NEWS BRIEFS
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Orders Canadian Mining Corp to Pay $2.8 Billion Tax Bill
Primero Empresa Minera, a subsidiary of the Canadian company First Majestic Silver Corp, have previously been fined by the Court for using a procedural trick to prolong the case.
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Mexico Denounces US’ Continued Disregard for Will of Majority at UN Discussion of Cuban Blockade
Mexico’s permanent representative to the UN, Héctor Vasconcelos, reaffirmed Mexico’s historic support for the island, stressing that unilateral sanctions threaten peace & development.
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US Again Attacks Alleged Traffickers in Eastern Pacific
The attack comes only hours after President Sheinbaum said Mexico had requested the US coordinate with the Mexican Navy to arrest, and not murder, suspected traffickers.
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Civil Society Orgs Demand Action on Soda Health Crisis at Mexico’s Senate
Large multinational corporations have accumulated exorbitant profits at the expense of the health of millions of Mexican families. While their profits grow, the rest of society must cover the damage.
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Corn Producers: Agreement with Government Only Partially Meets Demands
Producers did not agree to formalize the base price of 5,200 pesos offered by the government in this most recent national agricultural strike.
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President Sheinbaum Instructs CONAGUA to Halt Mining Waste Concessions
Mexico’s National Water Commission had attempted to reverse a 2023 decision former President AMLO had made expressly prohibiting mining companies disposing of highly toxic waste in waterways.
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US Ambassador Called to Mexican Foreign Ministry to Address Violent Attack on Alleged ‘Drug Boat’ in Eastern Pacific
President Sheinbaum called for the meeting this morning, “to review this situation,” stating the Mexican government does “not agree with how these attacks are taking place.”
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Grain Producers Reject Government Offer: “It doesn’t cover costs.”
Amigos por el Campo pointed out that Altagracia Gómez as president of one of Mexico’s corn monopolies & a key advisor to President Sheinbaum, might contribute to the government’s unwillingness to resolve the dispute.
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High School Teachers Demonstrate, Demand Salary Equalization
Outside Mexico’s National Palace, they called on the federal government to “not fall into the game of passing the buck”, for President Sheinbaum to listen & comply with their 2023 agreement or they would implement a national work stoppage.
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Farmers Hold National Strike, 17 States Face Roadblocks
Mexico’s Peasant Agricultural Movement & National Union of Agricultural Workers deployed throughout the country for the second time in as many weeks, demanding the government set a minimum price on corn and end the destruction of their livelihoods caused by decades of free trade.
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CNTE Teachers Thwart Right Wing Party Assembly
Teachers from Valles Centrales disrupted a political event orchestrated for a new party being formed by ex-governor of Oaxaca Ulises Ruiz Ortiz , responsible for repression against teachers in 2006 which led to 20 murders & multiple disappearances.
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Mexico Launches Deforestation-Free Avocado Export Program
The new program will also move to regularize employment conditions for agricultural workers, along them to access social security benefits.
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Clicks October 25
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including US businessmen & fuel theft rings, Mexico’s most hated politicians, Plan Mexico, USMCA negotiations, blocked Tulum Hotel & an Old Mexican Bolshevik.
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AIFA Will Double in Size, Become Mexico’s Main Airport
One of the signature projects of the AMLO administration, the airport will be served by the new Suburban Train, bringing passengers from Mexico City to the airport in less than 45 minutes.
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Paco Ignacio Taibo II Prepares Ambitious Plan to Promote Reading for Latin American Youth
2.5 million books with 25 titles aimed at people between 15 & 30 will be given away to promote Latin American literature, explained the director of Mexico’s state publishing house.
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National Campesino Confederation Anticipates Agriculture Budget Cuts
Members of the CNC attended the Listening to the Voices of the Field forum at Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to address their concerns about the budget directly to legislators
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National Institute of Migration Dissolves Migrant Caravan in Oaxaca; Arrives in CDMX with Visas
The exodus left Mexico’s southern border after reporting that their asylum applications took months, even more than a year, and that they didn’t have the necessary resources to wait.
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National Institute of Indigenous Peoples & Afro-Mexican Communities Agree on Comprehensive, Just Development Path
The plan will begin to fulfill Mexico’s Constitutional mandate to guarantee the effective exercise of the rights of Afro-Mexican peoples.
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CONAGUA Wants Mining Industry to be Allowed to Dump Toxic Waste into Rivers
Mexico’s National Water Commission is pushing for the mining industry to be allowed to dump toxic waste into rivers, despite President Sheinbaum’s stated environmental objective to clean up contaminated tributaries.
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Mexican Import of White Corn, Used for Dough & Tortillas, Quadruples
2025 will close with record levels of imports, with most of the grain coming from the US, along with genetically modified yellow corn.
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USMCA is “dead, it no longer exists.”
