libre para Mujeres en Calakmul fortalecerá la autonomía y empoderamiento: Citlalli Hernández Por Esto! El Gobierno Federal inició en Calakmul la creación de una red de Centros Libres para Mujeres, espacios de prevención, orientación y autonomía que buscan extenderse a los más de 2,500 municipios de México.
Talks Continue on Extending Tren Maya Railway Into Belize Love FM. This proposal, discussed with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, would connect southern Quintana Roo with Belize and potentially on to Guatemala.
María del Pilar Martínez, CDMX tiene las revisiones contractuales más altas; Frontera Norte sin impacto por aumentos al salario mínimo: Conasami El Economista. 938,866 personas trabajadoras lograron en promedio un incremento salarial nominal de 8.0% y real de 3.9 por ciento.
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Thousands Demand Clean Water in Jalisco and Lemus Uses It to Repress Them
In Jalisco, governed by the opposition party Movimiento Ciudadano, police met the march with water cannons and tear gas, and protesters reported arrests and two people disappeared.
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Hurricane Simon Paralyzes Towns and Highways in Jalisco Amid Forecast That It Will Make Landfall
With an erratic path, the Category 4 storm keeps the coast shut in under nonstop rain, though no casualties have been reported so far.
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Mexican Book Fairs
“Book fairs in Mexico are among the great gatherings that speak of how a people nourishes itself on books,” observes Poniatowska.
