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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
2026 Electoral Reform: Votes Decide, Not Elites
The Electoral Reform bill has four main planks: direct voting in the case of proportional representation candidates, reducing the cost of elections, greater financial oversight and transparency, and strengthening participatory democracy.
President Claudia Sheinbaum was clear: the reform seeks more democracy. It maintains 500 congressional deputies and 96 senators but eliminates party lists or slates so citizens directly elect their representatives. It proposes cutting spending on elections by 25%, bans bots, and regulates AI. The Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) will be eliminated so results are known quickly and costs decrease.
Sheinbaum warned that some won’t want to approve the proposal, but voters will judge those parties at the ballot box.
Housing for Well-Being in Oaxaca
Housing was delivered in San Jacinto Amilpas as part of a humanist project. Governor Salomón Jara noted that the land was donated by the state government. Infonavit director Octavio Romero reported that construction of 5,000 homes has begun in Oaxaca, with 7,000 more to come, advancing the population’s right to housing.
Jalisco Operation: Coordination Yes, but Under Mexican Leadership
Following Donald Trump’s statements on the killing of leading drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera, the President reiterated that the government has already explained the mechanics that were involved. The U.S. provided important information, but the operation was planned and executed by the Mexican Armed Forces.
Mexico-U.S. Diplomatic Relations
Sheinbaum clarified that the Security Cabinet meeting with U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson had been previously scheduled and is unrelated to the weekend operation. She described the encounter as cordial and part of the ongoing understanding and coordination between the two countries.
Lie Detector: Truth vs. Disinformation
- It is not true that that organized crime threatened or attacked the civilian population.
- It is not true that that Guadalajara Airport was taken over by organized crime or set on fire.
- It is not true that that U.S. tourists were taken hostage.
- It is not true that that BBVA closed branches or suspended banking operations on a national level.
- It is not true that that a U.S. agent participated in or caused the death of Rubén “N.”
- It is not true that that the Senate approved the participation of U.S. Marines in the operation.
- It is not true that foreign agents intervened in the arrest of the drug lord.
- It is not true that that the National Security Strategy has changed or is the same as that of former President Enrique Calderón.
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People’s Mañanera February 25
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, Oaxaca social housing, El Mencho Jalisco operation, and diplomatic relations with the US.
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Oxfam: Billionaires Contribute Only 21 Cents per 100 Pesos of Tax
February 25, 2026
As the tax burden in Mexico is still disproportionately on the working class, pensions and social spending are simply a form of recirculating the working class’ own money, as opposed to having the wealthy contribute a fair share for societal benefit.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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What Is US Plan To Reverse West’s Decline? Undo Decolonization, Revive ‘Great Western Empires’
(orinocotribune.com)
By Ben Norton – Feb 18, 2026
Speaking to EU leaders at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a pro-colonialist speech calling to revive “great Western empires” and “build a new Western century” based on exploiting the Global South.
The West’s global dominance has been in serious decline for several decades. The US government wants to reverse this by undoing the progress made by decolonization and reimposing Western hegemony on the world — by force.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech to European leaders, in which he praised “the great Western empires” and said North America and Europe should unite to “build a new Western century”, based on the subjugation of the Global South.
Speaking on behalf of the Donald Trump administration, Rubio made it clear that what Washington has done to Gaza, Venezuela, and Cuba is what it now hopes to do to the rest of the Global South — which represents 86% of the world population, and therefore constitutes the Global Majority.
Marco Rubio’s pro-colonialist speech at the 2026 Munich Security ConferenceMarco Rubio is the second-most-powerful person in the US government, after Donald Trump. He is serving as both secretary of state and national security advisor. (Rubio is just the second person in US history to simultaneously hold the two positions, following notorious war criminal Henry Kissinger.)
Rubio spoke at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 14.
He was surrounded by prominent EU officials, who gave a standing ovation and applauded Rubio’s explicitly pro-colonialist remarks.
The top US foreign-policy official revealed that the US empire wants to reverse the gains made by the anti-colonial struggles in the latter half of the 20th century, and he portrayed decolonization as a sinister plot by “godless communists”.
These were Rubio’s comments (all emphasis added):
For five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West had been expanding – its missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers pouring out from its shores to cross oceans, settle new continents, build vast empires extending out across the globe.
But in 1945, for the first time since the age of Columbus, it was contracting. Europe was in ruins. Half of it lived behind an Iron Curtain and the rest looked like it would soon follow. The great Western empires had entered into terminal decline, accelerated by godless communist revolutions and by anti-colonial uprisings that would transform the world and drape the red hammer and sickle across vast swaths of the map in the years to come.
Against that backdrop, then, as now, many came to believe that the West’s age of dominance had come to an end and that our future was destined to be a faint and feeble echo of our past. But together, our predecessors recognized that decline was a choice, and it was a choice they refused to make. This is what we did together once before, and this is what President Trump and the United States want to do again now, together with you.
And this is why we do not want our allies to be weak, because that makes us weaker. We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who, together with us, are willing and able to defend it.
