US EditionSheinbaum Cancels Guerrero Trip After Protesters Sack Headquarters of Rival Teachers Union
- On Thursday, protesters from Guerrero affiliated with the CNTE broke into and vandalized the Mexico City offices of the rival SNTE union, setting fires and damaging property.
- The violent acts followed a failed negotiation session on Wednesday and continued CNTE strikes rejecting a 10% pay rise offered on May 15.
- Protesters also vandalized the Interior Ministry, blockaded two pension offices for hours, and escalated tactics despite government and union condemnation.
- President Sheinbaum condemned the violence as a deliberate provocation, expressed her rejection of the destructive acts, emphasized that violence is unacceptable, and decided to cancel her scheduled trip to Guerrero.
- The incidents suggest deepening conflict between the CNTE and government, with calls for peace and legal actions pending to resolve prolonged protests.
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During the past week, Mexico City has become a battlefield between Claudia Sheinbaum’s government and the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), one of the country’s leading teachers’ unions that now demands a new pension law from the state to improve their retirement situation. “The conflict has escalated.” Sheinbaum says that public finances, which last year had a deficit of more than 5 points from the PBI, would not resist a reform…
President Claudia Sheinbaum unexpectedly cancelled her tour of Guerrero on Friday, June 6, just as everything was ready for her arrival.The agenda was suspended without notice, in the midst of a climate of tension with the Guerrero State Coordinator of Education Workers (CETEG).But what really motivated this last-minute decision?According to the president herself, the cancellation was due to the circulation of flyers announcing possible demonstr…
Sheinbaum cancels Guerrero trip after protesters sack headquarters of rival teachers union
Members of a dissident teachers union who have been protesting in Mexico City for more than three weeks escalated their tactics Thursday, vandalizing public buildings, blockading two government pension offices and setting fires at a rival union’s headquarters. The National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) has been on strike since May 15, demanding a wage increase, pension reform and reinstatement of dismissed teachers. President Sheinbaum…
The teachers’ pressure on the federal government now affected the presidential agenda. President Claudia Sheinbaum’s tour, scheduled for this weekend in Tlapa, Guerrero, was cancelled, logistics staff reported. The State Coordinator of Education Workers in Guerrero (CETEG), who maintains the most radical role in the framework of the teachers’ mobilizations in Mexico City, scheduled a protest for this Friday, as part of the visit of the President…
The Mexican president categorically ruled out the use of public force, be it the police or the National Guard, to repress demonstrations or remove Protestant blockades. “Dialogue is the most important thing, we are not going to use the police or the National Guard to repress anyone,” the president said, stressing the responsibility of a government to always look for dialogue schemes in front of social protest. From the National Palace on Thursda…
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, president of Mexico, announced the cancellation of a tour planned for this weekend in the mountain area of Guerrero, particularly in the municipality of...
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