Mexico

Mexican Journalist Under Government Protection Plan Shot Dead

May 17, 2019 Staff, Aljazeera.com Educate! Journalism, Mexico, Repression

A Mexican journalist enrolled in a federal protection programme has been shot dead, the fifth reporter to be killed this year in one of the most dangerous countries for the press. The blood-soaked body of crime reporter Francisco Romero was found on a pavement outside a nightclub in his hometown of Playa del Carmen along Mexico's Caribbean coast on Thursday, authorities said. Romero ran a Facebook-based news site called "Ocurrio Aqui" (It Happened Here) that covers local politics and crime and had more than 17,000 followers. He also worked for one of the state's leading newspapers, Quintana Roo Hoy.

Squalid Migrant Shantytown Forms In Mexican Border City

May 15, 2019 Patrick Timmons, Upi.com Educate! Africa, Haiti, Immigration, Mexico, Repression, Undocumented

TAPACHULA, Mexico, May 14 (UPI) -- African and Haitian migrants stranded for two months in southern Mexico during an immigration crackdown begun by the United States are living in a roadside shantytown whose squalid conditions endanger health and hurt nearby small businesses, residents and local migrant aid organizations say. "I've never seen it like this and I've lived here 30 years. My business is suffering," said Narciso Lopez Flores, a convenience store owner in Tapachula. "Piles of trash are everywhere and people are defecating near to where they have to sleep. I'm worried about everybody's health, my family's and theirs."

Cinco De Mayo Statement

May 5, 2019 the Embassy Protection Collective. Educate! Cinco de Mayo, Embassy Protection Collective, Mexico, Venezuela

From inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC, 5 of May, 2019. As people from the United States, members of The Embassy Protection Collective have been fulfilling our trust as a temporary protectorate of the Embassy of Venezuela, located in Washington DC, for the past several weeks. We are holding strong despite being surrounded by hostile forces working with the United States Government and right-wing forces in Latin America to overthrow the duly-elected and internationally-recognized Venezuelan Government, ruin its economy, and steal its resources. On this Cinco de Mayo, an anti-imperialist anniversary, we stand in solidarity with Anti-Imperialist and Indigenous Struggles around the World.

Time Is Running Out For Old And New NAFTA Deal

April 8, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Canada, Mexico, NAFTA, United States, USMCA

Back in December 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump gave Congress a six-month ultimatum to approve the newly signed “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement” (USMCA), yet as elections loom closer and tariffs disputes continue the chance of the countries ratifying the pact this year are receding. Even though a deal was reached in 2018, the USMCA has not been ratified by any of the three countries, which means the trade framework is still at risk. “The USMCA is in trouble,” assured former Mexican deputy foreign minister for North America, Andres Rozental.

All Of This, We Have To Defend

April 3, 2019 Caitlin Manning and Joe Bender, Roarmag.org Create! Indigenous Peoples, Mexico, Zapatistas

An indigenous community in the highlands of Chiapas is learning about the theory and practice of agroecology to lessen their dependency on pesticides. ispatches from Resistant Mexico is a series of short documentaries from southern Mexico, each depicting one of the thousands of pockets of resistance throughout Latin America that are in struggle against what the Zapatistas call “the capitalist hydra”. These individuals and communities affirm a way life in opposition to capitalist economics and values.

Thousands Of Workers At US Factories In Mexico Are Striking For Higher Wages

April 1, 2019 By Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox.com Resist! Class Struggle, Factories, Mexico, Wages, Workers

Hundreds of Coca-Cola workers are camping out at a major bottling plant until they get a raise. More than 8,000 Walmart employees were prepared to walk off the job, until management met some of their demands. And 30,000 striking factory workers have finally returned to work after a month-long strike. Workers are organizing at unprecedented rates along the border — in Mexico. Since January, thousands of factory workers have been striking for higher wages in Mexican border cities, which are home to hundreds of factories run by US companies and subcontractors.

Tosepan: Resistance And Renewal In Mexico

March 6, 2019 By Alex Jensen, Localfutures.org Strategize! Class Struggle, Mexico, New Economy

Since the mid-1980s, Mexico has been a poster child for globalization. Through free trade treaties and structural adjustment policies imposed by international financial institutions, the country has been “liberalized” – opened up to unfettered corporate investment and imports – to an extent matched by few other countries. Though the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the most well-known trade treaty to affect Mexico, it is but the first and largest of numerous multilateral and bilateral agreements that make Mexico the world’s free trade agreement (FTA) leader.

