2024 Mexico Elections
With Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory in the recent elections, Mexico has its first female president in history.
Prior consultation with indigenous peoples and communities regarding environmental assessments and authorizations
Last March 2023, two jurisprudential criteria were published by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of our country, which explain the provisions of Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, which has been ratified by Mexico, and in relation to the government’s duty to guarantee indigenous peoples their participation in […]
Mexico on its way to reduce its carbon footprint
On February 29th of 2024, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público launched the program called ECO CREDITO SUSTENTABLE, which is one of Mexico ́s many initiatives in its Mobilization of Sustainable Financing Strategy (Estrategia de Movilización de Financiamiento Sostenible), initiative in cooperation with Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) and Nacional Financiera (Nafin), […]
Marco Antonio
Perea Arias
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Javier Omar
Estrada Labrado
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Almeida Madrid
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Jesús Alfonso
González Bustillos
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Francisco Javier
Andujo Tarango
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Joel Antonio
González Labrado
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License to Operate: Main Risk for Miners in Mexico
Q: How have mining companies in Chihuahua interpreted the government’s decree to halt activities to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
A: The decree has generated uncertainty in the state’s mining sector. The way in which companies must implement it is vague, especially regarding the Labor Law. Perhaps the obfuscation is deliberate on the part of the authorities to surreptitiously justify why employees must still be paid even if the company is closed. Business owners are not sure if there would be any legal liability if they were to pay their workers only minimum wages while operations remain suspended. Nevertheless, all mining companies we work with have chosen not to try to interpret the decree. Instead, they have made a commitment to pay their workers full wages for as long as they can. Even
