NEWS BRIEFS
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Mexico City’s International Workers Day Mobilized 20,000
National unions such as CNTE, SME and unions representing PEMEX and TelMex workers participated in multiple marches which converged on the Zócalo.
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Housing Orgs & Experts See Fair Rents Reform as Insufficient in Face of Gentrification in Mexico City
Nine months after CDMX head Clara Brugada presented the Fair Rents Act, none of its initial promises have been fulfilled say housing advocates & newly announced initiatives will only be implemented far in the future.
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Tornel Workers Ask for President Sheinbaum’s Intervention to Resolve Strike
In March, striking workers were attacked on the picket line by an armed shock group who shot four workers.
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Mexico City Workers Call for Unity on May Day; “there are still many labour problems”
“Unity is not only found at the dialogue table but also at this event of workers and workers,” Isaías González of CROC stated.
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Mexico’s Education Secretariat Will Meet with CNTE Teachers on International Workers Day
Secretary Delgado says “there is no need for demonstrations” in the streets, but stressed, “we are respectful” of the decisions they make.
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Glyphosate: the Legal & Political Battle That Defines the Future of the World’s Most Widely Used Herbicide
A US Supreme Court decision on cancer & agrochemicals is taking place as the Trump administration declares glyphosate a national security priority.
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President Sheinbaum Presents Steel Industry Supports
Mexico’s steel industry, one of the few not dominated by foreign capital, has been hard-hit by tariffs placed on it by US President Donald Trump.
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Mexican Unions Demand Direct Dialogue with President Sheinbaum on May 1st, International Workers Day
Unions say the priority is for the President to hear firsthand the needs of the workers and improve their conditions “in a more real sense”.
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Delgado Asks CNTE Not To Obstruct World Cup
Mexico’s Secretary of Education worries for the success of the ostensible international sporting event marked by proximity to, & encouragement of, human trafficking, labour exploitation, real estate speculation and fascist collaboration.
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CIA Agents Killed in Chihuahua Were Carrying Weapons & Wearing Uniforms
A new photo contradicts the Chihuahua Prosecutor’s story about the two CIA agents, operating illegally in Mexico, who died in Chihuahua last week.
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Mexico’s Current Minimum Wage Buys 1.94 Basic Basket of Goods; in 2018, it was 0.78
The National Minimum Wage Commission says that last year’s wage increase still outpaced even the sharp inflation which hit the basic basket of goods.
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Parents of Ayotzinapa 43 Accuse Government of Stagnant Investigation
Families say there has been no response to the points they raised when meeting with President Sheinbaum, last November, nor has a follow-up meeting been scheduled, as promised.
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Yoreme Communities Halt Start of Mega-methanol Project in Ohuira Bay
US Ambassador to Mexico & former CIA agent Ronald Johnson warned canceling the project would send a negative signal to US investors.
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Morena Proposes Strengthening of Neighbourhood Representation in Mexico City
The legislators propose Community Participation Commissions have more representation & strengthen their dialogue with mayoral offices.
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CNTE Announces Indefinite Strike in June During World Cup
Teachers consider the strike a “political necessity given the lack of response to the demands for the repeal of the Peña-AMLO education reform and the 2007 ISSSTE Law.”
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including healthcare, tariffs, education privatization & CIA, CIA, CIA.
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President Sheinbaum Inaugurates Train to AIFA
The line connects Mexico City to the airport in 50 minutes, with trains running every 30 minutes.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Suggests PEMEX Transition From Oil Company to “energy entity”
The son of President Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized Mexican oil production in 1938, made the comments as part of the Petroleum Advisory Commission.
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Morena Deputies Propose Making Mother’s Day a Paid Holiday
Mexico is one of the countries with the fewest mandatory rest days for workers, the last holiday was added in 1987.
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Indigenous Communities Denounce Non-Compliance by Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat, Announce Day of Protest
The Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán demanded the removal of the Agricultural Secretary, citing omissions, negligence, & mismanagement of public funds.
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Our sovereignty has come at a price in blood; what happened in Chihuahua is very serious: President Sheinbaum
In the face of the CIA scandal, the President asked governors to abide by the law & follow the principles enshrined in Mexico’s Constitution.
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UNAM Students Prepare Protest: They Spend up to Six Hours a Day on Public Transport
Construction, service disruptions, and overcrowding in Mexico City’s Metro system have dramatically increased commute times for students.
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Workers Party Calls for Chihuahua Governor to be Prosecuted, Morena Calls for Dialogue
The PT called for impeachment proceedings against the governor for “treason against the nation” for conspiring with the CIA, but Morena rejected the idea, considering national unity more important at this time.
