Mexico

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:46:13 GMT

A nationwide strike by Mexican teachers continues, while an eight-week strike by thousands of Nova Scotia care home workers has been suspended by the union ahead of a contract vote.

Renegotiation of US-Mexico-Canada trade pact faces hurdles

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:44:10 GMT

The USMCA (US-Mexico-Canada) trade pact is due for review on July 1, with negotiations likely to run past the deadline.

Local authorities in Jalisco, Mexico move to silence well-known labor rights activist Luis Daniel Prieto Moreno

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:10:21 GMT

Prieto Moreno has maintained a regular protest presence outside the Lagos de Moreno municipal presidency, using hand-lettered signs and chants to denounce corruption and abuse of power by local officials.

Mexican government bows to Washington despite resisting US prosecution of politicians for cartel links

Fri, 29 May 2026 03:34:25 GMT

The Mexican government’s capitulation on migrants, Cuban oil, and operations by US troops and spies has only emboldened the Trump administration.

Mexican economy and investment plans founder amid war against Iran

Tue, 19 May 2026 02:16:13 GMT

On May 12, S&P Global Ratings revised Mexico’s credit outlook to negative from stable, citing persistently weak fiscal results, rising debt levels and weak economic growth.

Death of autoworker in Mexico exposes contempt of GM and union apparatus for workers' lives

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:30:20 GMT

After last week’s death of Jesús Martín Olivera at the GM Silao Complex, one worker at the plant said, “stress, the long working hours, and the production demands the company imposes are killing workers.”

Extradition requests for top politicians deepen US-Mexico crisis

Sun, 10 May 2026 22:22:17 GMT

If Sheinbaum complies, she risks opening the floodgates to more US extradition requests, and fissures in her party. If she doesn’t, she risks aggression from an increasingly unhinged Trump administration.

Amid popular outrage, no official explanation of secret CIA operation in Mexico

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:01:22 GMT

Washington has made clear there will be no explanations, let alone apologies, after two CIA agents died in a road accident in Chihuahua during an operation kept secret from the Mexican government.

UAW issues statement of phony support for Mexican tire workers shot on picket line

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:31:27 GMT

The UAW’s “support” for Mexican tire workers promotes appeals to Trump’s Labor Department and the Mexican government and ruling class while pitting US autoworkers against their Mexican class brothers.

Nationwide roadblocks by truckers and farmers in Mexico face repression

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:36:40 GMT

Mexican truckers and farmers launched a nationwide strike over war-driven diesel and fertilizer cost surges and insecurity, facing brutal repression by the Morena government.

Pseudo-lefts work to chain Mexico’s strike wave to US-trained union apparatus

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:43:43 GMT

The MTS is working to channel Mexico’s growing strike wave back into the US-backed union bureaucracy, the courts and the Sheinbaum government.

Mass layoffs, inflation fuel strikes across Mexico

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:27:22 GMT

Plant occupations and strike threats across Mexico are pitting workers against not only transnational corporations, but also the union bureaucracy and the Sheinbaum government.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:32:16 GMT

Staff at 42 care facilities in Nova Scotia have now authorized strike action by margins averaging 95 percent.

Militant support for strike grows at GM Silao Complex in Mexico

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 01:52:52 GMT

Workers describe widespread support for a March 25 strike at GM’s Silao Complex in Mexico as they demand a 20 percent increase in wages.

Workers at occupied plant in Matamoros, Mexico denounce being hung out to dry by “independent” union

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:08:24 GMT

About 1,200 workers at the Tridonex-Cardone plant in Matamoros continue to occupy the plant, but are being left to starve on the picket line, underscoring the urgent need for an international, rank‑and‑file fight by autoworkers across North America.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:29:44 GMT

Following a 24-hour general strike last week in Argentina, walkouts continued in some areas, while the US Department of Agriculture will permit faster line speeds in meatpacking plants.

US-backed “execution” of Jalisco Cartel chief threatens greater carnage in Mexico

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:35:12 GMT

The US-directed “execution” of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader El Mencho in Mexico has unleashed nationwide chaos and will be exploited to deepen militarization and imperialist control.

Will Lehman backs plant occupations by Mexican auto parts workers against mass layoffs

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:54:00 GMT

The Mack Trucks worker and candidate for United Auto Workers president has issued a statement supporting the Mexican auto parts workers fighting mass layoffs by US-based corporations.

Auto parts workers occupy plants across northern Mexico after 4,000 jobs cut

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:47:23 GMT

The shutting down of six First Brands’ auto-parts maquiladoras has led to plant occupations along with efforts by Morena and its allied union bureaucracy to contain the struggle.

Mexico’s president invites in US Marines after marking 1913 US-orchestrated overthrow of Madero

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:25:30 GMT

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum inviting US Marines into the country has exposed Morena’s deepening alignment with Washington and the military against the working class.

Washington pressures Mexico to halt supply of oil to Cuba

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:13:19 GMT

Despite Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s rhetoric about supporting Cuba, she has capitulated to Trump and US imperialism by ceasing to provide oil to the island.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:01:08 GMT

Argentinian airport workers announce major strike action as workers in northern Mexico's "maquiladora" plants occupy factories in response to propose mass layoffs.

Washington escalates aggression against Mexico in bid to impose rule over the Americas

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:46:25 GMT

In the New Year, Washington has attempted to reassert its hegemony over the entire Latin American region, which includes its Mexican neighbor.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:49:53 GMT

In the first popular protest against right-wing President Rodrigo Paz, workers demonstrated against increases in flour and bread prices.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:06:44 GMT

Workers at the Gabriel Passos Refinery in Brazil say they will continue their walkout for equal pay, while some 50,000 workers marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday to protest government policies.

