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David Raby
US INTRANSIGENCE: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum at the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington in December 2025
Features / 29 May 2026
Firm rebuttal of US meddling
29 May 2026

DAVID RABY charts the ever increasing US attempts at intervention in Mexico’s internal affairs

President Claudia Sheinbaum looks on during her daily, morning news conference, as Mexican Security and Citizen Protection Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch delivers a briefing
Latin America / 4 March 2026
Mexico acts decisively against narco criminality
4 March 2026

DAVID RABY explains the background of the recent upheavals in Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters gathered in the Zocalo in Mexico City, December 6, 2025, to celebrate the seven years since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador electoral victory
Latin America / 9 December 2025
Sheinbaum turns the tide: mass mobilisation and reform drive Mexico’s Transformation forward
9 December 2025

Ten days after right-wing destabilisation attempts, Mexico’s leadership has emerged strengthened, securing historic labour and wage agreements, while opposition-backed protests have crumbled under scrutiny, says DAVID RABY

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum looks on during her morn
Features / 20 June 2025
Despite subversion on multiple fronts, Sheinbaum marches on
20 June 2025

DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the traditional right wing, and Trump’s provocations 
 

TRANSFORMATION: President Claudia Sheinbaum waves as she arr
Features / 8 February 2025
Mexico yet again gets Trump to negotiate
8 February 2025
By taking a firm stance against the ‘Monroe Doctrine Mk II’ President Sheinbaum has won plaudits from across Mexican society, says DAVID RABY
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum
Features / 2 January 2025
Mexico forces Trump to backpedal
2 January 2025
Mexico’s unflinching stand has earned praise from across Latin America and the world, writes DAVID RABY
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rings the bell
Features / 17 September 2024
Sour pineapples and sovereignty: Mexico’s right loses the plot
17 September 2024
DAVID RABY explains the implications of the judicial reforms under way in Mexico, arguing they cement Morena’s transformation of politics and society — which is why they have met US disapproval and a violent right-wing backlash
EDUCATION FIRST: A poster at the Tlahuac heath centre, in th
Features / 3 July 2024
In Mexico the opposition’s irrelevance is now confirmed
3 July 2024
Since the election of Claudia Sheinbaum, who is soon to take office, the path ahead is clear for the constitutional and judicial reforms that will help secure the country’s 4T revolution. DAVID RABY reports
President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters at the
Features / 4 June 2024
An overwhelming victory for Morena, Mexico and Latin America
4 June 2024
Reporting from the polling stations in Mexico, DAVID RABY witnesses a victory for the progressive candidate Claudia Sheinbaum that even the most ardent supporters of Amlo’s ‘4T Transformation’ did not dare to hope for
Confetti showers presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, r
Features / 1 June 2024
Mexico’s electoral moment of truth approaches
1 June 2024
From Mexico, DAVID RABY reports that although Morena’s candidate is expected to win, unless that victory is outright and massive, the nation’s recent bold programme of progress could be subverted by the right
Followers of presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum crowd
Features / 15 March 2024
Mexico opposition plots judicial coup as dirty tricks campaign fails
15 March 2024
With an electoral wipeout at the hands of the progressive Claudia Sheinbaum looming, right-wing forces are spending millions on slander and manipulation to discredit Amlo’s ‘4T Transformation’ agenda, reports DAVID RABY
SPEAKING AS EQUALS: Mexican Foreign Secretary Alicia Barcena
Features / 27 January 2024
Mexico’s transformation advances
27 January 2024
The left has established deep roots in Mexico, but with President Amlo stepping down and an election later this year, what does the future hold for the country’s ‘Fourth Transformation,’ asks DAVID RABY
Locals queue up to receive support after the hurricane in Ac
Features / 22 November 2023
Acapulco: Mexico begins major redevelopment
22 November 2023
The mobilisation of multiple wings of the state in a massive clean-up and rebuilding effort after a hurricane which will leave jobs in its wake epitomises Amlo’s time in power, writes DAVID RABY
Features / 12 October 2023
Amlo’s term ends — progress continues
12 October 2023
DAVID RABY explains the latest moves by the popular left government and reports that the project is in safe hands as the Morena party’s women leaders wait in the wings to take charge
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Amlo) gives h
Features / 6 June 2023
Mexico and solidarity journalism
6 June 2023
DAVID RABY reports on the difficulties in raising international awareness of Mexico’s transformation
INTERNATIONAL TRAGEDY: Mourners in Guatemala carry Miguel Ro
Features / 20 April 2023
From the Ciudad Juarez tragedy to renewed success
20 April 2023
DAVID RABY reports on the latest moves to navigate major crises such as immigration, drug cartel violence and energy sovereignty by Mexico’s progressive government
Massive crowds rally in the Zocalo to support nationalising
Features / 22 March 2023
Mexican sovereignty non-negotiable as Amlo rallies the thousands
22 March 2023
US Republicans’ interventionist ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric has failed to inhibit the social transformation in Mexico, as over 500,000 people swarmed the capital to celebrate the nationalisation of oil and lithium, reports DAVID RABY
CROSSED WIRES? (L to R) Protesters in front of the National
Features / 2 February 2023