And this is why we do not want allies to rationalize the broken status quo rather than reckon with what is necessary to fix it, for we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline. We do not seek to separate, but to revitalize an old friendship and renew the greatest civilization in human history. What we want is a reinvigorated alliance that recognizes that what has ailed our societies is not just a set of bad policies but a malaise of hopelessness and complacency. An alliance – the alliance that we want is one that is not paralyzed into inaction by fear – fear of climate change, fear of war, fear of technology. Instead, we want an alliance that boldly races into the future. And the only fear we have is the fear of the shame of not leaving our nations prouder, stronger, and wealthier for our children.
It is worth noting that Marco Rubio’s reactionary red-baiting fails to get even basic facts right. The hammer and sickle on a communist flag are not red; they are yellow. It is the flag itself that is red. But this only further illustrates Rubio’s extreme ignorance of history.
The point is that Rubio used his global platform to regurgitate far-right disinformation, demonizing the anti-colonial struggles of the Global South as an evil communist conspiracy, and vowing to reverse them.
The US secretary of state asserted that Washington will not accept the fact that “the West’s age of dominance had come to an end”, and will use all the tools at its disposable — including and especially military force — to “build a new Western century” and “renew the greatest civilization in human history”.
Rubio tells the West to stop apologizing for its colonial crimesMarco Rubio also told the European leaders who were sitting around him at the Munich Security Conference that they must stop apologizing for the colonialist crimes against humanity that their countries committed in the Global South.
“We do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame”, Rubio declared. “We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who, together with us, are willing and able to defend it”.
In fact, the top US foreign-policy official disputed the undeniable historical fact that Western empires carried out monstrous atrocities.
Rubio insisted that the West must not “atone for the purported sins of past generations”. By using the term “purported”, Rubio was calling into question whether or not they actually were sins; he was whitewashing the horrific history of colonialism, in which the Western imperial powers colonized the vast majority of the world, killed hundreds of millions of people, and enslaved many millions more.
The US secretary of state declared that the West should be proud of these colonial crimes.
“Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history”, he proclaimed.
Top European officials give Marco Rubio a standing ovation after his pro-colonialist speech at the 2026 Munich Security Conference
The European Union gives Rubio’s far-right, pro-colonialist speech a standing ovationMeanwhile, Rubio’s far-right, pro-colonialist diatribe was being applauded by the same EU officials who often bloviate about so-called “democracy” and “human rights” and love to lecture Global South countries for supposedly not being enlightened enough.
The Western media’s coverage of Rubio’s speech erased his pro-colonialist rhetoric and made it all about the US reaffirming Europe that they will stay together in a cozy transatlantic alliance, despite Trump’s aggressive tariffs.
After Rubio concluded his remarks, the moderator of the Munich Security Conference, the German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, thanked him profusely.
“Mr. Secretary, I’m not sure you heard the sigh of relief through this hall when we were just listening to what I would interpret as a message of reassurance, of partnership”, Ischinger said.
“You spoke of intertwined relations between the United States and Europe”, the German diplomat effused. “Thank you for offering this message of reassurance about our partnership”.
German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger praises Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026
Rubio identifies with European colonialists, not Latin Americans — and he denies the genocide of Native AmericansThroughout his speech, Marco Rubio emphasized that colonialism links the United States and Europe in a transatlantic imperial bond.
Rubio repeatedly stressed that United States is itself a European colonial creation. He stated:
For the United States and Europe, we belong together. America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before. The man who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new.
We are part of one civilization – Western civilization.
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… for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe.
Rubio similarly made it clear that he personally identifies with European colonialists.
Although Rubio’s family is technically of Cuban descent, he made no mention of this in his speech. Instead, Rubio stressed that his ancestors came from modern-day Italy and Spain.
Rubio sees himself, proudly, as a child of the European colonial elites of the Americas, rejecting his Cuban heritage. He admires the European colonizers, the conquistadores, who traveled to Latin America, declared themselves the ruling classes, and carried out horrific crimes against humanity against the indigenous populations.
This is what Rubio said:
… for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe.
Our story began with an Italian explorer whose adventure into the great unknown to discover a new world brought Christianity to the Americas – and became the legend that defined the imagination of a our pioneer nation.
Our first colonies were built by English settlers, to whom we owe not just the language we speak but the whole of our political and legal system. Our frontiers were shaped by Scots-Irish – that proud, hearty clan from the hills of Ulster that gave us Davy Crockett and Mark Twain and Teddy Roosevelt and Neil Armstrong.
Our great midwestern heartland was built by German farmers and craftsmen who transformed empty plains into a global agricultural powerhouse – and by the way, dramatically upgraded the quality of American beer. (Laughter.)
Our expansion into the interior followed the footsteps of French fur traders and explorers whose names, by the way, still adorn the street signs and towns’ names all across the Mississippi Valley. Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos – the entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West – these were born in Spain. And our largest and most iconic city was named New Amsterdam before it was named New York.
And do you know that in the year that my country was founded, Lorenzo and Catalina Geroldi lived in Casale Monferrato in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. And Jose and Manuela Reina lived in Sevilla, Spain. I don’t know what, if anything, they knew about the 13 colonies which had gained their independence from the British empire, but here’s what I am certain of: They could have never imagined that 250 years later, one of their direct descendants would be back here today on this continent as the chief diplomat of that infant nation. And yet here I am, reminded by my own story that both our histories and our fates will always be linked.
