LatinNews Daily - 19 March 2026

*Mexico’s influential teachers’ union, Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE), has launched a 72-hour national strike, along with protests in Mexico City (CDMX) and other parts of the country, including in the cities of Tijuana (Baja California state), Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Chiapas), Chilpancingo (Guerrero), and Oaxaca (Oaxaca), among others, over various demands. These include improved labour conditions and salaries, the repeal of the 2007 reform to the federal public workers’ social security institute (ISSSTE), which changed the way pensions are distributed, and repeal of the education reform passed in 2019. This reform was passed under President Claudia Sheinbaum’s mentor and predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Movimiento Regeneración Nacional, Morena, 2018-2024), and amended reforms passed in 2012-2013 by the Enrique Peña Nieto administration (2012-2018) but was criticised by the CNTE for not going far enough. Yesterday CDMX authorities reported clashes between protesters and security officials in the main square or Zócalo after a group of protesters arrived as personnel from the CDMX public security ministry (SSC) were setting up audio equipment, but no arrests were reported and the situation has reportedly normalised. The renewed strike action comes despite President Sheinbaum announcing various measures last year to improve teachers’ working conditions.

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