US, Canadian & Mexican Workers Denounce Mass Firings Of Matamoros Strikers

March 2, 2019 Reporters, WSWS Resist! Mexico, Strikes, Worker Rights and Jobs

Mexican auto parts and other “maquiladora” corporations are firing workers in retaliation for launching a wave of wildcat strikes that brought the Mexican border town of Matamoros to a standstill. The firings are a desperate attempt to block the growth of the strike movement, which has now spread to other cities along the border and in the country’s interior. The president for the state of Tamaulipas’ branch of the Employer Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), told Expreso on Thursday that 4,000 workers have already been fired or laid off since the strikes began.

Zapatistas Take On President AMLO At 25th Anniversary

February 28, 2019 Jérôme Baschet, Roarmag.org Resist! AMLO, Electoral Politics, Mexico, Zapatistas

On January 1, 2019, the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico celebrated the 25th anniversary of the start of their uprising in 1994. Normally, these yearly celebrations are festive activities marked by speeches and dances commemorating the historic moment the Zapatistas said “Enough!” (¡Ya basta!) to five centuries of colonial rule that left Indigenous communities devastated; to the Partido Revolucionario Institucional’s decades of “perfect dictatorship”; and to the neoliberal policies that brought about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

A Spark Of Hope: The Ongoing Lessons Of The Zapatista Revolution 25 Years On

February 19, 2019 Hilary Klein, Portside.org Create! History, Mexico, Zapatistas

January 1, 2019 marked 25 years since the Zapatistas captured the world’s imagination with their brief but audacious uprising to demand justice and democracy for Indigenous peasants in southern Mexico. While never formally laying down its weapons, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation, EZLN) has since become known more for its peaceful mobilizations, dialogue with civil society, and structures of political, economic, and cultural autonomy.

Union Thugs Assault Striking Matamoros Workers

February 17, 2019 Andrea Lobo, WSWS.org. Resist! Matamoros, Mexico, Strike, Workers Rights and Jobs

The Mexican and US ruling class and the trade unions are ramping up their physical intimidation and reprisals against the workers in Matamoros, Mexico, whose rebellion against the trade unions and sweatshop conditions has sparked an ongoing strike wave across the country. On Thursday morning, the same workers at the Fisher Dynamics auto-parts plant in Matamoros who sent a video supporting the February 9 demonstration in Detroit against plant closings announced by GM in the United States and Canada, told the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter that union thugs had attacked their picket line.

With López Obrador In, Workers Have The Confidence To Walk Out

February 12, 2019 David Bacon, Socialistproject.ca Resist! Class Struggle, Mexico, Workers

The election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as president of Mexico has raised the hopes and expectations of millions of Mexican workers. There could be no better evidence of this than the strike of tens of thousands of workers in Matamoros, a city at the eastern end of the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo in Mexico) from Brownsville, Texas. During the past month, between 30,000 and 40,000 of the 70,000 maquiladora workers in Matamoros plants have walked off their jobs.

The Facts About The Humanitarian Crisis In Mexico And Central America

February 8, 2019 Staff, Doctorswithoutborders.org Educate! Central America, Doctors without Borders, Health Care, Mexico

US Administration officials are sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis along the border with Mexico to justify building a border wall. As a medical humanitarian organization treating people in Honduras, El Salvador, and along the migration route through Mexico, we can be absolutely sure of this: a wall will do nothing to address the humanitarian crisis in Central America driving large numbers to flee north in search of safety and security. A humanitarian crisis demands a humanitarian response.

Uruguay, Mexico Present Outline For Montevideo Conference

February 7, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Create! Electoral Politics, Latin America, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela

The conference will foster a platform for respectful negotiations between Venezuela and its opposition. The agenda for the “Montevideo Mechanism” being held in Uruguay on Thursday will be a four part process, foreign ministers said Wednesday. International delegates were directed to a press conference lead by Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrand where they presented a brief outline of the meeting. Held in hopes to mediate the domestic turmoil between Venezuelan opposition forces and the legitimate Nicolas Maduro administration, the conference will be broken into four segments, the foreign ministers said.

Matamoros Strike Grows As Mexican Ruling Class Warns Of National Strike Wave

February 4, 2019 Eric London and Andrea Lobo, WSWS. Resist! Class Struggle, General Strike, Mexico, Strikes, Workers

The strike of tens of thousands of Matamoros workers spread beyond the maquiladoras this week to new industries as workers in water purification, milk production and Coca-Cola bottling walked out of their Matamoros workplaces Thursday and Friday. Several additional auto parts maquiladoras also joined the strike at the end of the week, including at Spellman, Toyoda Gosei Rubber and Tapex. Although over a dozen plants have returned to work after the companies granted the 20 percent wage increase and $1,700 bonus demanded by the strikers, more than 25 remain on strike, costing the mostly US-based companies a whopping $37 million per day.

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