When Rubio claimed that European colonizers in the modern-day United States “transformed empty plains into a global agricultural powerhouse”, he was engaging in overt genocide genial.
The US secretary of state erased the objective historical fact that European colonizers killed tens of millions of Native Americans, ethnically cleansed them, and stole their land. According to Rubio, these inhabited lands were mere “empty plains”.
Anti-communism unites the WestWhile he denied and whitewashed the genocidal crimes of colonialism, Marco Rubio stressed that the basis of “Western civilization” is fundamentally predicated on capitalism.
The US secretary of state emphasized that anti-communism is a point of unity between Washington and Brussels. He proclaimed:
When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – actually, it was on a continent – that was divided against itself. The line between communism and freedom ran through the heart of Germany. The first barbed fences of the Berlin Wall had gone up just two years prior.
And just months before that first conference, before our predecessors first met here, here in Munich, the Cuban Missile Crisis had brought the world to the brink of nuclear destruction. Even as World War II still burned fresh in the memory of Americans and Europeans alike, we found ourselves staring down the barrel of a new global catastrophe – one with the potential for a new kind of destruction, more apocalyptic and final than anything before in the history of mankind.
At the time of that first gathering, Soviet communism was on the march. Thousands of years of Western civilization hung in the balance. At that time, victory was far from certain. But we were driven by a common purpose. We were unified not just by what we were fighting against; we were unified by what we were fighting for. And together, Europe and America prevailed and a continent was rebuilt. Our people prospered. In time, the East and West blocs were reunited. A civilization was once again made whole.
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When we found ourselves divided once again by the Iron Curtain, the free West linked arms with the courageous dissidents struggling against tyranny in the East to defeat Soviet communism.
It must be mentioned that, during the First Cold War, the US empire joined the European empires in violently opposing most of the anti-colonial movements and propping up racist colonial regimes.
On the other side, the Soviet Union and the Socialist Bloc supported the anti-colonial struggles in the Global South, providing national-liberation movements with weapons, technical assistance, diplomatic backing, and other forms of aid.
This does not mean that all of the anti-colonial movements were evil plots by “godless communists”, as Rubio argued in his speech.
But it is certainly true that the national-liberation struggles were supported by socialist countries, and opposed by capitalist ones.
Rubio calls for a new Western supply chain that cuts out ChinaIn his speech, Rubio strongly insinuated that the West should ally together once again in Cold War Two, this time against the People’s Republic of China.
Although he did not directly name China, Rubio heavily implied that this is the shared adversary of “Western civilization”.
Rubio argued that China was supposedly trying to destroy the West by deindustrializing their economies. He did not mention that it was Western capitalists who voluntarily moved their factories to China and other countries in the Global South in order to exploit lower paid workers.
Instead, Rubio portrayed the deindustrialization of Western neoliberal capitalist economies as an evil Chinese plot, and he argued that the US and Europe should work together to reindustrialize, isolate China, and develop “a Western supply chain for critical minerals”.
These were his remarks:
… we embraced a dogmatic vision of free and unfettered trade, even as some nations protected their economies and subsidized their companies to systematically undercut ours – shuttering our plants, resulting in large parts of our societies being deindustrialized, shipping millions of working and middle-class jobs overseas, and handing control of our critical supply chains to both adversaries and rivals.
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Deindustrialization was not inevitable. It was a conscious policy choice, a decades-long economic undertaking that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capacity, and of their independence. And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade. It was foolish. It was a foolish but voluntary transformation of our economy that left us dependent on others for our needs and dangerously vulnerable to crisis.
Mass migration is not, was not, isn’t some fringe concern of little consequence. It was and continues to be a crisis which is transforming and destabilizing societies all across the West. Together we can reindustrialize our economies and rebuild our capacity to defend our people. But the work of this new alliance should not be focused just on military cooperation and reclaiming the industries of the past. It should also be focused on, together, advancing our mutual interests and new frontiers, unshackling our ingenuity, our creativity, and the dynamic spirit to build a new Western century. Commercial space travel and cutting-edge artificial intelligence; industrial automation and flex manufacturing; creating a Western supply chain for critical minerals not vulnerable to extortion from other powers; and a unified effort to compete for market share in the economies of the Global South. Together we can not only take back control of our own industries and supply chains – we can prosper in the areas that will define the 21st century.
Rubio’s insistence that Western corporations must control the “market share in the economies of the Global South” illustrates how Washington considers the Global South to be little more than a market for US goods and a region that must be dominated by West, with no regard for its sovereignty.
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This article by Clara Zepeda originally appeared in the January 24, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. The country needs more information about how the nation’s wealthiest citizens pay their taxes. “There is a clear lack of tax transparency in this area, unlike in the rest of the world. In Mexico, for every 100 pesos of federal tax revenue, billionaires, as individuals, contribute only 21 cents,” stated Carlos Brown, Director of Programs at Oxfam Mexico.
While available tax data is relatively extensive for lower-income groups, it becomes vague or nonexistent when it comes to the wealthiest people in the country, limiting public scrutiny of the tax system, warned the author of Oligarchy or Democracy: Nine Proposals Against the Extreme Accumulation of Power.
