Mexico

It was not a “natural disaster”; it was a social catastrophe! —CST Mexico Mexico is once again at the center of global news. This time, however, it is not due to the capture or extradition of drug lords. Nor is it due to the migration crisis on the U.S. border or Trump’s latest threats against […]

 By Socialist Workers’ Current (Corriente Socialista de los Trabajadores, Mexico) The international press has emphasized that it is a major accomplishment that a woman has been elected president for the first time in Mexico, a country which, among other problems, suffers from a high rate of femicides, disappeared women and sexist violence. Every day, between […]

The events that took place on the night of Monday, March 27, at a National Institute of Migration (NIM) center, in which 40 migrants died, highlight the migratory crisis and the repressive policies of the Mexican and U.S. governments, especially when their first reaction was to blame the migrants who set fire to mattresses and […]

The cycle of electoral victories of so-called progressive parties, which had already brought Gabriel Boric (Chile) and Gustavo Petro (Colombia) to national governments, is now confirmed with the election of Lula (Brazil), the last of the 2022 crop. By: Ricardo Ayala – PSTU (Brazil) Thus, the largest economy in Latin America is added to Mexico, […]

Originally Published by Corriente Socialista de los Trabajadores (CST) in Forja Socialista No. 10, September 2022 On September 1, 2022, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as ‘AMLO’ presented his fourth state of the nation government report. His reports are no different from those of the previous administrations because they too were plagued […]

Originally Published by Corriente Socialista de los Trabajadores (CST) in Forja Socialista No. 10, September 2022 In his Fourth Government Report, AMLO stated that the economy recovered to pre-pandemic levels, bringing in an additional 2.4 billion pesos. He stressed that inequality and poverty have decreased. He gave as examples the increase in the minimum wage, […]

“Biden has confirmed that he will visit Mexico,” said Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Mexican President also known as AMLO. He declared this enthusiastically in his daily morning conference after his telephone conversation with the President of the United States. Biden’s visit is to coincide with the next North American Leaders’ Summit, to be held […]

By Workers’ Voice (U.S.) and Corriente Socialista de los Trabajadores (Mexico) The visit, within the framework of the North American Summit of Governments, announced for last December, has been postponed to Jan. 9-11, 2023. The imperialist representatives of the U.S. and Canada will arrive in Mexico. Why are they coming? With what objectives are the […]

SINTTIA, the National Independent Union of Automotive Industry Workers (Sindicato Independiente Nacional de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Industria Automotriz in Spanish), achieved an overwhelming victory with 76.5% of the votes at the Silao plant. Thus, the union gained the representativeness to negotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with General Motors. It was demonstrated that […]

The “Fourth Transformation” government’s attempt to impose a return to in-person classes launched by President López Obrador with the imperative slogan “come rain or shine” is an irresponsible measure. This decision is being made, it seems, in obedience to the directives from UNESCO and other international organisms who have urged the reactivation of the economy […]

In this electoral campaign, according to the consulting firm Etellekt, 88 candidates or aspirants to popular elected office have been assassinated. Violence is concentrated in the mayoral positions. President López Obrador said that “some media “magnify” the attacks and murders of candidates in order to “distort” the atmosphere for the upcoming elections. Expressing “condolences” to […]

Elections in Mexico’s 32 states are just a few days away. Thousands of executive and legislative positions will be up for election at the state and municipal levels, in addition to the legislators in the federal Chamber of Deputies. Although the “campaign” officially began in April of this year, the ruling and opposition parties have […]

Responsible: the capitalists and all their subservient governments On the night of Monday the 3rd, the horror at the images of the accident swept the country and the world. Popular indignation grew as the first figures of dead and wounded were made public. But these figures are growing and are far from being definite.

In the eastern edge of the state of Durango in northern Mexico, working-class communities in the region known as La Comarca Lagunera are waging an ongoing fight against the U.S. multinational chemical producing company Chemours. La Comarca, an industrialized desert region, includes the cities of Gómez Palacio, Durango, Torreón, and Coahuila.

On July 8th, an official visit by President López Obrador to Washington took place. Donald Trump received him saying that he is “a fabulous man”, proclaimed him “his friend” and even defined him as “the best president Mexico has ever had”. There are many differences in political circumstances between this meeting of AMLO with Trump […]

More than 35 million Mexicans – affected by the misery and colonial plundering of this country – have emigrated to the United States for decades in search of a future for their families. In recent years, the overwhelming majority of them have suffered and continue to suffer discrimination, humiliation, and increasing persecution and deportation by […]