Clicks October 12
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Tallis Boerne Marcus, 400,000 in Mexico City’s Zócalo celebrate one year of Claudia Sheinbaum’s government People’s Dispatch. In her speech to a full Zócalo, Sheinbaum reviewed her government’s major accomplishments in a year of global turbulence largely amid a US tariff war and military threats.
Brugada resume su Gobierno: no hay nepotismo, es popular, austero y con un PIB al 3% Sin Embargo. La Jefa de Gobierno capitalina reafirmó su compromiso con una Ciudad de México más justa, segura y solidaria.
Global Sumud Flotilla’s Mexican and French Activists Return Home Telesur. They denounced mistreatment by Israeli authorities after interception in international waters.
José Blanco, El neoliberalismo y la 4T La Jornada. Pero es posible atemperar esa tendencia con una correlación de fuerzas políticas favorable al pueblo. En México, encabeza ese proceso la 4T. El pueblo lo hace posible.
Enrique Dussel Peters, New Triangular Relations Phenomenal World. Security-shoring and trade between Mexico, China, and the US.
Anahí Del Ángel, Sader cedió a presiones de la industria de plaguicidas tóxicos Revista Contralínea. La industria de plaguicidas cabildeó directamente con la Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural –que encabeza Julio Berdegué– la no prohibición de los herbicidas altamente tóxicos de mayor uso en México.
Salvador Rivera, Mexico’s president says Trump open to individual trade deals instead of USMCA Border Report. Trump also discussed the trade agreement with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney during a meeting earlier this week in Washington.
Lucha de Cuba es la de los pueblos del continente, afirman en México Prensa Latina. La cita reúne desde el jueves a cientos de delegados de 25 países de América Latina y el Caribe, además de España, Líbano y Estados Unidos.
Luis Pablo Beauregard & Patricia San Juan Flores, Claudia Sheinbaum has higher approval ratings than López Obrador after first year in office El País. According to respondents, the President’s success lies in continuing the extensive portfolio of social support programs initiated by Morena during the previous administration.
René González, Consejo Nacional de Morena, una bandera para la esperanza Revista Memoria. Los nuevos lineamientos se inscriben en la ruta de esfuerzos colectivos por “corregir a tiempo”. La tarea es difundirlos y que el movimiento los haga suyos.
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CNTE Announces 72 Hour National Strike & March to Mexico City’s Zócalo
The class-conscious teachers union will also make “courtesy visits” to the embassies of countries who committed atrocities against Iran, to show their rejection of US imperialism.
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Yet Another Mexican Citizen Dies in ICE Custody
The unidentified victim is the 9th Mexican citizen to have been killed in ICE detention since the beginning of 2025; this time in Adelanto, California.
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Let’s Talk About Migration: Trumpist Persection
Millions of women who have endured unspeakable violence on their migration journey are now being persecuted in the United States by an extremely xenophobic and misogynistic government, led by Donald Trump,