The Tren Maya: infrastructure and indigenous culture
2 February 2023
Claims that Amlo’s Mayan Train project around Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula is a form of ‘savage capitalism’ do not stand up to scrutiny, explains DAVID RABY
Amlo has pushed ahead with projects to regain national sover
Features / 6 November 2022
Mexico’s economic and social successes continue
6 November 2022
Despite the recession, left-wing President Amlo has pushed forward with projects for agricultural self-sufficiency, expansion of welfare, indigenous justice and even a ‘Mexican NHS,’ reports DAVID RABY
National Guard all-women unit at the annual Independence Day
Opinion / 20 September 2022
The military and public order in Mexico
20 September 2022
Corruption in law enforcement and the judiciary is widespread in Mexico – and tackling the problem has proven a challenge for President Amlo. DAVID RABY explains the difficulties
NO ILLUSIONS: Mexican President Andres Manuel Obrador delive
Features / 17 August 2022
How Mexico and Bolivia are promoting lithium sovereignty
17 August 2022
As Amlo nationalises his country’s lithium reserves, he is also looking to strengthen links with Bolivia and others in order to boost regional self-determination, writes DAVID RABY
NEW AUTHORITY: Amlo travels to the US this month in a unique
Features / 3 July 2022
Amlo’s Mexico asserts itself against a declining US
3 July 2022
The US has had to accept a wave of progressive governments without intervention in what it once saw as its ‘back yard’ – now Mexico can stand tall on immigration, its economy and against US gun manufacturers, reports DAVID RABY
Features / 1 May 2022
Under Amlo, Mexico nationalises lithium 
1 May 2022
The success of the new Mining Law will give the Mexican state unique powers to extract and develop this critical resource for technology – and more moves away from neoliberalism towards deeper sovereignty are afoot, reports DAVID RABY
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Features / 13 April 2022
Triumph for Amlo in Mexico's recall vote
13 April 2022
by David Raby
Mexican President Amlo slammed Europe’s ‘interventionist
Features / 17 March 2022
Mexico: Amlo hits back at EU ‘press freedom’ critics
17 March 2022
DAVID RABY explains why Mexico’s president released a furious communique aimed at the European Parliament – and why his geopolitical diplomacy and progressive policies may be what is really angering the West
Union steward with the mine workers’ union, Ruth Rivera, 4
Features / 27 February 2022
Real improvements for workers in Mexico
27 February 2022
The labour movement is both a beneficiary and an active participant in Mexico’s transformation under Amlo, writes DAVID RABY
The Teotongo Utopia has an old airliner refitted as an IT la
Features / 15 February 2022
A socialist borough leads the way in Mexico
15 February 2022
Introducing the Utopias project – self-organised spaces which now provide jobs, training, culture and hope to the Iztapalapa district of the world's biggest city. DAVID RABY reports
Supporters of Gabriel Boric, of the ‘I approve Dignity’
Features / 11 January 2022
Chile and Mexico’s leaders align
11 January 2022
With progressive governments now victorious over the right in both nations, their common interest in tax justice, women’s equality and keeping their lithium deposits safe has led to a new unity, reports DAVID RABY
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Features / 3 December 2021
Mexico’s diplomatic activism continues
3 December 2021
DAVID RABY reports on President Lopez Obrador’s attempts to build bridges with his country’s northern neighbours
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador chairs the UN Security
Features / 12 November 2021
Mexico's welfare plan stuns the UN
12 November 2021
DAVID RABY explains Mexico's radical intitiative to provide assistance to the 750 million poorest citizens on the planet
Cuban leader Diaz-Canel (centre) joins Mexican President Aml
Features / 17 September 2021
Amlo and Diaz-Canal raise the stakes against the blockade
17 September 2021
In an unprecedented show of support, the Cuban leader was invited to join the left-wing president’s official celebrations of Mexican Independence Day where a new level of solidarity was declared, reports DAVID RABY
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Opinion / 28 July 2021
Mexico steps up anti-corruption measures and support for Cuba
28 July 2021
DAVID RABY looks at recent political initiatives by President Lopez Obrador and their potential impact on Latin America and beyond
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shows the poli
Features / 12 June 2021
Victory for the left in Mexico 
12 June 2021
DAVID RABY analyses the mid-term elections where the Morena party held and even increased its representation
President Amlo’s Fourth Transformation proposes national c
Features / 2 June 2021
Crunch time in Mexico
2 June 2021
With the mid-term elections coming up on June 6, President Amlo faces subversion from domestic enemies and 'civil society' groups funded by the US. If successful however, it will be a huge step forward for his progressive Fourth Transformation, writes DAVID RABY
Features / 2 April 2021
Mexico and Bolivia reinforce their push for regional sovereignty
2 April 2021
After Amlo’s historic visit the two governments will work together in the diplomatic sphere against neoliberal subversion as Latin American unity surges forward, reports DAVID RABY
Mexico’s Amlo has struck a deal to defend the sovereignty
Features / 4 March 2021
Mexico and Argentina sign landmark agreement
4 March 2021
With ongoing US sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua and right-wing subversion attempting to block democracy across the continent, DAVID RABY welcomes this joint declaration as a major progressive development
Features / 4 September 2019
Hope for Mexico lies with Lopez Obrador and his government
4 September 2019
DAVID RABY examines the achievements of Amlo since his election as president last year