“Things like this happen everywhere”: Residents of Hermosillo, Mexico speak on Waldo’s explosion

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:03:25 GMT

The November 1 explosion, which killed 24 people, began at an electrical transformer improperly installed inside the store.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:21:43 GMT

A nationwide blackout triggered mass protests in the Dominican Republic, while on November 13 and 14 teachers across Mexico staged a 48-hour protest strike.

23 killed in convenience store explosion in Hermosillo, Mexico

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:26 GMT

An explosion sparked by a malfunctioning electrical transformer killed 23 people and injured 15 more on November 1 in Hermosillo in northwest Mexico.

Faced with mounting US pressure, Mexico slaps trade tariffs on China

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 01:57:49 GMT

On September 10, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a legislative proposal that would slap tariffs of between 10 percent and 50 percent on a wide range of goods.

US Secretary of State Rubio and Mexican President Sheinbaum unveil security pact

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 01:35:40 GMT

Despite the apparent lighter touch toward Mexico adopted by Rubio last week, that policy could turn on a dime.

President Sheinbaum minimizes growing US threats to bomb Mexico

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:38:40 GMT

In response to continuing US threats to bomb drug cartels in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued unconvincing and toothless denials that they will ever be carried out.

On the 85th anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:28:28 GMT

This interview was conducted on August 16 with WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North, as part of an event marking 85 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky, on the island of Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey.

Trump orders Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:16:45 GMT

A US invasion of Mexico would rupture relations between the two countries, blow apart the USMCA trade agreement, and lead to another forever war.

Mexico’s Sheinbaum orders arrest of prominent immigrant rights activist in bow to Trump

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:36:13 GMT

The arrest of migrant rights defender Luis Rey García Villagrán marks a major escalation in the assault on democratic rights by the Mexican government in collaboration with Trump.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:34:22 GMT

Peruvian peasant miners strike, blockade roads; Hospital workers rally across Latin Ameica; California garbage haulers join growing national strike against Republic Services; Rio Tinto steelworkers begin strike in Quebec.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:27:59 GMT

A one-week strike by 2,400 subway and bus maintenance workers wound up June 17, as workers continue to resist management demands for more subcontracting of work.

US train engineers union tries to whip up anti-Mexican hatred

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 02:44:09 GMT

In an attempt to divert attention from their own role in helping impose job losses, the BLET published a statement on its website trying to scapegoat Mexican railroaders for job losses in the United States.

85 years since the May 24, 1940 assassination attempt against Leon Trotsky

Thu, 29 May 2025 02:53:08 GMT

Eighty-five years ago, in the early morning hours of May 24, 1940, an attempt was made to assassinate Leon Trotsky, the great Marxist revolutionary and co-leader alongside Vladimir Lenin of the October 1917 Russian Revolution.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 27 May 2025 03:58:10 GMT

An assault on a protest by pensioners in Buenos Aires left 80 injured, while 4,000 workers compensation workers in Ontario are now on strike against brutal workplace conditions.

UAW holds “invest in US” rallies to support Trump’s tariffs and scapegoat Mexican autoworkers

Wed, 14 May 2025 02:01:08 GMT

In defiance of mounting rank-and-file anger over job cuts, the UAW bureaucracy is continuing to promote Trump’s tariffs and foul anti-Mexican sentiment.

Anti-fascist mural by US painter Philip Guston restored in Mexico after 90 years

Sun, 04 May 2025 22:28:26 GMT

The newly restored 1,000-square-foot mural, unveiled in January 2025, now looks much as it did when it was completed in 1934.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:57:48 GMT

On April 15, some 2,000 teachers rallied at Sao Paulo City Hall to oppose their conversion to contingent status. In Canada, a strike by 1,100 LifeLab medical technicians continues into its 11th week.

Pentagon plans drone strikes, shifts resources “toward combating cartels” in Mexico

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:28:14 GMT

Threats of drone strikes are part of an increasingly aggressive exercise of gunboat diplomacy to subordinate Mexico and the wider region to colonial status.

As Trump’s tariffs take effect Stellantis announces thousands of layoffs in Canada, Mexico and US

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 04:10:28 GMT

Stellantis will “temporarily” idle its Windsor Assembly Plant in Canada and Toluca Assembly Plant in Mexico. About 4,500 workers in Windsor will be impacted. Some 2,600 are employed at the Toluca facility.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:12:52 GMT

Teachers strike across Mexico, while Guadalajara water workers hold strikes and protests.

Mexican ruling class rallies behind President Sheinbaum after Trump delays tariffs

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 01:41:26 GMT

Far from defending “the people of Mexico,” the Morena party government represents the transnational corporations and their Mexican capitalist clients above all.

Autoworkers oppose UAW backing of Trump tariffs and coming job cuts

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:33:03 GMT

Workers in the US and Mexico expressed concern about trade war measures and job cuts.

Trump’s expanding global trade war will mean mass layoffs and punishing price hikes for workers

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:21:04 GMT

The trade war targeting America’s three largest trading partners is part of the Trump administration’s drive to reshore production and secure its dominance over the Americas in preparation for world war against adversaries and nominal allies alike.

Mexican president banks on phone call with Trump to avoid devastation from tariffs

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:24:47 GMT

Tuesday’s imposition of 25 percent tariffs is threatening to plunge Mexico into a historic crisis.

Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico to take effect Tuesday

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:16:40 GMT

Trump’s tariffs will roil the North American economy, with workers in all three countries bearing the brunt in the form of mass layoffs and punishing price hikes.