During a discussion about the report, Brown asserted that “the lack of disaggregated data on tax payments also makes it difficult to challenge deeply entrenched narratives, such as the idea that large fortunes sustain the national economy or that certain groups, such as those working in the informal sector, do not contribute fiscally to society.”
Alejandra Haas, executive director of Oxfam Mexico, highlighted that the organization made nine proposals against the extreme concentration of wealth, and among them, those focused directly on the care system stand out, which consist of promoting inclusive policies with collective participation and developing social infrastructure to redistribute unpaid work.
“A care system can at least fix the issue of time,” Haas said during the presentation of the study; and she specified that freeing up hours of unpaid work would allow women to decide whether they want to enter the labor market or participate in politics.
The head of the agency also warned that without a progressive tax reform, it will be difficult to finance this and other transformations.
The meeting also included Gerardo Esquivel, former deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico and author of the first report that Oxfam made for Mexico.
The economist stressed that Mexico needs to get back on the path of faster economic growth, or at least return to the 2 percent annual growth rate of previous years, in order to continue with a redistributive process; likewise, fiscal transparency is required in order to stop being one of the most unequal countries in the world.
The professor from El Colegio de México also asserted that it is necessary to combine a series of policies that help economic growth and the redistribution of resources.
The progress made in the last six years, and part of this one, to combat inequality, such as the increase in the minimum wage, stands out, Esquivel commented; however, he pointed out that a progressive tax reform could further combat inequality.
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People’s Mañanera February 25
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, Oaxaca social housing, El Mencho Jalisco operation, and diplomatic relations with the US.
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Oxfam: Billionaires Contribute Only 21 Cents per 100 Pesos of Tax
February 25, 2026
As the tax burden in Mexico is still disproportionately on the working class, pensions and social spending are simply a form of recirculating the working class’ own money, as opposed to having the wealthy contribute a fair share for societal benefit.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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This article by Juan Luis Ramos originally appeared in the February 25, 2026 edition of El Sol de México.
Working poverty in Mexico ended 2025 at 32.3 percent of the population, representing an annual reduction of 3.1 percentage points compared to the previous year, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported on Wednesday.
However, this means that almost a third of the population did not have enough work income to purchase the food basket at the end of the year.
According to the Labour Poverty data for the fourth quarter of 2025, in rural areas the decrease was 4.1 points, going from 50.7 to 46.6 percent between the end of 2024 and a year later.
As for urban areas, the indicator fell 2.7 points, going from 30.8 to 28.1 percent.
The indicator measures the percentage of the population whose labour income is less than the monetary value of the food basket, and is calculated with information from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE).
In its quarterly comparison, working poverty also declined. Between the third and fourth quarters of 2025, it fell from 34.3 to 32.3 percent nationally, a decrease of two percentage points.
The behavior was accompanied by an increase in real per capita labour income, which grew 5.3 percent annually, going from 3,294.97 to 3,468.71 pesos per month in real terms, according to INEGI.
In rural areas of the country, the increase in income was 8.3 percent and in urban areas 4.3 percent.
The average monthly income of the employed population was 7,674.56 pesos at the end of the year. Formal employment reported an average income of 10,609.74 pesos, while informal employment reported an average income of 5,455.61 pesos.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
(mexicosolidarity.com)
This article originally appeared in the February 24, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) reported that on the first day of territorial operation for the payment of incentives to white corn producers, 3,514 applications were received in the states of Campeche, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Querétaro and Tlaxcala, corresponding to the 2025 spring-summer agricultural cycle.
The states where the most applications were received are Jalisco, with 1,131, and Guanajuato, with 775.
At the direction of Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Secretary Julio Berdegué Sacristán implemented a streamlined operational process (published last Friday) to make the procedure faster and more transparent. He also established a robust field operation to ensure that support reaches producers directly and promptly.
Those who met the eligibility requirements for the support program will receive their payments this week via their bank cards. To ensure efficient coverage, the federal and state governments are joining forces to provide timely assistance to farmers through Rural Development Districts (DDR), Rural Development Support Centers (CADER), and Representative Offices of the Federal Entities (OREF)—strategically distributed throughout the six states.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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This article by Giselle Soriano originally appeared in the February 24, 2026 edition of Milenio.
The Ministry of Economy (SE), through the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI), granted the declaration of protection to the geographical indication for Pulque de Tlaxcala.
Through a publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), it was established that the declaration of this product will come into effect on February 25.
The decentralized public body delimited 25 municipalities in the state of Tlaxcala as a protected geographical area: Atltzayanca, Apizaco, Atlangatepec, Calpulalpan, Chiautempan, Contla de Juan Cuamatzi, Españita, Huamantla, Hueyotlipan, Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, Muñoz de Domingo Arenas, Nanacamilpa de Mariano Arista, Panotla, San José Teacalco, Sanctorum of Lázaro Cárdenas, Teolocholco, Terrenate, Tetla de la Solidaridad, Tlaxcala, Tlaxco, Tocatlán, Tzompantepec, Xaloztoc, Xaltocan and Yauhquemehcan.
This is in order to identify an alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin that is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage, popularly known as aguamiel.
