Tag: Mexico
The disintegration of North America
Director Michael Moore was trying to satirize the U.S. penchant for invading other countries.
Renaming The Gulf of Mexico isn’t a laughing matter but part...
It reflects a disregard for historical truth, an aggressive assertion of U.S. superiority, and the continuation of exploitative colonialist practices that harm both the environment and Latin American people.
Monsanto drops lawsuits against Mexican government over its genetically modified corn...
Several lawsuits were initiated in response to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador 2020 presidential decree, which aimed to ban glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption.
Claudia Sheinbaum becomes first woman president of Mexico in landslide win
Claudia Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, she received close to 58 percent of the vote.
‘The North needs to learn from the South’: Mexico poised to...
The two front-runners are the result of “decades-long work by feminists in Mexico, along with feminists all over Latin America, pushing for equality.”
Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs—and a US...
Mexico’s lawsuit holds out the prospect that the gun industry could be next.
What’s at stake if the US OK’s building this gas pipeline...
The pristine site is in the proposed pathway of the 48-inch-diameter Saguaro Connector Pipeline, which would send natural gas produced in Texas’s Permian Basin 155 miles west.
Mexico bans cigarette smoking in all public places
This concludes that the only legal place to smoke is in private residences, which makes Mexico's legislation the "world's strictest anti-tobacco laws."
BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report
A report published this month in Bloomberg Green said oil and gas company BP has been buying carbon credits from Mexican villages below market value, raising questions about the carbon credit market’s viability as a tool for transitioning companies to green practices.
A labor stunner in Mexico augurs greater equality—on both sides of...
Mexican GM workers, after years of living in fear, are now feeling their own power.
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Adidas follows global trend to end use of kangaroo leather in all products
Adidas' announcement follows a global trend toward ethical and sustainable fashion, where Nike, Puma, New Balance, and Diadora also ended the use of kangaroo leather in its products in recent years.
Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.
The rise of AI warfare: How autonomous weapons and cognitive warfare are reshaping global...
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
Harm reduction, not border cops, credited for historic drop in US overdose deaths
Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.