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![Fausto Limon looks at his bean plants, knowing they need more fertilizer, but lacking the money to buy it, in Veracruz, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/fausto06b-1-400x300.jpg)
US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
![This banner, displayed at a community meeting in the Sierra Norte, says, "The Sierra Norte of Puebla can't be sold nor rented out – Nahua and Totonaco Indigenous Peoples."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8939-400x300.jpg)
Land Defenders Shut Down a Toxic Mine. Now Its Corporate Backers Want Damages.
A Canadian firm is demanding $200 million in damages from Mexico following the cancellation of its mining concessions.
![President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo looks on after a meeting with the business sector at Hotel Presidente Intercontinental on June 19, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2158323455-400x300.jpg)
Can Mexico’s Leftist President-Elect Solve the Nation’s Water Crisis?
As mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum made the city's water shortage her “main concern.”
![Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters from a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0603-Mexico-president-400x300.jpg)
Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Landslide Victory in Mexico Presidential Election
Mexico’s first woman president faces an uneasy road after opponents falsely accuse Morena party of authoritarianism.
![Protesters try to remove police barriers during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in front of Israel's Embassy to Mexico on May 28, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2154583387-400x300.jpg)
In Mexico, Solidarity With Palestine Runs Deep
Mexico's government has ties to Israel, and Indigenous communities and activists see a common cause with Palestine.
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Mexico Appears Poised to Elect Its First Woman President
The campaign cycle has been deadly, with at least 34 candidates or aspiring candidates assassinated since September.
![Tlaxcala activists speak out against real estate and other corporate and institutional attacks on their land. In the background, right, is a banner demanding Nahuatl community leader and land defender, Saúl Rosales, be freed.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-IMG_2970-400x300.jpg)
Corrupt Real Estate Firms Are Displacing Indigenous Mexicans in New Colonialism
Locals say the real estate industry is using organized crime, intimidation and even arson to clear the way for profits.
![Activists from the Interuniversity and Popular Assembly in Solidarity with the People of Palestine erect a tent in front of the Rectory Tower of the National Autonomous University of Mexico as part of a camp to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip and demand from the authorities the breaking of academic, political and economic relations between Mexico and Israel, in Mexico City on May 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0507-pro-palestine-encampment-400x300.jpg)
University Students in Mexico Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Call for BDS
In demanding divestment from Israel, students in Mexico City build on a vibrant history of activism at their university.
![A plane flies overhead past a Mexican flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-mexico-flight-400x300.jpg)
Abortion Bans Push Some in US to Travel to Mexico for Reproductive Health Care
As US states like Florida impose more restrictions, more states in Mexico are legalizing abortion.
![Ecuadorian police special forces breaking into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, on April 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2133957242-400x300.jpg)
Mexico Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Quito Embassy Raid
Police arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had received asylum and was sheltering in the Mexican embassy.