NEWS BRIEFS
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Unions Want 30% Minimum Wage Increase in 2026
The raise would finally bring the purchasing power of the minimum wage up to the level it had 50 years ago in 1976, as workers have experienced decades of neoliberalism and superexploitation by foreign capital.
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Facts & Fiction of the Mexico City Protests
Drop Site’s Ryan Grim speaks with José Luis Granados Ceja about the movement behind Mexico’s recent self-declared “Gen Z” protest and what’s driving the mobilization.
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Mexico City Will Expropriate 400 Buildings to Build Social Housing
The expropriations are part of the city government’s committment to guarantee the right to decent, affordable housing for the lowest-income population.
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El Poder del Consumidor Demands Suspension of Coca Cola Christmas Caravans
Coco Cola propaganda parades are held in different cities across Mexico, representing one of the most persuasive advertising strategies aimed at children by appropriating powerful symbols and cultural values that they associate with a product that has a serious impact on the population’s health.
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People’s Republic of China Announces 2026 Full Scholarship Program for Mexican Citizens
Benefits include tuition and fees, a monthly stipend, accommodation in university residences or an equivalent allowance, and health insurance.
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President Sheinbaum’s Address on the 115th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
Remarks delivered by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in the Zócalo: the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.
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From Geriatric to Ghosted: Mexico’s Second Gen-Z March Fizzles
Tens of protestors, outnumbered two to one by journalists and street vendors, gathered for a dismal march in Mexico City. A planned mobilization at UNAM, where hundreds of thousands of Gen-Z members attend school, drew precisely zero protestors.
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No Agreement: Government Denies Support to Sugarcane Growers, Postpones Response for 2 Weeks
The unsuccessful meeting arose after the government agreed to it to end a November 12th sugarcane grower blockade in Mexico City.
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Unions Across Mexico are Demanding Immediate Approval of the 40 Hour Workweek
Thousands of trade unionists gathered outside Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies to deliver the message that the union movement will not allow the reform to be diluted or for the business sector to impose conditions that limit its scope.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Grupo Salinas; Must Pay $67 Million Fine
The ruling comes a week after the Court definitively ratified seven other tax debts totaling more than 48 billion against ultra-right winger Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s conglomerate.
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Sheinbaum: “We don’t want intervention from any foreign government; it’s not going to happen”
The Mexican President responded to comments made by the US President Donald Trump on Monday indicating he would be okay with launching airstrikes on Mexico.
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US President Trump Says Would Be “OK” with Airstriking Mexico
Donald Trump claimed without evidence that 25,000 lives are saved for every alleged drug-carrying boat the US has illegally destroyed in international waters.
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Behind the “Gen Z” March: 90 Million Pesos, Foreign Activists, Mexican Politicians & Businessmen
Familiar, aged faces from Mexico’s right wing opposition collaborated with the international right wing.
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Desperate Times
Mexico City’s “Gen Z” march, heavily publicized by the ultra-right wing & corporate media, featured the same old geriatric gentry, with the new addition of a violent shock group.
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Mexico’s Curiously Elderly Gen-Z March
More geriatric than Gen-Z, the violence at yesterday’s astro-turfed right wing march by a shock group marked another sad degeneration for Mexico’s feckless right wing opposition.
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Clicks November 15
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including declining possibility of anti-China tariffs, Salinas Pliego’s tax debt, unequal transfer, Cuauhtémoc’s death, artists vs ICE, casinos & money laundering, the unbearable Christopher Landau, 4T & public media, new Colosio suspect, and GM in San Luis Potosí.
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Marx at the Margins
Fourteen years later, Kevin Anderson’s seminal work is finally available in Spanish, essential reading in times of genocide & climate crisis, revealing a Marx more aligned with the questions of Global South struggle than his academic caricature.
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Workers Party Says No to Saúl Monreal as Zacatecas Governor Candidate
The PT will form a coalition with Morena & the Green Party, which would prevent Saúl Monreal, brother of the current Governor, from competing due to party regulations against nepotism,
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Resolves First Grupo Salinas Tax Lawsuit: 33 Billion Owing
The largest tax lawsuit was unanimously resolved against the group owned by ultra-right winger Ricardo Salinas Pliego, which also controls millions of workers’ pensions.
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CNTE Sets Up Protest Outside Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies
The CNTE teachers’ union leadership pointed out that the federal government “has only offered delaying tactics; its statements are far from the reality experienced by thousands of teachers throughout the country.”
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Right Wing Government Re-opens Children’s Home Where 80 Children Were Rescued from Rape & Human Trafficking
The Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office is governed by vapid, anti-communist right wing PRI Alessandra Rojo de la Vega. In 2014, the PRI was caught running a prostitution network in the same borough.
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TV Azteca’s Bet365 & Betano, Gambling Websites Blocked in Mexico Following Money Laundering Investigation
Both websites are part of an investigation by Mexican tax authorities regarding casinos allegedly being used to launder money from criminal activities.
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BYD Reconsiders Installing Manufacturing Plant in Mexico
The announcement comes as Mexico appears to be stalling on anti-China EV tariffs, widely regarded as resulting from US pressure, and following a number of plant closures from American & European auto producers.
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Sugarcane Growers Lift Blockade: Will Establish Working Group with Mexican Agriculture Secretariat for Rescue Plan
After 30 hours of protest, the sugarcane farmers lifted their blockade in Mexico City, signing a document that did not include their request for a 300 pesos per ton subsidy.
