One of the questions occupying the minds of millions of Mexicans is whether MORENA, the party currently in power, will survive the 2024 elections and the conclusion of Andrés Manuel López Obrador presidential term. In general, the debate regarding AMLO’s intention to possibly seek reelection is over. Some potential candidates to take the mantle of the 4T (as the current president calls his movement) regime include Claudia Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, and Adán López.
On November 1, 2021, Mexico’s Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS” for its acronym in Spanish) published a Decree in the Official Journal of the Federation (“DOF”) creating a new Voluntary Labor Verification Program (the “Program”), which entered into force the day following its publication. The decree provides that employers may voluntarily report to the STPS their level of compliance with General Labor Conditions, Development and Training, Safety and Sanitation, among other aspects, as relates to their respective workplaces.
A new United States ambassador has arrived in Mexico, Kenneth Lee Salazar. He was appointed by President Joe Biden and is known for being well informed as to the issues that exist between the U.S. and Mexico, including opportunities that exist for the two countries to move forward with mutually beneficial projects that would strengthen their bilateral bond and create further possibilities for development.
On September 9, high level representatives from Mexico and the United States, including Vice President Kamala Harris, several Department Heads and Ambassadors, relaunched High-Level Economic Dialogue (“HLED”), a dialogue mechanism implemented in 2013 during the administrations of Presidents Enrique Peña Nieto and Barack Obama.
After a long legislative process, Mexico’s Federal Congress has approved amendments to several laws implementing a judicial restructuring in Mexico. Among the amendments restructuring the Mexican Judicial Branch is a transitory article that has sparked national debate in numerous: political, judicial, academic and the media.
