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Truckers and farmers teamed up this week to block highways and ports of entry across Mexico, paralyzing transportation nationwide to protest highway insecurity, crop prices and a proposed water law. Their pressure yielded fruit: By the end of the week, they were able to come to an agreement with the government , but not before costing billions of pesos (hundreds of millions of US dollars) in economic damage. The protests wrapped up just as news broke about a major leadership shake-up: Mexico’s controversial attorney general unexpectedly left the job , with an ally of the president stepping in in the interim. Rumors of Attorney General Gertz’s resignation flew throughout the day Thursday, leading up to his official exit Thursday night. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro) Midweek, the central bank cut Mexico’s already meager 2025 growth forecast after a tough third quarter, and construction sector showed continued losses. But not all was doom and gloom: Major business investment announcements...

If you’ve ever felt a deep connection to a cause, a song, or a story that made you say, “These are my people,” then you will already understand what MND Merch is really about. I will be the first to admit that I have never been a big fan of corporate merch. A previous employer of mine had an unspoken rule that leadership HAD TO wear a company pin on our sports coats. Despite working there for years and getting scorned by many, I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. I felt like doing so would make me a lemming. I joked that I would rather leave than wear that damn pin. I strongly believe that there’s a big difference between being forced to wear a logo and choosing to wear something representing a mission you believe in. When I left the corporate world, my thinking changed a bit. It first happened when a friend of mine gave me a T-shirt from his company with the company logo along with the phrase “Outwork Everyone.” I liked that saying — it resonated with me. I have been asked many ti...

Truckers have agreed to end highway blockades after a marathon negotiating session on Thursday produced preliminary agreement on the security, water and agricultural issues that had led to the protest. The National Front for the Rescue of Mexican Farmland (FNRCM) and the National Association of Transporters (ANTAC) have begun to lift the blockades that snarled traffic on highways, obstructed access to toll booths and U.S. ports of entry, and brought customs offices to a standstill. Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez announced that the government had agreed to address the demands of the producers and transporters by establishing several permanent working groups. (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro.com) After 13 hours of talks, Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez announced that the government had agreed to address the demands of the producers and transporters by establishing several permanent working groups and to modify proposed reforms to the National Water Law. Issues to be furthe...

The mega-blockades shutting down highways and hindering truck access to U.S. ports of entry extended into a fourth day on Thursday, triggering significant delays in the transportation of goods, generating ripple effects throughout the supply chain and hampering freight deliveries, food distribution and cross-border trade. At the same time, a crack of light came through the darkness as negotiations with the Mexican government were showing early signs of bearing fruit. The Interior Ministry was hosting talks with farmers Thursday, a day after meetings between protesters and lawmakers on Wednesday showed promise.  Agricultural workers on foot have helped their more mobile trucker brethren in their efforts to shut down transportation in Mexico by occupying toll booths. (Adolfo Vladimir / Cuartoscuro.com) The blockades were initiated by the ANTAC truckers association and the FNRCM farmers association (the National Front for the Rescue of Mexican Farmland ). ANTAC is demanding bet...

Shortfalls in Mexico’s water deliveries to the United States have contributed to major crop losses for farmers in Texas, the U.S. government said Tuesday. Under the terms of a 1944 bilateral water treaty , Mexico is required to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. every five years from six tributaries of the Rio Grande. The Amistad reservoir on the border on the Texas-Coauhila border holds much of the water that Mexico delivers to the U.S. The reservoir is managed by the bi-national International Boundary and Water Commission. (Center for Land Use Interpretation CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) However, due to drought in recent years, Mexico has struggled to meet its obligations. When the 2020-25 cycle concluded in late October, Mexico still owed the United States just over 865,000 acre-feet of water, a quantity it will need to transfer to the U.S. in the 2025-30 period in addition to its regular obligation. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Office of the Spokesperson of th...

The humpback whale migration season has begun, with sightings already reported off the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Michoacán state.  The whales will soon arrive to the Oaxacan coast, where they will remain in the region’s warm, shallow waters for the breeding season until around April. The humpbacks will stay to nurse their young before following their migration route towards Alaskan waters.  ✨Prepárate para el Ballena Fest 2025, un evento en la hermosa y paradisíaca bahía de Puerto Ángel, en la costa de Oaxaca 🌴 https://t.co/ZtIM9XODDw — El Universal Oaxaca (@ElUniversalOax) November 26, 2025 The region can expect an influx of tourists over the coming months, as various Oaxacan coastal destinations offer whale watching tours and other nature-related activities.  The species is protected, and federal and state authorities are promoting several guidelines for tourists participating in whale-watching:     Do not remain in the watching area for longer th...

Starting Tuesday, Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the focus of Mexican society for the next half month will be on raising awareness about gender-based violence, as the Sheinbaum administration launches “16 Days of Activism Against Violence Toward Women.” “We are providing a toolkit, outreach materials and a broad national program of activities at all three levels of government,” Deputy Minister for Women Ingrid Gómez said Tuesday during the president’s morning press conference. “The focus of these 16 days . . . is on dissemination, consciousness-raising and sensitization.” 📣 Día Internacional para la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer #25N 🚫Ninguna violencia es aceptable ✊🏾Ningún derecho es negociable. 🙋🏽‍♀️Contra todas las violencias, defendemos, exigimos, tejemos y transformamos. Hoy comienzan los 16 días de Activismo💜 pic.twitter.com/Lad7Sio1N1 — MESECVI-OEA CEVI (@MESECVI) November 25, 2025 The daily actions f...

