MEXICO’S MOMENTOUS JUDICIAL ELECTION
Kurt Hackbarth, host of Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast, joins US news program Breakthrough News with Eugene Puryear & Rania Khalek to discuss Mexico’s historic judicial elections. In the landmark elections where judges were chosen by popular vote, Hackbarth says the Morena-led reforms are a crucial step to overhauling a judiciary long plagued by corruption and nepotism.
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‘School by School’ There Will Be Direct Dialogue With Teachers, Not Only With Union Leadership: Sheinbaum
Starting in August, the federal government will consult Mexico’s teachers school by school, bypassing union leaderships, on the elimination of Ussicamm and its alternative.
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CNTE Agrees to Mobilize to the Estadio Ciudad de México During World Cup Inauguration
After failed negotiations with the federal government on ISSSTE pensions, the CNTE teachers union will march to the Estadio Azteca during the World Cup opening.
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Hundreds Enter the Zócalo Fan Fest After Opening Announcement; There Are Long Lines
Hundreds of fans line up on Madero and Simón Bolívar streets to enter the Zócalo Fan Fest, passing CNTE protest tents along the way to the World Cup opening event.
