Mexico Minimum Wage & 40-Hour Work Week Agreed

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Mexico announces increase in the minimum wage by 2026 and agrees to reduce the working day to 40 hours

– He Government of Mexico reported this Wednesday that The minimum wage will have an increase of 13% starting January 1, 2026, which will reach 315.04 pesos per day, close to $15.75. The Secretary of Labor, Marath Bolaños, said during the morning conference of the Executive that the decision was adopted by the tripartite commission made up of government representatives, unions and companies.

— The adjustment slightly exceeds that applied this year, when the minimum wage rose 12% and stood at 279 pesos per day, about $13.75. According to official data, with the new amount a working person will be able to purchase two basic baskets—which include essential foods, hygiene and cleaning products, and basic pharmaceutical items—compared to the 1.8 that can currently be purchased.

— It was also determined that in 2026 there will be a 5% increase in the minimum wage in the border area with the United Stateswhere the cost of living is higher, to place it at 440.87 pesos per day, around 22 dollars. The Government estimated that the increase will benefit 8.5 million working peopleequivalent to about 14% of the economically active population.

— Despite the adjustment, the variations remain below the annual increases approved during the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), which were between 15% and 22%.

— President Claudia Sheinbaum declared that the new minimum wage will not affect inflation, which in October registered an interannual rate of 3.57%.

— Bolaños also announced that the Government and the business sector reached a agreement on a constitutional and legal reform project that Congress must discuss in the coming months, and that seeks reduce the weekly working day from 48 to 40 hours.

— According to the approach, the decrease will be progressive: The working day will decrease by two hours per year starting in 2027 until reaching 40 hours in 2030, at the end of Sheinbaum’s term. The Secretary of Labor explained that 2026 will be a period of adaptation in which companies and working people will organize and adapt their production processes to begin the changes in 2027.

— The reform also includes adjustments to overtime. Bolaños said that the sum of ordinary and overtime hours may not exceed 12 hours in a day in any case and added that extraordinary work for minors will be prohibited.

Colombian family denounces to the IACHR the extrajudicial execution by the US of a fisherman in the Caribbean

—The family of a Colombian who remains missing in Caribbean waters presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the first formal complaint against the United States for the alleged extrajudicial execution of the manwho would have died during an attack against a boat designated by that country to transport drugs.

— The complaint for the alleged death of Alejandro Carranza Medina42, joined the autonomous body of the Organization of American States on Tuesday. The IACHR can issue recommendations, but its decisions are not binding because The United States does not recognize the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court.

—The American Lawyer Daniel Kovalikrepresentative of the family, told The Associated Press that do not rule out file a lawsuit in court in the United Statesalthough that route would involve greater obstacles. For this reason, they went to the IACHR, which they consider an appropriate instance for this type of claims.

— “So we are using the avenues at our disposal, and we believe that a decision in our favor, combined with public pressure, can achieve that compensation (for the family) and also put an end to the massacres in the Caribbean”Kovalik said in a virtual interview from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The IACHR confirmed to the AP that it received the petition and that it will evaluate it in accordance with its regulations and the American Declaration on Human Rights.

— In September, the United States began a policy of lethal attacks against vessels accused of transporting drugs after the deployment of its military capabilities in the Caribbean. Since then, more than 80 people have been killed in these operations.. Human rights organizations and some US congressmen questioned the legality of the attacks and called for greater scrutiny. The IACHR expressed its concern on Tuesday and asked Washington to guarantee respect for human rights.

— In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro questioned a disproportionate use of force in interdiction operations. He also denounced that there were Colombian citizens among the victims and supported the complaint for the death of Carranza, whom he described as a fisherman from Santa Marta.

—The complaint, disclosed on Tuesday by the media The Guardianindicates that on September 15, the United States bombed the boat in which Carranza was traveling when it was sailing in the Caribbean off the Colombian coast. “It was not a boat loaded with drugs. No, it went out to fish for billfish and tuna”Kovalik insisted. “The last thing they heard him say was, ‘It’s a good day for fishing.’ And that’s what he did.”he added.

