Mexico

Mexican labor officials meet with Congress about worker abuses

September 14, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Workers in Mexico are facing repression from the Mexican government and corporations, and more and more working people in Mexico are being driven into poverty.

Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers

August 19, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.

CIA presence provokes fear in Mexico

August 12, 2011 By Emile Schepers

A controversy has arisen over U.S. agents operating in Mexico, with the full cooperation of the right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon.

Texas violates treaty, executes Mexican citizen

July 8, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Rick Perry allowed the Thursday evening execution of a Mexican national, even though the action violated U.S. treaty obligations.

Furious reaction to U.S. gun exporting scheme

July 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Public opinion on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border is reacting angrily to a program called Operation Fast and Furious, through which the ATF deliberately allowed thousands of automatic weapons to be smuggled into Mexico