Clicks June 22
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Mexican GM Workers to Vote Next Week on Union at Second Plant Labor Notes. If successful, it would be the first time that an independent union represents two assembly plants at one of the Big Three automakers.
Manuel Gonzalez, Una desolación impune Sin Embargo. Minera canadiense extrajo por décadas oro de Guerrero. Ahora solo quiere dejar daños.
María Josefina Arce, With concrete actions Mexico will arrive at the Women’s Conference Radio Habana. Concrete actions also include the recognition of agrarian rights for at least 150,000 women, given the existing inequality in land tenure between men and women, given that only 27% of rural women have their rights recognized.
Gerardo Hernández, Jornada laboral de 40 horas: Sindicatos proponen aplicación de la reforma en dos años El Economista. Tereso Medina, secretario general adjunto de la Confederación de Trabajadores (CTM), aseguró la organización apoya una reducción paulatina de la jornada laboral, pero no comparten la meta para el 2030, sino alcanzarla en un periodo de dos años, además de la creación de una prima sabatina.
Counterinsurgency or Sovereignty Loss? Crenshaw’s Tactic to Fight Mexican Drug Cartels, Reform Austin. Hard-right figures in Trump’s government see the Sheinbaum administration as more open to its lunatic counterinsurgency dreams, bringing up memories of the bloody results of Plan Colombia.
Ante conflicto en Medio Oriente, ONU debe llamar a la paz: CSP La Jornada. El año pasado, el gobierno mexicano respaldó su compromiso con la paz al intervenir en la investigación de la Corte Internacional de Justicia sobre el genocidio de palestinos por parte de Israel; este año, tópicos sobre que Israel y Estados Unidos atacan ilegalmente a Irán y tratan de quemar el mundo.
Fabiola Sánchez, First face-to-face between the leaders of US and Mexico will have to wait The Associated Press. Michael Shifter, adjunct professor of Latin American Politics at Georgetown University, said that while the canceled Trump meeting was a loss, Sheinbaum’s other bilateral meetings with leaders from India, Germany and Canada should not be discounted.
Camila Ayala Espinosa, OIT exhibe que en México se trabaja sin vida ni descanso, más que nadie en la OCDE Proceso. Los mexicanos trabajan, en promedio, un 96.6 por ciento más horas que los empleados del resto de los países miembros de la OCDE.
Jorge Antonio Rocha, Mexico to investigate death of Mexican immigrant while in ICE custody Aztec Reports. This marks the first reported case of a Mexican immigrant dying in ICE custody since President Trump relaunched his long-standing immigration crackdown.
Alberto Aguirre, La insolvencia de CAME y otros chanchullos de Sofipos La Política Online. El gobierno de México debe contarse entre los afectados por la declaratoria de insolvencia financiera decretada respecto de CAME.
Unpunished Destruction
Canadian mining company Equinox Gold has been extracting gold from Guerrero for decades. Now it wants to close the Los Filos mine, leaving behind environmental degradation, exploitation and emiseration, while pocketing big profits.
Trump’s Attack on Los Angeles Meets the Resistance
While the current situation is fraught with challenges, Trump’s racist campaign has also sparked a broad and diverse resistance movement.
Passing It Down
An interview with Esmeralda Jazmín Alonso Guevara, coordinator of Casa Obrera del Bajío, where they organize to counter the historic attacks that capitalism has inflicted on Mexico.