“It is obtained through the fermentation process of the aguamiel that is extracted from the pulque maguey, also known as Agave salmiana, a succulent plant that has 136 species, 26 subspecies, 29 varieties and 7 forms of magueys.”
“The pulque produced in Tlaxcala is characterized by a consistency of a subtly higher viscosity, attributed mainly to the synthesis of dextrins by strains of Leuconostoc spp. during fermentation, which gives it that dense body that is appreciated when the drink is shaken,” the document reads.
Furthermore, it specifies that the specific characteristics of Pulque from Tlaxcala are essentially attributable to its geographical origin, which includes natural factors, such as the local varieties of maguey, the climate and soils of the Tlaxcalan Highlands, as well as “human factors represented in the ancestral knowledge transmitted from generation to generation by the tlachiqueros.”
It also stipulates that only producers established in these municipalities and who comply with the rules of use may use the name Pulque de Tlaxcala.
Regarding its marketing, the document detailed that it is sold directly by authorized producers, in traditional pulquerías, local markets, fairs and through regional distribution channels.
“Prices may vary depending on the product presentation and volume,” he pointed out. Furthermore, the IMPI highlighted that the validity of the protection of the geographical indication will be indefinite, or until the institute issues another declaration in this regard.
The Institute explained that it is enough to meet just one criterion attributable to geographic origin for the area to be considered protected.
In this regard, he emphasized that the geographical indication must include natural as well as human factors that give specific characteristics to the product.
Meanwhile, it was emphasized that the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property will carry out the necessary procedures for the international recognition of this geographical indication, in accordance with the treaties and trade agreements signed by Mexico.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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Mexico City Government Claims Will Not Use Violence Against Migrants in Vallejo
(mexicosolidarity.com)
This article by Alejandro Cruz Flores originally appeared in the February 25, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. The Mexico City government assured that the migrant encampment in the Vallejo area will be dismantled through dialogue.
“This is in no way about attacking migrants, but it must be said that they do not want to leave the streets to go to a better place,” said the head of the capital’s government, Clara Brugada.
In that regard, she said that he continues to talk with the families who are there to reach agreements and convince them to go to a shelter with better living conditions.
“The goal is not to do anything violent, but to coordinate and talk with them,” said the head of the local executive, who added that her administration is addressing the issue with full guarantee of the human rights of that population.
In that regard, she emphasized that actions have been taken for their benefit, such as the creation of a registry; they were given a credential so that they can have access, for example, to health services; it has even been guaranteed that the children can enter any school in the city.
In that regard, the local government secretary, César Cravioto, indicated that of the 3,000 migrants who had been sleeping on the streets at the beginning of this administration, only 200 remain in that situation.
He added that an agreement was signed with the federal Ministry of Public Education so that all minors in shelters can attend school.
He added that in the case of the Vallejo camp, there are organizations interested in keeping it open, so they have filed injunctions, even though no human right can be fully realized while living in those conditions.
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The government has taken steps to ensure better living conditions in shelters, where they have a bed, a roof, spaces to cook, and support to go to hospitals when needed.
“Also, I have to say this. Inside the shelter there are rules, and then there is some substance use, and it’s the parents who don’t want their children to go to a shelter. But we think they should think about their children.”
He noted that the camp is located next to a railway line, where unsafe conditions have also been detected for the families living there.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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This article by María del Pilar Martínez originally appeared in the February 24, 2026 edition of El Economista.
With 99 votes out of the 103 who were entitled to participate in the election of the general secretary of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), Tereso Medina Ramírez became the new leader of the labor union for the period 2026-2032 , with the commitment not only to incorporate more women and create new portfolios, but also guaranteeing “that the new face of the CTM will be one of proposal, not of protest,” saying goodbye to corporatism.
During the 17th Ordinary General Assembly, with the Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), Marath Bolaños, as a guest —who called on CTM members to be allies in the reform to reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours—Medina Ramírez stated that their first priority would be “unity, institutional order, and transparency. We are going to get our house in order with discipline, coordination, and respect for the bylaws. We will give the CTM a face of transparency and approachability to strengthen trust, especially with the new generations of workers.”
“Mexico needs us united; business leaders and unions are complementary.”
Following the official ceremony, attended by hundreds of workers, the new leader made it clear at a press conference that “corporatism has run its course,” and stated that he will not remain indefinitely in the CTM like his predecessors. “I plan to leave on my feet… and no, not for reelection,” he emphasized.
The CTM’s new project includes the creation of new portfolios such as the Secretariat of Urban Development; the Secretariat of Institutional Liaison and Multilateral Affairs; the Secretariat of Linkage and Social Governance; and the Secretariat of Sports.
Furthermore, he stated that “from now on we will strive for gender equity, ensuring that future appointments are made with 50% men and 50% women, or proportionally, because if we are talking about a union, for example, in the mining industry, where there are few women, well, that’s why I’m also speaking in terms of equity, yes, and in terms of proportionality as well. And to that same extent, the CTM will revitalize unionism, promoting women and young people in the country, because, moreover, that is what Mexico’s productive sector demands.”
Corporatism is dead, to be replaced by… corporate tripartism?
New Unionism?
Interviewed at the event, Congressman Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar, vice-coordinator of Morena, said that with the arrival of Tereso Medina, “I hope there will be a much more forceful action to unionize, organize, and defend millions of workers who still have no organization, who are totally helpless, overexploited, and without recognition.”
