Clicks July 1
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Isaac Phan Nay, At a Canadian-Owned Mine, a Mexican Union Alleges Dirty Tactics The Tyee. Los Mineros alleges members were denied their right to freely unionize and members were assaulted and received death threats.
Luis Hernández Navarro, Tormentas norteñas La Jornada. Por más diferencias internas que se tengan, el imperialismo no es un aliado de las luchas de los pueblos, es su enemigo.
Eric Schmitt, U.S. Is Creating 2 New Expanded Military Zones Along Border With Mexico New York Times. With the addition of the two land strips, called national defense areas, there are now four such newly designated military installations. Migrants who enter the areas will be considered trespassers and can be temporarily detained by U.S. troops until Border Patrol agents arrive, military officials said.
Vanessa Romero Rocha, Violencia política de género: un comodín El País. El delito es un concepto paraguas que ha servido para amparar castigos que habitan entre lo absurdo y lo grotesco.
Pablo Meriguet, Claudia Sheinbaum unveils plan to improve search efforts for missing persons in Mexico People’s Dispatch. The hundreds of thousands of missing persons in Mexico have prompted the president to propose a series of reforms to improve the state’s ability to find missing persons.
Hiroshi Takahashi, Siguen cuestionando al dirigente del Sindicato Nacional Alimentario El Sol de México. Un asunto que debe explicar a los trabajadores es dónde están el patrimonio y el dinero de las cuotas sindicales. Parece que de ahí surgen todos los cuestionamientos.
Solidarity without borders: USW District 6 Director joins Los Mineros for historic march in Lazaro Cardenas United Steelworkers. USW’s bond with Los Mineros runs deep, rooted in a shared commitment to justice. Years ago, USW provided refuge to Los Mineros’ leader, Napoleon Gomez, during political persecution.
“EU no dio ni una prueba” Sin Embargo. Sheinbaum: Washington alertó lavado y hace semanas, México pidió datos; no llegaron.
Nick Corbishley, As Washington Declares Mexico An “Adversary”, Russia Offers to Help Mexico Reduce Its Energy Dependence on US Naked Capitalism. Simply by calling Mexico an adversary and comparing the country with the likes of Russia, China and Iran, Trump’s attorney general has helped further alienate the US’ most important trade partner while further arousing anti-US sentiment among the Mexican public.
Julio Astillero, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, The Politician’s Alibis La Jornada. El ostentoso multimillonario ha ido construyendo una coartada “político-ideológica” en redes sociales, donde se presenta como un supuesto enemigo a muerte de los “gobiernícolas”, cuando su imperio económico se ha fundado en los favores políticos y económicos de gobernantes y políticos, desde Carlos Salinas de Gortari hasta el propio AMLO.
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PAN Ex-Governor of Baja California Ran the Largest Fiscal Fuel-Smuggling Network Brought In from the US, Says Mexico’s Attorney General
Ruffo Appel is among 25 facing warrants; the ring moved Texas fuel by rail, declaring 10% of each tank car and costing the treasury over 4 billion pesos.
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National Mobilization Called to Reject Water Agreement Between Chihuahua and Israel
Chihuahua’s right-wing PAN government signed the Israel water pact without registering it with Mexico’s federal foreign ministry; groups in 14 states march August 1 to cancel it.
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Mexico’s Attorney General Arrests Ernesto Ruffo, Former PAN Governor of BC, for Organized Crime and Fuel Smuggling
Baja California governor from 1989 to 1995 and Mexico’s first opposition governor, he was arrested in Ensenada for organized crime and fuel smuggling.