UNAM’s Enrique Dussel Peters warned that it will be replaced by an American tactic of bilateral blackmail & that if Mexico unilaterally imposes tariffs on China, Mexico “is heading towards a dead end”
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Mexico Goverment Will Provide Aid to Families Affected by Flooding
Starting Wednesday, a distribution of 20 thousand pesos will begin to families registered by the Secretariat of Wellbeing in the five affected states.
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Mexico City Trains 100 Officers Against Dispossession
The program seeks to provide Public Prosecutors with legal tools to more effectively handle cases of dispossession, which is an ongoing issue related to the gentrification of the city.
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Clicks October 19
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Sheinbaum to skip Summit of the Americas, Cuba & Venezuela aid Mexico after floods, farmers strike against USMCA, Tina Modotti, Coca Cola politics, and USMCA and unions.
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Mexican Senators Propose Pay Transparency
Senators highlight that without salary transparency, it’s virtually impossible to file a claim for unfair pay, thus perpetuating the gender pay gap.
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Sheinbaum: USMCA Won’t Affect Diesel Sales to Cuba
Sheinbaum also highlighted agreements for Cuban doctors to care for the vulnerable Mexican population, which she described as transparent and beneficial.
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Mexican Government & Soft Drink Monopolies Agree to Reduce Soda Tax
The reduction was announced after representatives from different parties complained about pressure from lobbyists to avoid imposing the tax on light beverages.
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President Sheinbaum on US Operations in Venezuela
Mexico’s President responded to news the US is utilizing the CIA to target Venezuela, after murdering dozens in the Caribbean over the past month and a half.
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Mexican Journalist from Global Sumud Flotilla Responds to US Deputy Secretary of State Landau
The former diplomat and US government’s self-proclaimed Visa Remover has been reduced to spending his last few years on earth as a virtual hall monitor.
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Palestinian Ambassador Demands Economic Sanctions & Arms Embargo on israel
The Hague must prosecute war crimes: ending genocide is not enough, she points out in Mexico’s Senate.
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16 Proposals for 40 Hour Workweek in Chamber of Deputies
With nothing coming from the President, proposals for a 40 hour work week continue to emerge in the Chamber of Deputies, along with calls to stop postponing the debate.
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Threats, Lobbying, & Manipulation: Coca Cola Pulls Out Arsenal to Fight Tax
Soft drink companies, with the help of front groups, have been spreading false information and denying scientific evidence about the harm their products cause, in an attempt to stop an upcoming tax.
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Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba ends with Demand to end Genocidal Blockade, Support for Venezuela
This article by Emir Olivares Alonso originally appeared in the October 13, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. Dozens of delegates from 35 countries demanded that the United States government and Congress end the “genocidal” economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba. In the final declaration of the Ninth Continental…
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Anti-Corruption Secretariat Sanctions Pharma Corps Impromed & Total Farma
The companies will be barred from entering into contracts with federal, state, and municipal government agencies for a year and a half.
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SME Asks Supreme Court to Review Decree Disbanding Luz y Fuerza Electrical Utility
Marking the 16th anniversary of former President Felipe Calderón’s order to abolish the utility, electrical union members claim it violated their human and labour rights.
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CDMX’ Brugada Delivers Report on First Year in Office
Mexico City’s head of government announced before the capital’s Congress the submission of five initiatives on care, gender, and security in her first Informe.
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Clicks October 12
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Sheinbaum’s big Zocalo speech, CDMX head Brugada, Mexicans of Global Sumud Flotilla, neoliberalism, pesticide lobbyists, USMCA, and Cuban Solidarity.
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Touchy “Alito” & His Mysterious Fortune
PRI President & Senator Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas is accused of illicit enrichment, embezzlement, misuse of powers, tax fraud, and money laundering; and is acutely sensitive to questions about his wealth.
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9th Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba Opens in Mexico City
More than 250 delegates from 23 countries attended the opening ceremony, where they expressed their support for the Cuban Revolution and solidarity with Palestine.
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Sheinbaum Coordinates Action to Address Rain Emergency
5,400 personnel, and state and civil protection protocols were activated to assist affected populations across Mexico.
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2026 Budget Requires “Re-engineering” to Address Urgent Social Issues
At a meeting of the Chamber of Deputies’ Budget Committee, the inadequacy of forensic personnel was highlighted.
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Sheinbaum: Boluarte Became Peru’s President Through a Coup
President Sheinbaum expressed her solidarity with Pedro Castillo, still imprisoned by the coup government.
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“We are so sorry!” israel Ambassador to Mexico Downplays Gaza Death Toll, Denies Genocide
The zionist diplomat rejected claims of allegations of abuse and harassment of six Mexican delegates of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
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Day of Mobilization at Supreme Court
Among the protesters will be the SME electrical workers union, demanding a review of the dissolution of the Luz y Fuerza del Centro public utility.
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Waste Separation Mandatory in Mexico City as of January 2026
The ambitious plan could come up against the reality that plastics recycling is mostly economically and technically unfeasible.
