Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics.
Ashwin Ravikumar, Mexico City’s Utopias: A Model of Ecosocialism in Practice Socialist Forum. That urban organizers in Mexico City managed to create a forceful social movement with real political muscle under these conditions should give us further confidence that we can too.
Melissa Esquivias y Carmen Pizano, Siguen aflorando casos de corrupción, pero el Comité Ciudadano ni los ve ni los oye POPLab. Mientras presentan otro informe de cifras alegres, se destapa nuevo abuso de poder de Diego Sinhue, exgobernador de Guanajuato, a favor de Mazda.
Pablo Meriguet, Peru breaks diplomatic relations with Mexico People’s Dispatch. The diplomatic crisis comes after asylum was granted to Betssy Chávez, a former minister in Pedro Castillo’s government, who, according to Mexico, is suffering political persecution.
Sandra Hernández García, Aprueban en Comisiones reforma para endurecer penas contra despojos en la CDMX La Jornada. En comisiones del Congreso de la Ciudad de México se aprobó el dictamen de reforma en materia de despojos, que endurece las penas hasta con 11 años de prisión y con más de 113 mil pesos de multa a quien cometa este delito.
Anthony Pahnke, Mexican Farmer Protests are Getting Results – Could their American Counterparts Follow? Counterpunch. Mexican farmers show another way – one where farmers take control over their collective destiny, taking to the streets to call not just for improved economic returns, but dignity.
José Romero, El espejismo del desarrollo: sin industria y sin campo La Jornada. Hoy, los grandes exportadores del agro mexicano ya no son nacionales. Las cadenas más rentables –aguacate, berries, frutas y hortalizas– están controladas por corporaciones extranjeras como Driscoll’s, Mission Produce o Del Monte, que coordinan la producción y la exportación desde fuera del país.
Iran Denies U.S. and Israeli Claims of Assassination Plot in Mexico WANA. The Iranian Embassy in Mexico has rejected recent allegations by the United States and Israel accusing Tehran of plotting an attack against the Israeli ambassador in Mexico City, describing the claims as “entirely false.”
Darren Garcia, Embajada de Irán rechaza acusación de Israel sobre atentado a embajadora Contralínea. Es mentira que la República Islámica de Irán haya planeado asesinar a la embajadora de Israel en México, Einat Kranz Neiger; es información falsa que se compartió de manera muy grave entre los medios y redes occidentales, señaló en conferencia el embajador de Irán en México, Abolfazl Pasandideh.
Mexican President Announces Plan for Peace and Justice in Michoacan Telesur. President Sheinbaum unveiled a three-part strategy to address violence following the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Manzo.
Alejandro Páez Varela y Álvaro Delgado Gómez, Carlos Manzo era afín a la izquierda, no a la derecha, dice su hermano Sin Embargo. El Subsecretario de Gobierno de Michoacán, Juan Manzo, aseguró que la muerte de su hermano, Carlos Manzo, provocó una profunda consternación social no solo en el estado, sino a nivel nacional, por lo que pidió no usar el caso con fines partidistas.
Mexico’s Ban on Outsourcing Revealed Massive Profit-Sharing Evasion
November 8, 2025
For years, corporations in Mexico used outsourcing to evade financial obligations to workers, pocketing tens of billions, until a 2021 outsourcing ban closed their lucrative, exploitative loophole.
Clicks November 8
November 8, 2025
Our weekly roundup of Mexican political news from the Spanish & English language press, including Mexico City’s Utopias, Guanajuato corruption, Peru vs Mexico, anti-eviction reform, national farmers strike, fraudulent assassination plot against israel ambassador, and violence in Michoacán.
Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture Favours US Producers Over Mexican Producers
November 7, 2025November 7, 2025
The Mexican government’s response to the just demands of corn producers reveals that for all its rhetoric about food sovereignty, it remains committed to neoliberal agricultural policies that devastated Mexican agriculture.
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