He stressed that an important task will be to continue insisting on strengthening family income, and this “is something that has the full support of the President of the Republic.”
Juan José Sierra, president of Coparmex, stated that business leaders hope to maintain dialogue during this new phase for the CTM. “In his speech, he emphasized the importance of maintaining social dialogue, of fostering the unity the country needs to better face these challenges, both externally and internally. Mexico needs us united; business leaders and unions are complementary, and this tripartite dialogue—between unions, government, and employers—must exist.”
Coronation Street
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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In episode 97 of Soberanía, hosts José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth dissect the fallout from the Mexican military’s operation that killed Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
The hosts break down what actually happened versus the torrent of disinformation that flooded social media—from AI-generated images of cities in flames to wild claims of U.S. agents strangling the kingpin mid-flight. They examine why the narrative spun so quickly out of control, who benefits from painting Mexico as ungovernable, and the real story behind the cartel’s retaliatory actions.
The episode also covers the US Supreme Court’s tariff ruling that struck down Trump’s emergency powers, its implications for Mexico’s leverage in USMCA talks, and what it means for the ongoing pressure campaign against Cuba.
With their signature blend of on-the-ground knowledge and sharp analysis, José Luis and Kurt separate fact from fiction in a week dominated by fake news, while honoring the 25 National Guard members who lost their lives in the aftermath.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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This editorial by the editorial board of La Jornada originally appeared in the February 23, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
The death of the top leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), resulting from a confrontation yesterday morning in Tapalpa, Jalisco, between members of that criminal group and forces from the Secretariat of National Defense, sparked a brutal reaction in several states across the country. Cartel cells blocked highways and streets, set fire to vehicles, branches of the Banco del Bienestar (Bank of Well-being), and Oxxo convenience stores. A riot also broke out at the Puerto Vallarta prison, and attacks were carried out against the National Guard in San Juan de los Lagos, with a preliminary toll of 10 government officers killed and 12 wounded, in addition to one civilian killed in the crossfire.
Clearly, these criminal actions were not only intended to hinder the movement of law enforcement, but also to generate panic and anxiety among the civilian population and affect the beneficiaries of government social programs, the main users of the Welfare Bank, especially in areas where the cartel has had a greater presence.
In parallel with the CJNG’s attacks, a flood of fake and alarmist news was unleashed – many of them originating in the United States – from accounts formally belonging to journalists and commentators as well as from anonymous bot farms, which amplified the effects of the criminal actions.
In that context, it was even claimed that U.S. military personnel killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, when in reality the involvement of U.S. authorities was limited to providing supplementary information, within the framework of existing security cooperation agreements. And yet again, voices from the political opposition sought to exploit a difficult national situation to denigrate Claudia Sheinbaum’s government.
Beyond this double campaign of intimidation and confusion, the death of Oseguera Cervantes raises unavoidable questions about what will happen to what is considered the most powerful criminal organization in the country today.
Without diminishing the importance of the blow dealt yesterday by the joint action of the Army, the Air Force and the National Guard, there is precedent for cartels that, after losing their top leader through capture or death in a confrontation, become embroiled in bloody internal clashes for leadership, fragment into antagonistic groups – which gives rise to prolonged scenarios of violence in the regions in which they operate – or become atomized, giving way to small criminal cells that begin to act on their own.
It is hoped that authorities at all three levels of government will have the capacity to prevent consequences like those mentioned and, in the immediate future, to restore public safety in the areas where it was disrupted yesterday. And as for those who are spreading unrest, it is desirable that they understand that their actions are detrimental not only to the current government, but to the country as a whole.
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Working Poverty in Mexico Decreases in 2025
February 25, 2026
However, nearly one in three people still did not have sufficient income to cover the basic basket of goods.
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Mexican Agricultural Secretariat Receives 3,514 Applications for Corn Producer Subsidies
February 25, 2026
Mexican corn producers have been devastated by low prices resulting from the dumping of heavily subsidized corn from the US.
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Mexico Grants Official Protection to Pulque from Tlaxcala
February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
The alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic origin is obtained from the heart of the maguey leaves and is made from the fermentation of the mucilage.
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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
Electoral Reform: Votes are Won on the Ground
President Claudia Sheinbaum will present the Electoral Reform bill on February 25. The proposal maintains minority representation but eliminates the proportional representation list-based logic, as anyone who wants to represent the people must go out and earn votes in the field.
Youth Transforming Mexico
The Jóvenes Transformando México (Youth Transforming Mexico) program was presented, It is a comprehensive strategy for flexible education, culture, and sports.
Mexican Youth Institute (IMJUVE): Abraham Carro explained that neoliberalism criminalized youth, and this program opens real access to guarantee the right to happiness, peace, and a full life.
Ministry of Public Education (SEP): Tania Rodríguez announced the creation of 100 new Margarita Maza upper secondary educational schools, with a flexible model for youth resuming their studies.
National Physical Culture and Sports Commission (CONADE): Rommel Pacheco reported five national sports classes will be held this year: self-defense for women, baseball, boxing, mini basketball, and family racing.
