Mexico

AMLO Will Not Attend Summit Of The Americas If Any Country Is Excluded

May 11, 2022 Ana Perdigón, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! AMLO, Joe Biden, Mexico, Summit of the Americas

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that if any country is excluded from the Summit of the Americas, he will not attend the event, and will only send a representative instead. During his morning press conference, the Mexican president indicated that if all the countries of the Americas are not invited to the Summit of the Americas, a lower level representative of the government of Mexico would attend, but that he would not go. “If there is exclusion, if everyone is not invited, a representation of the government of Mexico will go, but I would not go,” AMLO said. “The foreign minister would represent me.” Likewise, AMLO said that he does not wish to see a continuation of the US’s non-inclusive policy to continue for the region, in which independence and sovereignty should be respected.

Mexicans Mobilize In Support Of President AMLO’s Electricity Reform

April 16, 2022 Tanya Wadhwa, People's Dispatch. Create! AMLO, Energy, Mexico, Public ownership

On Tuesday, April 12, hundreds of citizens took to the streets in different parts of Mexico in support of the electricity reform promoted by president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). In the capital Mexico City, members of various civil society organizations, social movements, and trade unions held a march from the Zócalo to the Chamber of Deputies. They demonstrated outside the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, calling on the legislators of the opposition parties to approve the reform to the Electricity Industry Law (LIE), which allows nationalization of the energy industry.

Caravan For Water And Life Opposes Tuxpan-Tula Gas Pipeline In Mexico

April 4, 2022 Brent Patterson, PBI Canada. Resist! Canada, Mexico, Pipelines, Tuxpan-Tula Gas Pipeline

Earlier this year, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanied the organizations and communities that gathered in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla for the National Meeting of Struggles Against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects. At that time, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “We celebrate that this meeting has been an opportunity for defenders of the territory and the environment to share their words and experiences on the road to articulating a culture of peace, justice and respect for community rights.” Those gathered at the National Meeting expressed their opposition to the TC Energy Tuxpan-Tula gas pipeline (across the states of Veracruz, Puebla and Hidalgo), the Morelos gas pipeline (across the states of Tlaxcala, Puebla and Morelos) and other megaprojects.

President AMLO Criticizes US Claim It Hosts Russian Spies

March 30, 2022 Ben Norton, Multipolarista. Educate! Mexico, Russia, Sovereignty, Spies

Mexico’s left-wing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticized the United States for claiming his country hosts more Russian spies than any other. “We need to send them telegrams, informing them that Mexico is not a colony of any foreign country, that Mexico is a free, independent, sovereign country,” declared López Obrador, who is known popularly by the acronym AMLO. “More and more this should be known, because sometimes it appears that it is not understood well enough,” the Mexican president added. The leader of US Northern Command (Northcom), General Glen VanHerck, claimed in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 24 that Russia’s foreign military intelligence agency the GRU supposedly has more spies in Mexico than anywhere else.

This Mexican Town Kicked Out The Government Ten Years Ago

March 9, 2022 Nevermore. Create! Autonomous Zone, Community Control, Drug War, Mexico

After taking control of their community, the people of Cheran decided to ban political parties, abolish police, and establish a unique form of participatory democracy based on their indigenous Purepecha traditions. As anarchists, it was truly beautiful to be in a place where the people have seized control of their community from the state, and we were delighted to see that the community, by all appearances, is doing very well. Cheran has now been self-governing for over 10 years, and despite narco-violence being endemic in much of Michoacan, the autonomous town seems to be somewhat of an oasis in the midst of Mexico’s ongoing drug war. According to a 2017 article in the Los Angeles Times, there were ZERO murders or kidnappings reported in Cheran in the six years following the uprising.

Cuba, Nicaragua And Mexico Lead World Gender Parity In Parliaments

March 8, 2022 Kawsachun News. Create! Cuba, Gender Parity, Mexico, Nicaragua

Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What’s more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gender balance in parliament this week. Cuba, with 53.4% of women holding seats in the National Assembly, ranks second worldwide, followed by Nicaragua, which with 50.6% of its National Assembly held by women lawmakers, ranks third overall in the world.

Facing Mexico’s Zero-Waste Challenge

March 1, 2022 Diana Leon, Resilience. Create! Environment, Mexico, Sustainability, Worker Rights, Zero waste

Grassroots organizations in Mexico are promoting inclusive recycling by helping usher trash pickers, or pepenadores, into the salaried workforce. In the endeavor, they draw on positive experiences around the developing world. What’s more, Mexican environmental activists have devised unique ways to attract community participation in reducing and recycling domestic waste. Para leer este artículo en Español, haz click AQUÍ Inclusive recycling, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report, is understood as: “Those waste management systems that prioritize recovery and recycling, recognizing and formalizing the role of trash pickers as key actors. These systems are built through regulations and public policies, initiatives, programs and actions of the public and private sectors.” Above all, it is shared responsibility that implements strong zero-waste policy, community leaders say.

