CLICKS JULY 6
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Kurt Hackbarth, Facing the Bully: Mexico Needs to Stand its Ground with Trump Jacobin. With the West discrediting themselves in their ongoing silence over Gaza, Mexico’s voice is one that is sorely needed on the international stage. As the world’s twelfth-largest economy and geographic bridge between the Global North and South, it must find that voice and stand up to the bully.
Carlos Puig, Trump, migrantes y el gobierno de México Milenio. Queda claro también que el gobierno mexicano no está preparado para enfrentar lo que viene. Por un lado, desde el sexenio pasado y durante lo que va de este, el gobierno federal se ha dedicado a dar gusto a Trump combatiendo a los migrantes en México, tanto en la frontera sur como en los lugares de paso y ahora con el operativo Frontera Norte.
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Caught Between Tariffs and China, Mexico Adapts to an Unpredictable U.S. New York Times. Visions of global trade diversification have seemingly disappeared, in favour of Mexico chasing foreign direct investment and serving the market of declining, chaotic, racist superpower.
Ytzel Maya, Gringo, go home! El Universal. La gentrificación no es un fenómeno inevitable. Es un proyecto político del capital para reorganizar las ciudades según sus intereses.
Misty Layne, Mexico green-lights ambitious energy plan that could be game-changer for the nation MSN. Former President AMLO’s purchase of 13 plants from the Spanish monopoly Iberdrola raised hopes of a publicly owned and publicy beneficial renewable strategy, but it looks like the climate scientist President is banking on public-private partnerships and foreign investment to expand renewable energy in Mexico’s electrical grid.
Katia Rejón, Heineken llega por el agua de Yucatán Pie de Página. La cervecera transnacional confirmó la instalación de una mega planta en el municipio de Kanasín, Yucatán, en tierras bajo control de un empresario denunciado por despojo. Para su producción, la empresa planea extraer anualmente millones de litros de agua. Organizaciones alertan que el estado se ha convertido en “zona de sacrificio.”
Megan Janetsky, Mexican banks face fallout from sanctions Arkansas Democrat. Three Mexican financial institutions sanctioned by the Trump administration last week have felt a cascade of economic consequences after the accusations that they helped launder millions of dollars for drug cartels.
Crece “escándalo Pegasus” Sin Embargo. Prensa de “israel” dice que Peña Nieto recibió millones en sobornos; él lo niega en X.
Mexico and Cuba Sign 2025-2028 Tourism Cooperation Program Telesur English. Through this policy instrument, the governments of both countries aim to strengthen bilateral relations and boost a vital sector for generating foreign currency in each nation.
Dulce Olvera y Montserrat Antúnez, “Tu Airbnb era mi casa” Sin Embargo. Decenas marchan en CdMx contra gentrificación; “no es progreso, es despojo”, claman.
Supreme Court Will No Longer be Held Hostage
Mexico’s incoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Aguilar Ortiz says power groups persist within the judiciary, and that monitoring and sanctions are urgently needed, otherwise, within five years, vices will be widespread.
Protest at Labor Ministry Demands 40 Hour Work Week Immediately
Front members accused Morena of using the proposal to win votes in its 2024 campaigns and now wanting to use it again until 2030.
People’s Mañanera July 7
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on price controls, youth stipends, school financing, wellbeing programs, Argentinian-Mexican actress racist freakout, Indigenous and Afro-Mexican social infrastructure, BRICS, Texas flooding, IMSS, and digital platform workers.