Mexico Solidarity Media

21/12/2024

Soberanía is live now with special guest Sasi Alejandre of the Spanish news platform Canal Red!

Join us TODAY for a live episode of Soberanía, with special guest Sasi Alejandre, to review the biggest events that took place in Mexico in 2024 and what com...

20/12/2024

Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference.

The summary for Friday, December 20th: Landback for Rarámuri people, AIFA, 14,000 artifacts recovered, judicial elections, investigating real estate corruption, Mexico state water upgrade, expanding public media.

Landback for the Rarámuri people, AIFA update, recovery of 14,000 archaelogical and historical artifacts, upcoming judicial elections, investigation into real estate corruption, water system improvements in Mexico state, expanding and strengthening public media.

19/12/2024

Jaime Pulido León was a mine worker and leader of a local of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union. Was.

Death threats drove him and the union out of the Camino Rojo mine owned by Canadian corporation Orla Mining, and even out of the state of Zacatecas.

Jaime Pulido León was a mine worker and leader of a local of the Los Mineros mineworkers’ union. Was. Death threats drove him and the union out of the mine owned by Canadian corp Orla Mining and even out of the state of Zacatecas.

18/12/2024

Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference.

The summary for Wednesday, December 18th: Infonavit’s social housing expansion & new public builder, cleaning up Infonavit irregularities & criminality, reform in international consulates, new Migrant Anthem.

Infonavit's social housing expansion and new public builder, cleaning up Infonavit financial irregularities and internal criminality, reform in international consulates, the new Migrant Anthem.

18/12/2024

Every workday, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a presidential press conference.

Here are the highlights from her Tuesday, December 17 press conference: Security and peace-building, international relations & Latin American unity, Chiapas State Congress, CDMX explosions & the Real Estate cartel.

Security and peace-building, international relations and Latin American unity, Chiapas State Congress, Benito Juarez explosions and the Real Estate cartel.

17/12/2024

Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including final segment of Maya Train opens, Morena bickering between Adán Augusto & Ricardo Monreal, highlighting cooperatives in Mexico City, the ongoing Canada-Mexico-USA trade dispute, frightening upcoming ambassador appointment, and the PILARES social education system.

Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including final segment of Maya Train opens, Morena bickering between Adán Augusto & Ricardo Monreal, highlighting cooperatives in Mexico City, the ongoing Canada-Mexico-USA trade dispute, frightening upcoming ambassador appointment, and the PILA...

17/12/2024

Sheinbaum’s government is granting labor protections and social security to hundreds of thousands of “gig” workers; also on US Ambassador-designate Ron Johnson’s past as a spook for the CIA and as “military advisor” in El Salvador during the civil war and his cozy relationship with Bukele.

Sheinbaum’s government is granting labor protections and social security to hundreds of thousands of “gig” workers; also on US Ambassador-designate Ron Johnson’s past as a spook for the CIA and as “military advisor” in El Salvador during the civil war and his cozy relationship with Bukel...

11/12/2024

Kurt and José Luis join the gr**go podcast Left Reckoning once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump.

Kurt and José Luis join the gr**go podcast Left Reckoning once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris' loss to Trump.

11/12/2024

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the minimum wage in Mexico would once again see an above-inflation increase in 2025. Co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth discuss the deliberate efforts by the AMLO and Sheinbaum governments to end decades of losses in purchasing power through their policy of promoting higher wages and explain what this tells us about Mexico’s post-neoliberal political economy. Plus a conversation about former US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau’s promotion to US deputy secretary of state and a segment on the Mexican far-right’s recent activity in Argentina and Spain. Finally, in Loser and Haters, we take a look at efforts to misrepresent what the Tren Maya is all about.

The minimum wage in Mexico once again sees an above-inflation increase in 2025, former US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau’s is promoted to US deputy secretary of state and the Mexican far-right’s recent activity in Argentina and Spain.

11/12/2024

Mexico Solidarity’s José Luis Granados Ceja appears on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, a Canadian TV public affairs show, to discuss the recent stupendous diplomatic blunders of Canadian politicians.

Mexico Solidarity's José Luis Granados Ceja appears on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, a Canadian TV show.

09/12/2024

Highlights from President Claudia Sheinbaum's December 9th press conference

Price control update, almost a million women aged 63 & 64 enrolled in new benefits program, over 100,000 medical professionals apply to work for new house-to-house healthcare program, public housing programs advancing, 50% discount on Maya Train over holidays, re-distributing money saved from axing corrupt institutions.

Price control update, almost a million women aged 63 & 64 enrolled in new benefits program, over 100,000 medical professionals apply to work for new house-to-house healthcare program, public housing programs advancing, 50% discount on Maya Train over holidays, re-distributing money saved from axing....

09/12/2024

Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including tarrif war, Pirelli union-busting, Mexico-Canada tiff, Canadian mining corporation disasters and increased inspections, new reforms benefitting delivery app workers.

06/12/2024

People’s Mañanera December 6

Record figures for members & base salary at IMSS, Sinaloa Public security, economic and social policy, USA-Mexico relationship, Sheinbaum to Salinas Pliego: “Justice has arrived, everyone must pay taxes”, bacteria-related deaths, fight against the Real Estate Cartel.

Record figures for affiliation and base salary at IMSS, Sinaloa Public security strategy, Mexican economic and social policy, USA-Mexico relationship, Sheinbaum to Salinas Pliego: “Justice has arrived, everyone must pay taxes", bacteria-related deaths in hospitals, the fight against the Real Estat...

04/12/2024

The People’s Mañanera December 4

Minimum wage increase, 8.84% decrease in truck theft, record fentanyl seizure in Sinaloa, Sheinbaum insists on Spanish apology over conquest, most ex-presidents move abroad promptly after their terms, Ayotzinapa update.

Minimum wage increase, 8.84% decrease in truck theft, record fentanyl seizure in Sinaloa, Sheinbaum insists on Spanish apology over conquest, most ex-presidents move abroad promptly after their terms, Ayotzinapa update.

03/12/2024

Decrease in homicides, minimum wage increase, 40 hour work week discussion to launch in 2025, Attorney General moves against judge who freed cartel leader El Contador, historic high in remittances, machismo, Mexico will welcome deportees, AIFA gets award, final section of Maya Train opens on December 15th.

Decrease in homicides, minimum wage increase, 40 hour work week discussion to launch in 2025, Attorney General moves against judge who freed cartel leader El Contador, historic high in remittances, machismo, Mexico will welcome deportees, AIFA gets award, final section of Maya Train opens on Decembe...

03/12/2024

In this special “Canada Edition” of the Soberanía podcast, co-hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth breakdown the central role played by Canadian mining companies in the Mexico-Canada bilateral relationship and explain why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to throw Mexico under the bus in the face of tariff negotiations with Donald Trump. Plus a discussion on the efforts by the Claudia Sheinbaum government to bury the vestiges of the old neoliberal order by dismantling so-called autonomous institutions. Finally, in Losers and Haters, we explain why the New York Times is trying to turn its coverage of Mexico into an episode of Breaking Bad.

Why is Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau trying to throw Mexico under the bus in the face of tarrif negotiations with Donald Trump and what is the central role played by Canadian mining companies in the Mexico-Canada bilateral relationship?

03/12/2024

02/12/2024

Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference. Starting today, Mexico Solidarity Media will be posting the highlights from the press conference.

Rosaio Castellanos University expansion, price controls on food, disabilities pensions, 3.88 million children receive Rita Cetina scholarship, new presidential decrees, responding to Canadian politicians, AMLO's legacy and the PAN is the real estate cartel.