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Volkswagen México Has 15 Days to Comply With Rulings on Anti-union Discrimination
Workers Victor Larios and Vladimir Giron hope to return to their original jobs.
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Mexico City Head Brugada Presents Fair Rents Reform
The reform aims to limit annual rent increases to the rate of inflation, increase the supply of social housing, regulate tenant-landlord relations and recognize the right to neighbourhood and community roots.
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CIA Agents Have Entered Chihuahua At Least Three Times in 2026; LA Times
No record was found that the Secretariats of External Relations, Defense, & Public Security had been informed about the participation of CIA agents in operations in Mexico.
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President Sheinbaum Says Presence of US agents in Mexico “should not be underestimated”
Even though the US government has denied information before, as with the kidnapping El Mayo, the President expressed confidence that now Washington will hand over everything related to the CIA officers.
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US Trade Rep Greer Makes Clear That Trump’s Tariffs on Mexican Companies are Here to Stay
Four industry sources familiar with the talks said tariffs on auto and steel, one part of Mexico’s economy with high domestic ownership, will remain.
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President Sheinbaum says Dead US Agents in Chihuahua Collaborating with State Authorities, No Conversation with US Ambassador
The Washington Post reported today the two Americans reportedly killed in an automobile accident were CIA officers.
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Mexico City Government Rules out Rent Freeze
Clara Brugada’s initiative also aims to establish rules for residential rentals and prevent gentrification.
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Government Handing Telmex Over to Carlos Slim for 30 More Years Violates Labour Rights: Telephone Workers
The new concession weakens regulations, the necessity of updating technology and opens the door to even more profiteering & union-busting by one of Mexico’s wealthiest billionaires.
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Mexico’s Plan to Build 100,000 Homes for Government Employees
The program will include self-build projects, participatory design, urban amenities, and services such as grocers and healthcare in housing developments.
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President Sheinbaum Says US Embassy & Chihuahua Government Must Explain Presence of US Agents in Mexico
The President says the Mexican government was unaware of collaboration between Chihuahua & the US embassy, commenting after two unnamed US officials died in a car accident.
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“We will be the protagonists of the victory,” says Cuban Ambassador during Antifascist Cultural Marathon
The marathon, commemorating the Bay of Pigs victory of Cuban forces over US imperialism, took place at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City.
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Chihuahua State Investigation Agency Director & Two US Embassy “Officials” Die in Accident
Former CIA agent and current Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson said the Embassy deeply regretted the tragic loss.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including universal healthcare, day labourers, US imperialism and mining, the Orla mining narco connection, public grocery stores, and the PEMEX oil spill.
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Teaching History in Mexico & Its Importance in the Teachers Movement
With the passing of Enrique Ávila Carrillo, one of the founders of the CNTE, the democratic Mexican teaching movement loses one of its most committed intellectuals.
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President Sheinbaum’s Address to Barcelona Summit in Defense of Democracy
Remarks delivered by the Mexican President in Spain on Saturday, April 18th.
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CDMX’ Brugada Confirms Problems with Metro, Allocates 50 Billion MXN for Rehabilitation
Mexico City’s head of government emphasized that the metro is the “heart of mobility”, & therefore requires not only maintenance, but complete renovation.
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PEMEX Pipeline Caused Gulf of Mexico Spill; Three Officials Dismissed
The Secretary of the Navy stated that the beaches are in a continuous process of cleaning, with daily work allowing them to be kept in adequate condition.
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Feminist & LGBTQ+ Groups Condemn Public Funding for Fearless Congress in Jalisco
They say by granting subsidies, the municipality of Guadalajara violated the separation between Church & State.
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Movimiento Ciudadano Funds Masculinity Congress Organized by Disciples of Pedophile Priest
Under the shadow of the Legionaries of Christ, the Fearless Congress will bring together 10,000 conservatives & speakers such as Jordan Peterson in Jalisco to “heal” masculinity.
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Citlalli Hernández Resigns from Women’s Secretariat to Join Morena, President Sheinbaum Announces
During Hernández’s tenure as head of the Women’s Secretariat, constitutional reforms such as the one establishing substantive equality between women and men were passed.
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Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies Discussing Plant Closure Legislation
Unjustified collective dismissals could face fines of up to $475,636USD.
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Morena & Workers Party Deputies Oppose Fracking in Mexico
The deputies stated that their intention is to reintroduce a ban on fracking, as it was the only one presented by former President AMLO in Plan C that was not approved.