U.S. officials at the Texas-Mexico border intercepted a shipment of lettuce containing 500 packages of methamphetamine last week.  The more than 1,150 pounds of confiscated drugs have an estimated street value of more than US $10 million, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP officers in Texas are saving our dinner tables from unfit salads. A commercial vehicle attempting entry into the U.S. from Mexico was referred to secondary inspection when officers discovered over 1,153lbs of meth concealed within a shipment of lettuce. The narcotics had a… pic.twitter.com/Ts74Rq7AEt — CBP (@CBP) November 25, 2025 In a news release , the CBP said officers at the Pharr International Bridge in South Texas, across from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, encountered a commercial vehicle entering the United States from Mexico on Friday. Upon being selected for a secondary inspection via non-intrusive imaging equipment, irregularities were observed. When agents conducted a physica...

Inflation in Mexico is accelerating faster than expected, rising to 3.61% during the first two weeks of November compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the national statistics agency, INEGI , on Monday. While core inflation, which excludes volatile food and fuel prices, stayed steady at 4.32% due to downward pressure from the El Buen Fin discount shopping campaign , the non-core index accelerated to 1.29% annually, from 0.80% in the second half of October. Contributing to the bump in the inflation rate was the rising price of livestock. (@GeneralMCNews/X) Livestock prices and government-authorized tariffs drove the increase in these prices. The rise in prices was reflected in the cost of food consumed outside the home (lunch counter prices rose 0.47%, restaurant prices were up 0.51% and prepared foods climbed 0.61%), tomatoes (up 3.98%) and air transport (up 4.6%).  Also, electricity prices soared by 20.7% following the end of a government sub...

Seven of the eight bodyguards of assassinated mayor Carlos Manzo were arrested in Uruapan, Michoacán, on Friday. The Michoacán Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said that seven public servants from Uruapan were detained “for their probable participation in the crime of aggravated homicide” against Manzo, the Uruapan mayor who was assassinated in the main square of the city during a Day of the Dead event on Nov. 1 . Carlos Manzo, seen in a photograph at his funeral, didn’t choose the bodyguards himself, according to investigations cited by the newspaper Milenio, which reported that the officers were recommended by Colonel José Manuel Jiménez Aranda, “one of his trusted men” and a former police commander. (Juan José Estrada Serafín/Cuartoscuro) All of the slain mayor’s personal bodyguards were municipal police officers. Six of those detained are men, while one is a woman. The FGE said that their alleged involvement in the homicide was due to “omission,” or negligence — in other word...

I recently had the opportunity to have a behind-the-scenes tour of the new U.S. Embassy in Mexico City , which initiated operations today. It was a fascinating tour of a pretty mind-blowing building. I felt a mix of awe, pride and inspiration, but also shock at the overall design and size of the complex. Having worked in the private sector in pretty modest corporate office buildings, I had never seen anything like this. In fact, no one really has, given its size and budget. Here are some fun facts and figures about this impressive new facility: 1. The new embassy is built in the Polanco neighborhood, just a few blocks north of the Museo Soumaya. 2. The previous embassy, which opened in 1964 and is located on Reforma Avenue next to the Angel of Independence, could literally fit in the main courtyard of the new embassy. 3. Construction on the new embassy began in 2018 and had an original planned opening date of 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other supply chain disruptions, t...

Truckers and farmers are blocking highways across Mexico this Monday, Nov. 24 as they call on the federal government to combat insecurity and extortion and provide more support for producers of crops such as corn and beans. The megabloqueo , or mega-blockade, was expected to shut down highways in the majority of Mexico’s 32 federal entities. Among the highways that had been blocked or partially blocked by 9 a.m. Monday were the Mexico City-Toluca highway, the Mexico City-Puebla highway and the Mexico City-Querétaro highway. Highways in states in northern Mexico, the Bajío region, western Mexico, central Mexico, southern Mexico and southeastern Mexico were all expected to be blocked on Monday. The main organizations participating in the nationwide protest are the ANTAC truckers’ association, the National Front for the Rescue of the Countryside (FNRCM) and the Movimiento Agrícola Campesino (MAC), a farmers’ group. Insecurity on Mexico’s highways has long been a problem for truckers ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  In yet another bold display of unconventional diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is “absolutely, one-hundred-percent open” to delivering holiday gifts directly to Mexican drug cartel leaders, insisting the initiative has nothing to do with intimidation and everything to do with spreading goodwill across borders. “Would I launch strikes in Mexico? Sure, that’s OK with me,” Trump told reporters, pausing in the Oval Office to check off items on his holiday shopping list titled ‘Addresses of Mexico’s Most Wanted — For Festive Purposes Only.’ “People think I know all the cartels’ addresses because of national security, but really, I just want to know where to send Christmas gifts for the kids and flowers to their wives. It’s how you build ties, folks.” With the holiday season almost here, President Trump has suggested he is open to delivering some Christmas cheer via UAV. The president emphasized that his administration’s ...