— According to the lawyer, two articles from the New York Times and The Washington Post about the family’s complaints, as well as statements by the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, support the thesis of a extrajudicial execution. He assured that a fishermen’s association from Santa Marta recognized the attacked boat as Carranza’s.

— “We believe he was the one who died. Obviously, there are no surviving witnesses… but the leader of the fishermen’s association knew him very well and knew his boat very well”says Kovalik.

— Colombian media reported that a person with the same name was arrested in 2016 along with several police officers for the theft of more than 200 weapons, allegedly sold to an illegal group. Asked about this background, Kovalik indicated that he believes it is the same person, but stated that his client has no background because he was never accused.

— In interviews with local media, Carranza’s family indicated that they have limited resources. Kovalik explained that he met the fisherman’s relatives with the help of the Colombian Government and that he traveled to Santa Marta less than a month ago to gather information about the case.

— The petition before the IACHR maintains that Victims lack adequate mechanisms to obtain reparation in Colombia and that, even if they existed, they could not use them safely due to threats from paramilitary groups.

Peru asks the OAS to review diplomatic asylum criteria; Mexico rejects the initiative

—The Government of Peru proposed this Wednesday at the Organization of American States (OAS) a review of diplomatic asylum criteria so that the States that are analyzing granting it obligatorily evaluate the information provided by the country where the applicant is located, especially in cases that involve possible crimes. Mexico expressed its opposition amid bilateral tensions that have kept diplomatic relations broken since November.

— The disagreement between both countries deepened after Mexico granted asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávezsentenced to eleven years in prison for conspiracy to rebel and currently sheltered in the Mexican embassy in Lima while waiting for Peru to grant her safe passage.

— During the session of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington, convened at the request of Lima, the Chancellor Hugo de Zela He explained that the proposal seeks to ensure that asylums are granted through procedures that guarantee objectivity, traceability and responsibility. He pointed out that the objective is to avoid decisions based on ideological criteria or for asylum to become a way to evade local justice.

— Later, the representative of Mexico before the OAS, Luz Bañosmaintained that the Permanent Council does not constitute the competent space to evaluate the application of the Convention on Diplomatic Asylum of 1954, much less with a view to revising it, reinterpreting it or proposing modifications. He also recalled that Peru requested the convening of the body after Mexico granted asylum and requested safe passage for Chávez at the beginning of November. According to him, the rules of the 1954 Convention are clear, precise and in force for decades.

— The Peruvian Government clarified that it does not intend for the Permanent Council to directly modify the Convention on Diplomatic Asylum, but rather that authorizes submitting a consultation to the Inter-American Juridical Committeeadvisory body of the OAS, so that the proposal is technically analyzed.

— De Zela told CNN two weeks ago that he decided to “delay” the issuance of the safe passage to have time to hold consultations with other countries in the region and the OAS itself in order to determine whether the 1954 Convention “adapts to today’s reality.”

— On November 27, a Peruvian court sentenced former president Pedro Castillo to more than eleven years in prison for conspiracy to rebelafter his attempt to close Congress in 2022, an action that led to his dismissal. Chávez received a similar sentence for the same crime.

— Castillo’s wife and two minor children have been granted asylum in Mexico since 2022, after the former president’s arrest.

Radar

— Cuba: The Cuban electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early Wednesday morning, leaving the capital, Havana, and much of the west of the country in darkness, according to state media and eyewitnesses.

— Middle East: In decades, Israel and Lebanon had not reunited their civilian representatives. This Wednesday they did so, within the framework of the supervision of the joint ceasefire agreement that has been in force between Israel and Hezbollah since 2024.

— Europa: The European Union (EU) announced a pact to veto imports of Russian gas by the end of 2027 and a plan to finance Ukraine for the next two years.

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