Security: Miguel Torruco Garza, Deputy Minister for Crime Prevention, will support efforts with the construction of 100 community centers focused on preventing violence.
Culture: Claudia Curiel highlighted a circuit of over 200 music festivals and strengthened the Program to Support Artistic and Cultural Festivals (Profest), which doubled its investment to support young local artists.
The President emphasized that “although it’s hard to determine the number of youth linked to violence, this new program seeks to reach them.”
Security with Legality and Coordination: “Our Goal is Peace, Not War”
The Mexican government clarified that the operation in Jalisco this past Sunday that result in the death of the country’s leading drug kingpin did not aim to take anyone’s life; it repelled an aggression. Actions continue to restore normalcy in Jalisco and Michoacán after road blockades.
The government rejected claims that it was reviving former president Felipe Calderón’s war on drugs policy. The National Security Strategy remains in effect. The government previously acted outside the law; today it operates with legality and in adherence to the Constitution.
Backing the Armed Forces
Sheinbaum called Elon Musk’s statements linking the Mexican government and president to drug cartels absurd and noted legal action is being considered. She stressed that the people recognize and support the work of the Armed Forces and the security cabinet. The President rejected disinformation and opposition attacks concerning security operations.
Fair Trade, Sovereignty, and Foreign Policy
Sheinbaum reported that tariffs on non-USMCA products dropped from 25% to 10% following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Though Donald Trump announced a possible rise to 15%, it hasn’t been officially published, so the current 10% level remains in effect.
In terms of foreign policy and energy, the President noted the end of sanctions on countries sending oil to Cuba and that Mexico may resume fuel shipments, to be announced later.
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People’s Mañanera February 24
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, youth educational programs, Jalisco anti-drug operation and peace, the Armed Forces, and US tariff changes may open door to oil for Cuba.
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Corporatism’s Dead, Long Live Corporatism
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
Mexico’s historic labour unions are trying to re-align themselves with the Fourth Transformation while the PRI continues sinking.
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The Dispute Over Public Education
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
Currently, there is no voice with pedagogical authority to respond to the criticisms leveled at the textbooks and explain and justify the necessary modifications. An inexperienced and controversial official like Nadia López García will hardly be able to extinguish this fire.
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This article by Blanca Juárez originally appeared in the February 23, 2026 edition of Sin Embargo.
Mexico City. The PRI has nothing to offer them. The PRI-affiliated labour unions, once an electoral machine, a pillar of the previous regime, and even a symbol of pro-government labour struggles, are now in limbo. Today, their leaders are announcing the end of corporatism and seeking a rapprochement with the 4T (Fourth Transformation).
In this legislature, the PRI lacked the votes—or the will—to reserve seats for the leaders of the three unions integrated into the party, as it had done previously. In 2024, a weakened PRI barely managed to secure 13 seats in the Senate and 37 in the Chamber of Deputies. None of these seats went to the leaders of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (CROM), the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), or the Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants (CROC). For the first time in decades, they were left without representation.
President Claudia Sheinbaum and Isaías González, leader of CROC. Photo: Daniel Augusto, Cuartoscuro.
The CTM will elect its new leader on Monday, February 23, and Tereso Medina Ramírez, the frontrunner, is already announcing an “institutional collaboration” agreement with all levels of government. But in particular—and he says this with a solemn tone, as if addressing his union members—he is speaking “with the Constitutional President of the United Mexican States, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, because she encourages us to build a better Mexico.”
Tereso Medina has put himself forward to lead the CTM, one of the PRI’s labor unions. Photo: Cuartoscuro.
SinEmbargo also sought comment from CROC leaders Isaías González Cuevas and Rodolfo González Guzmán on this issue, but received no response. Medina Ramírez did agree to the interview, in which he triumphantly declared: “Corporatism has run its course.”
Despite the fact that the CTM stated in its statutes its adherence to the PRI and that it was an electoral reserve, Tereso Medina points out that whoever offers the workers’ vote to any party “is deceiving himself” because the country no longer works that way.
Corporatism in unions refers to their being part of the political power structure. Instead of focusing on expanding workers’ rights, they mitigate conflicts and suppress strikes. And even more importantly, they secure votes for the ruling party.
But if the PRI-affiliated unions can no longer provide all of this to the 4T, it’s not because their leaders wanted to change course. Rather, it was in spite of them. Morena doesn’t need union leaders as intermediaries “because it has the entire structure of the Secretariat of Welfare,” says labour lawyer Pablo Franco.
If the leadership used to coerce their base into voting for the PRI, today social programs that reach homes directly can influence that family and not just the affiliated worker, the specialist explains.
And on top of all that, the labor reforms resulting from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) have further reduced their room for maneuver. And it is likely that “the Mexican government will sacrifice them” in the face of renewed pressure from the Trump administration regarding labour rights, he adds.
Readjustment in the Face of the Debacle
The relationship between PRI-affiliated union leaders and the PRI leadership is “increasingly weaker,” says Pablo Franco. On the contrary, “they have sought to align themselves with the 4T (Fourth Transformation),” says the former Secretary General of Collective Affairs for the Local Board of Conciliation and Arbitration of Mexico City.
But AMLO didn’t need “union leaders to win in 2018, much less to consolidate his government project. Because he built a model of direct communication with the people.”