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17.1 Million Workers in Mexico Don’t Have an Employment Contract
As of February, 41.4% of all subordinate workers did not have a written contract, an increase of 0.7% compared to the end of 2025.
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Sheinbaum: No Justification for Raising Price of Tortillas
President Sheinbaum also said a wealth tax needs to be analyzed, but for now, “we don’t have it as part of a broader tax reform.”
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People with Disabilities Denounce Mobility & Infrastructure Barriers in Mexico City’s Care System Consultation
Dialogue sessions and the process towards the consultative stage continue.
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Labour Congress Rules Out Holding International Workers Day Rally on May 1st at CDMX Zócalo
The trade union organization won’t be participating, but President Reyes Soberanis Moreno recommends organizations that do participate include his Congress’ logo.
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Farmers Warn of World Cup Protests After Cancelled Meeting with Interior Secretariat
In Mexico City, farmers were met by riot police and a heavy security presence.
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Striking Tornel Workers File Second Labour Complaint with USMCA Panel
Almost a month after the shooting attack on the picket line in which four workers were injured, the Secretariat of Labour and Social Welfare has not come to carry out any inspection.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including universal health, fracking, nearshoring, food sovereignty, the Tornel strike and the first Polo de Bienestar.
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Tornel Strike Negotiations Stuck on 40 Hours Issue
The tire transnational remains intransigent on the 40 hour workweek issue and pending salary increases.
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48% of Mexico’s Ejidos Lack Access to Banks or Federal Support
Just over 30 years after the promulgation of the Agrarian Law, exploitation by private interests, corruption, lack of public funds, institutional disorganization, intermediation and marginalization have disrupted the organic life of these entities.
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Workers Requested Support from Mexico’s Army & Navy to Face a Mining Company & Narco Alliance, Authorities Ignored Them
Workers at the Camino Rojo mine, owned by Canada’s Orla Mining, faced violence & threats from drug traffickers.
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Workers Party says Mexican Musicians Betrayed
The PT says “lobbyists for the mega-corporations kept circling [Mexico’s cultural] commission like vultures,” and its President fell into the trap of Universal Music, Sony, & Warner.
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Mining Company in Zacatecas Used Drug Traffickers Against Workers, Mineros Union
A USMCA Rapid Response panel pointed out that Canadian company Orla Mining “remained silent and showed tolerance”; & also did not act on the complaints of violations of freedom of association nor investigate them.
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Mexico City Begins Construction of Housing in Guerrero & Historic Center
Five properties will house 250 homes; city authorities assure that the properties will be delivered by the end of this year.
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The USMCA is Causing a Decline in Mexican Agriculture
What can the phrase “Without corn, there is no country” mean when domestic corn production is on its last legs in the face of US dumping and the state’s inability to fight neoliberal free trade?
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The 20-year Plan Placing Work at the Center of Mexico City
The city government says strengthening union organization and defending labour rights will be the pillars shaping the policies and programs of all city agencies for the next two decades.
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Mexican Government Expands Free Internet Network
As of the end of February 2026, CFE’s infrastructure already reached a total of 109,431 points installed in various public spaces, strengthening access to digital services.
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“The world and history will judge the silence of nations in the face of these crimes”
Statement from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mexico on President Trump’s threat of genocide.
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Senators Will Vote on Electronic Registration of Working Hours & 586,000 Peso Fines
The ruling to be analyzed in the Senate adds the electronic registration of the workday to the list of employer obligations.
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Mexico’s Agriculture & Economy Secretariats Pushing to Stop Labeling GMO & Toxic Pesticide Use in Food
Mexico’s Secretariat of Health was to have established mandatory labeling regulations a year and a half ago, but is in violation of the General Law. Critics point to industry interests.
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Using Tear Gas & Water Cannon, Tlaxcala State Police Disperse Farmers & Transporters Strike
The situation of FNRCM members in Tlaxcala is unknown. Meanwhile the state government announced that traffic has been restored on the roads.
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CDMX’s Brugada Announces Campaign to Increase Participatory Budgeting Participation
Mexico City’s upcoming Citizen Consultation on Participatory Budgeting will be held on Sunday, May 3.
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Mexico National Farmers Strike, Day 1
Driven by concerns over US crop dumping, monopoly profiteering, the decline of food sovereignty & insufficient state support, farmers have struck for the third in six months. Now transporters have joined.
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Ultra-right “Masculinity” Congress in Guadalajara
Promoted by government agencies in Jalisco, Guadalajara, and Zapopan and featuring a morbid roster of misogynists, reactionaries & former boy band singer; the expensive two day event has drawn criticism.