“Mining companies use organized crime against unions”: Napoleon Gómez Urrutia
The head of Mexico’s National Mining Union said that several mines are replicating the model of Canadian Orla Mining, hiring armed groups to interfere in union votes.
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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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REMA Accuses Zacatecas of Expediting Mining Project Approvals
The Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining believes the government is expediting environmental permits without considering the cumulative impacts in regions that already face overexploitation of aquifers & environmental degradation.
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Concessions, Concessions, Concessions
The yet-to-be-disclosed 200 mining concessions voluntarily returned to the Mexican state represent less than 1% of the 22,000 currently active, while questions remain about the government’s new strategy.
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A Raw Deal
Mining in Mexico has not led to economic development. Despite record wealth extraction, mining communities remain poor, and often poverty rates are far higher than the national average.
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The Mining Minefield – Soberanía 95
The controversy surrounding the U.S.-Mexico critical minerals agreement, examining what it actually says, what it doesn’t, and why it has sparked widespread concern over national sovereignty and resource control.
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Critical Minerals: Subordination
The risk is clear: Mexico’s mining, environmental, & investment policies can be progressively shaped to comply with Washington’s parameters, while a model of coordinated dependency becomes the regional norm.
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Cambiémosla Ya: US-Mexico Critical Minerals Action Plan Puts Mexican Sovereignty At Risk
The collective believes the action plan is a betrayal of campaign promises, and a threat to Mexico, its town and its common resources.
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Under the National Security Strategy, Trump Pushes for Latin America’s Minerals, Energy & Infrastructure
Mexico is facing a race against time to strengthen not only energy sovereignty, but also energy security in a period of intensified US imperialism.
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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.