However, “chapulineo” is not a recent phenomenon.
The gradual decline of the PRI was foreseen years ago in some of its unions. “When I was in the Labor Affairs Secretariat of the PRD National Committee, with Mr. López Obrador, many people from the PRI and the CTM approached us and asked how they could switch to the PRD,” says Pablo Franco.
Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2020 alongside Carlos Aceves del Olmo, at the Extraordinary National Congress of the CTM.
In what now seems like another life, the PRI had its union allies throughout the state apparatus. Even in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), with Justice Juan Moisés Calleja García, recalls Pablo Franco. Calleja García was a member of the CTM, and served as an advisor to the teachers’ union, the electricians’ union, and others.
But the neoliberal model promoted by the PRI governments backfired on them and their unions, which had helped them maintain a false sense of labour peace. The major labor federations, once aligned with the government, became “allies of business,” notes Franco Hernández.
Social discontent was directed not only against the ruling party, but also against its operational arms. Protection contracts—that is, contracts signed by leaders and business owners behind the backs of the workers—diminished the support that the working class could have given to the PRI.
Adding to the problem is the fact that “the corporate model is based on blackmail and intimidation, telling them: ‘if you don’t vote for our candidates, you’re going to lose your job,’” notes Pablo Franco. This strategy ultimately undermined support for the PRI. So, while the leaders remained PRI members, the rank and file of PRI-affiliated unions stopped voting for the PRI.
During the PAN administrations, there was a slight resurgence in the leadership of PRI-affiliated unions, and this continued during the six-year term of PRI member Enrique Peña Nieto. However, even then, for example, the CTM, under the leadership of Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, became increasingly less politically active, which reduced its membership, according to Pablo Franco.
The late Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine, leader of the CTM, speaks with Vicente Fox, as President-elect, at a meeting of the Labor Congress. Photo: Juan Sotelo, Cuartoscuro.
Tereso Medina states that the CTM represents “almost 3 million workers.” This figure “tells us that the union, despite all the transformations it has undergone, remains, today, the strongest labour federation in Mexico,” he points out. A membership of this magnitude can have a certain electoral influence or the capacity for collective pressure in specific situations, which is why the CTM likes to boast about it.
However, proving and verifying that number is very difficult. The information collected by the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labour Registration does not ask unions about their affiliation with a labour federation, and their membership lists are outdated.
“I don’t think it’s such an exaggerated number, although I do believe it’s inflated. When the CTM says it has 750,000 members in Mexico City, I know it’s not true. As an authority, I was responsible for certifying the union membership lists from the last convention to elect representatives to the Conciliation Boards of Mexico City. And the CTM had around 120,000 members,” says Pablo Franco.
The USMCA, Another Blow to PRI Unions
The 2019 labor reform and the USMCA established rules for transparency and union democratization. According to Pablo Franco, a former federal deputy, “the main victims of this are the bureaucracies of the largest and most traditional unions, such as the CTM, the CROC, and others.”
It should be remembered that the CTM filed 400 injunction requests against the labour reform.
Tereso Medina himself has already lost control of one of the collective bargaining agreements under these new regulations. One of the unions he leads, the “Miguel Trujillo López,” was negotiating working conditions at the General Motors plant in Silao, Guanajuato. But the workers did not re-elect him to continue representing them. Instead, they created the National Independent Union of Automotive Industry Workers (SINTTIA).
Election process at General Motors in Silao, Guanajuato, to choose which union will negotiate its working conditions. Photo: Cuartoscuro.
Tereso Medina is poised to lead the CTM, with the support of 28 of the 32 state federations and seven of the 10 deputy general secretaries. According to other labour experts, the CTM has been absent from the review of the USMCA under the leadership of Carlos Aceves del Olmo, who recently announced he will not seek reelection.
Medina Ramírez proposes the creation of a pluralistic council to re-examine the trade agreement. “Let’s look after our share, the redistribution of jobs in each country with social and labour justice,” he says.
The former PRI congressman and senator insists that, if elected as leader of the CTM, he will promote cooperation with President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. “On the issue of security, for example, we have to develop strategies with the President, work as a team, and stay vigilant, because we want the fight against insecurity in the country to continue, because our workers are among them.”
The “real and unwavering defense of national sovereignty” is another issue where he says the federal government must be supported. “That is why I call on everyone, regardless of political affiliation, to set aside sectoral, partisan, group, or personal interests and prioritize the nation’s higher interests, because building a better Mexico is in everyone’s best interest.”
Blanca Juárez is a journalist who covers political, labour, social and cultural issues from a feminist perspective.
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People’s Mañanera February 24
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on electoral reform, youth educational programs, Jalisco anti-drug operation and peace, the Armed Forces, and US tariff changes may open door to oil for Cuba.
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Corporatism’s Dead, Long Live Corporatism
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
Mexico’s historic labour unions are trying to re-align themselves with the Fourth Transformation while the PRI continues sinking.
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The Dispute Over Public Education
February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
Currently, there is no voice with pedagogical authority to respond to the criticisms leveled at the textbooks and explain and justify the necessary modifications. An inexperienced and controversial official like Nadia López García will hardly be able to extinguish this fire.
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