‘Queremos Vivir’: The Workers Who Wouldn’t Die For The Pentagon

February 26, 2022 Maurizio Guerrero, In These Times. Resist! Mexico, Military contractors, Strike, Worker Rights and Jobs

Workers in the Mexican border city of Mexicali, many of them young migrant women, were fighting for their lives. It was the deadliest point of the pandemic in 2020 in one of the hardest-hit states in Mexico, Baja California. By May 2020, a local news outlet reported that 432 of the 519 Covid-19 fatalities to date had been workers in maquiladoras—assembly plants on the border that mostly supply the United States.

Mexican GM Workers Vote In An Independent Union

February 6, 2022 Dan DiMaggio And Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. Organize! General Motors, Mexico, Unions, Victory, Worker Rights and Jobs

Auto workers at a General Motors plant in central Mexico delivered a landslide victory to an independent union in a vote held February 1-2. It's a major breakthrough for workers and labor activists seeking to break the vice grip of the employer-friendly unions that have long dominated Mexico’s labor movement.

Túmin: The Alternative Currency Rebuilding Community In Mexico

February 4, 2022 Mattha Busand Clara Haizlett, Open Democracy. Create! Alternative Currency, Capitalism, Finance and the Economy, Mexico

In southern Mexico, Itzel Castro sits behind the counter at a small artisanal store tucked along a colorful side street. She welcomes customers as they browse shelves stacked full of food, books and accessories. When the customers check out, Castro offers them change – not in pesos, but in Túmin. Túmin is an alternative currency that emerged in Veracruz, Mexico in 2010. About the size of a credit card, Túmin notes are printed with vibrant illustrations that vary from state to state. Each Túmin note is equivalent to one peso, one minute of work or even one US dollar. It is both a unit of exchange and a currency that comes in 1, 5, 10, and 20 denominated notes. Castro works at Túmin Tienda in San Cristobal de las Casas, in the state of Chiapas.

Mexico Has Become A ‘Roofless Prison’ For Haitian Refugees

February 3, 2022 Chantal Flores , In These Times. Educate! Human Rights, Immigration, Joe Biden, Mexico

Monterrey, Mexico —Wilson sits, constantly refreshing his phone, waiting for COMAR, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, to reschedule his appointment, originally set for Oct. 13, 2021. A day prior he received a cancellation through email. “I’m still waiting for the new date,” says Wilson, who asked not to use his full name for protection, with his gaze fixed on the phone. The Casa Indi migrant shelter in Monterrey, in northeastern Mexico, received 1,600 Haitian migrants in September 2021, a month after a tropical storm damaged large swaths of the island and contributed to the destabilization that has forced tens of thousands of Haitians to flee. “At least 214 children arrived, less than 8 years old, 215 women, and about 10 pregnant women. Two children have already been born here. What about the human part?” asks José Jaime Salinas, Casa Indi’s accountant.

Mexican Auto Workers To Choose New Union In Landmark Vote

January 29, 2022 Luis Feliz Leon And Dan Dimaggio, Labor Notes. Organize! General Motors, Mexico, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Workers at a massive General Motors plant in central Mexico will vote in a landmark election next week to decide which union will represent the plant’s 6,500 workers. A victory by the independent union there would be a big step toward breaking the stranglehold of the employer-friendly unions that have long dominated Mexico’s labor scene. Employees at the factory in Silao, Guanajuato, voted last August to invalidate the contract bargained by a corrupt local of the Confederation of Mexican Labor (CTM), ending the CTM’s right to represent the workers there. Four unions are now competing to represent them. Two have ties to the CTM; activists suspect a third union, about which little is known, was created to sow confusion.

Why Seed Companies Fear México

November 20, 2021 Ernesto Hernández-lópez , Inter Press Service News Agency. Create! Farming, Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Mexico, Seeds

Orange, California - Last month México’s Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA. Small-scale farmers and environmentalists stand on this side. Neither addresses the other. This standstill keeps GMO policies ineffective. The court’s decision offers a path out of this by cutting at seed company positions.

Big Oil Pays $192 Million To Extract Fossil Fuels From The Gulf

November 19, 2021 Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch. Educate! Biden administration, Fossil Fuels, Mexico, Oil and Gas

The Biden administration went through with the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history Wednesday. In the controversial sale, major fossil-fuel companies including ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and BP bid a total of $192 million for the rights to drill a stretch of the Gulf of Mexico that is about double the size of Florida, The AP reported. The amount offered is the second-highest total since bidding resumed in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017. The Biden administration has been widely criticized for allowing the sale to proceed even after President Joe Biden promised U.S. climate action during the COP26 talks in Glasgow.

Journalist Banned From US, Detained In Mexico On The Way To Nicaragua

November 7, 2021 Popular Resistance. Educate! Detention, Journalism, Mexico, Nicaragua

Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. His detention follows a multi-platform social media ban on independent journalists, activists and websites in Nicaragua, as detailed by Ben Norton of The Grayzone. There is also a corporate media disinformation campaign targeting Nicaragua and the current election. Sweeney's detention must be viewed in this context as an effort to prevent readers in the United Kingdom from having access to factual reporting.

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