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Audio Alleged to be PRI President Moreno Acknowledging Campeche Land Grab Released
In the audio recording, Alito Moreno’s real estate agent reminds him that he has several plots of land available for sale.
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Mexico City Mobilizes on 2nd Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood, Against Genocide of Palestinians
Thousands marched in support of Palestinian national liberation, demanding Mexico break relations with the genocidal state of israel.
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Trump Proposes Separate Agreements with Mexico & Canada
Separate agreements from the USMCA could prevent Canada & Mexico from working together to protect their own domestic priority areas such as public healthcare, generic pharmaceutical production, water, agricultural policy and natural resources.
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US Warns No USMCA Negotiations if Mexico Does Not Give In
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that there will be no negotiations to extend or renew the USMCA while Mexico does not “comply” with the energy, telecommunications, agriculture, & other sectors.
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Volkswagen Puebla to Decide This Month On Possible Layoffs of Over 1,000 Workers
The German automaker is contemplating layoffs, despite receiving more than 197 million pesos in 2025 in support from the state of Puebla.
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Volkswagen Begins Push for Mass Layoffs in Puebla
The German car manufacturer has announced long weekends and staggered workdays, only weeks after a recent contract negotiation netted its union a modest 4% annual increase, leading to condemnation from the CTM union federation.
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CTM Warns 4% Increase at Volkswagen Will Impose Ceiling on All Auto Companies
Leobardo Soto Martínez says the recent agreement reached by SITIAVW with the company sets a damaging precedent for the automotive sector in both Puebla & the country
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Mexicans Kidnapped by israel to be Repatriated
6 Mexicans who were traveling on the Global Sumud flotilla to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza during the genocide are being repatriated to Mexico via Jordan.
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President Sheinbaum’s First Year Address in Mexico City’s Zócalo
Transcript of the nearly hour-long speech commemorating her first year in office, as Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted her government’s signature achievements. to a crowd of over 400,000 people.
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Clicks October 5
Our weekly roundup of Mexican stories in the English and Spanish language press, including President Sheinbaum’s first year in office, Mexico City eviction, Mexicans on the Global Sumud Flotilla, Grupo Mexico, Luz del Mundo, the Mexican economy, & the Malinche musical.
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Mexican & Canadian Labour Coordinating USMCA Approach
In September, delegates from the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo and the National Miners’ Union of Mexico traveled to Canada to meet with local unions to strengthen their ties and demand an active role in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Mexico Moves Towards Unified Healthcare with PRONAM
The General Health Council’s new guidelines are based on the best scientific evidence for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of priority diseases for the entire health sector.
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Mexicans Kidnapped by israel to be Repatriated
A protest Friday afternoon drew crowds to the israeli embassy in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood of Mexico City to demand the release of the six Mexicans.
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Deputies Approve Free Access to All Mexican Beaches, Cancel Privatization
The reform guarantees free access to beaches and natural areas, reversing some of the damaging privatization of Mexican’s national patrimony which began in the 1980s.
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Documentary Lachatao Shows Oaxacan Pueblo Struggling to Not Disappear
Filmmaker Natalia Bruschtein’s documentary about the fears and dreams of the children of this small town in the mountains of Oaxaca.
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Comité 68: “In Tlatelolco & Gaza, events that constitute genocide.”
Supported by students, collectives, and social organizations in a march of thousands in Mexico City, members of Committee 68 reiterated their demand for justice and reparations.
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Mexico-People’s Republic of China Friendship Group Established in Chamber of Deputies
The group aims to strengthen ties of friendship and cooperation between the two nations in the political, economic, cultural, and social spheres.
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Sheinbaum Demands israel Release Global Sumud Flotilla Mexicans
“They must be repatriated immediately,” the Mexican President said of the six Mexicans participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted yesterday en route to Gaza.
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Relatives of Mexicans in Global Sumud Flotilla Kidnapped by israel Demand Strong Action from Mexican Government
Families say the Mexicans were not in israeli territory, but international waters and even if close to Gaza, “that strip of sea belongs to Gaza, not israel.”
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Mexican Supreme Court Justice Lenia Batres Demands Release of Mexicans in Global Sumud Flotilla
“Humanitarian aid is not a crime, which is why I join the urgent demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all activists,” the Justice posted.
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Seize It! Expropriation Reform Coming
President Sheinbaum announced that properties acquired via corruption or with illegal resources will be expropriated for public purposes, such as schools and universities.
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China: US Not Interested in Mexico’s Development, But Rather Imposing its Geopolitical Agenda
The Embassy expressed its “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” to remarks by Mark Johnson of the US Embassy, which it described as blatant rhetoric.
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Feminists Collectives Stop israeli Participation in Sinaloa Cultural Festival
Under pressure, ISIC will withdraw the israeli artist’s work, remove israel’s name from official advertising and officially condemned the genocide in Gaza.