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Nayarit State Beaches Recovered: Stolen by Ex-Governors
Former PRI Governors Ney González and Roberto Sandoval stole 9 million square meters of coastline.
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Campesinos Demand Halt to Attorney General’s Investigation Into Farmers Strike Blockades
Farmers had planned to block customs & international bridges a week prior, but decided against it to avoid retaliation from the US government.
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Migrants Ask Sheinbaum to Strengthen Consular Protection Amid US Migration Crisis
More than 100 organizations in the US and Mexico expressed their deep concern about the growing vulnerability faced by Mexican communities in the US.
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Over 11,000 Labour Complaints Registered on Mexico’s New Platform
The most frequent complaints filed by workers in Mexico concern unpaid wages, minimum wage, Christmas bonus, working hours, partial or non-payment of profit sharing.
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Tribute to ex-Governor Rubén Figueroa Sparks Criticism for Role in Guerrero’s Dirty War
A Sunday tribute by the Morena state government to the murderous architect of the state’s Dirty War, responsible for thousands of deaths & disappearances, has provoked a furious response.
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Morena Needs to be Much More Critical, says Citlalli Hernández Regarding Carlos Manzo Case
The head of the Women’s Secretariat, called on Morena to “further strengthen our analysis and criticism.”
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CELAC-EU Summit Makes Vague Gesture Against Use of Force, No Rejection of US Attacks
The joint declaration took 12 hours of deliberation.
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First Units in CDMX Affordable Social Housing Program Will be Ready in 2026
By the end of Clara Brugada’s 6-year term, in 2030, there will be 20,000 new units available for youth under 35.
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INEHRM: Spain’s Allusion to Pain Caused by Colonization “would be better if it were bigger & more explicit”
Finally, a Spanish official “dared to make that public acknowledgment,” said Felipe Ávila of Mexico’s National Historical Institute.
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Mexico’s Ban on Outsourcing Revealed Massive Profit-Sharing Evasion
For years, corporations in Mexico used outsourcing to evade financial obligations to workers, pocketing tens of billions, until a 2021 outsourcing ban closed their lucrative, exploitative loophole.
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Clicks November 8
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Mexico City’s Utopias, Guanajuato corruption, Peru vs Mexico, anti-eviction reform, national farmers strike, fraudulent assassination plot against israel ambassador, and violence in Michoacán.
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Mexican Senate Backs Sheinbaum in Diplomatic Conflict with Peru; Rogers Waters Celebrates Chávez Asylum
Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters heralded President Claudia Sheinbaum for granting political asylum to Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez.
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Normalistas: The “Gen Z March” is Being Promoted by the Right Wing
Students from rural teachers colleges demanded a meeting with the Secretary of the Interior to address violence against them, but rejected the Gen Z march in Mexico City on November 15th as a plot deriving from right wing hatred.
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Six Structural Barriers Hinder Gender Equality in Mexican Workplaces
Equality is not a concession or a favor, it is an act of justice. As long as women’s work remains invisible, there will be no economic justice.
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November is a Key Month for Work Week Reduction Reform
90 years ago, the ILO defined the 40 hour workweek as an international standard. Mexico still has, in 2025, a 48 hour workweek, one of the longest in the world.
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REMA Rejects Canadian Mining Corporations’ “Sustainable Mining” Standards as Sham
The organization stated the new standard promoted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico is a self-assessment mechanism covering up socio-environmental violations & favouring impunity for Canadian corporations.
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Supreme Court Denies TV Azteca & Grupo Elektra Request to Postpone Tax Trials
The companies, owned by notorious tax scofflaw Ricardo Salinas Pliego, requested a postponement of the rulings while the Tax Service “adjusts” debts. The court also dismissed motions to recuse Justices Batres, Esquivel, & Ortiz.
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Mexican Foreign Ministry: Peru Breaking Relations is a Disproportionate Action
The Peruvian government is obligated to allow former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez to leave the country if Mexico, which granted her asylum, requests it.
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Trump is Testing Plan to Send Troops to Mexico, According to NBC
CIA agents would also be part of the operation.
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Sheinbaum: “Vultures” on the Right are Calling for a Return to the War on Drugs
Mexico’s President commented that, “Justice is the only way to build peace and security, social justice where there is zero impunity. That is why the judiciary was reformed.”
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CFE: In Mexico, 295,000 People Live Without Electricity
Mexico’s public energy utility aims to ensure that 4,473 communities, primarily in rural areas, Indigenous communities and marginalized urban areas, will have electrical services by the end of 2028.
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President Sheinbaum Celebrates Day of the Dead with National Palace Offering
“We honor those who cared for the cornfields, those who healed with herbs, those who told stories under the moon, those who defended their land and dignity,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum declared.
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Clicks November 1
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Coca Cola Christmas propaganda, Acapulco airstrikes, Trump’s plans for Mexico, ICE deaths, the Sheinbaum method, cempasuchil under threat, and Indigenous autonomy.
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Grupo México Loses Appeal to End Strike at San Martín Mine
Los Mineros obtained a new ruling in its favor so that the mine in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, can continue a strike that has already lasted 18 years.
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Corn Producers Maintain 12 Blockades in 5 States
Mexico’s farmers strike has not ended, as the government has only negotiated with certain producers over issues such as a low price for corn which benefits monopolies and the destruction of food sovereignty initiated by free trade with the US.
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Spain Acknowledges “Pain & Injustice” Caused to Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs made the acknowledgement, a first for Spain, at the inauguration of the exhibition “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico” in Madrid.
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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.