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Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security

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Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security - Abolish Capital!

This article by Mireya Cuéllar originally appeared in the March 31, 2026 issue of La Jornada Baja California [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/31/estados/sin-seguridad-social-nueve-de-cada-10-trabajadores-agricolas-de-san-quintin-bc], the Baja California edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. San Quintín, Baja California. How many workers are registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in San Quintín? The state Secretary of Labour, Alejandro Arregui Ibarra, hesitates. Before revealing the number, he offers an explanation: “Most agricultural workers are seasonal, meaning they are hired according to the product’s cycle and seasonality… this causes registrations and cancellations at the IMSS. The latest figure we have is that there are almost 5,000 registered workers, but the berry season is just beginning.” According to the latest agricultural census conducted by INEGI in 2022, there were 47,197 farmworkers in San Quintín, of whom 28,841 were men and 18,356 were women. Based on this figure, there are at least 42,000 people living without any form of social security in one of the most technologically advanced agricultural areas in the country, a pioneer in protected agriculture (greenhouses and shade netting), where all irrigation is by drip system. Raquel started harvesting cucumbers at age 8 on the Los Pinos ranch. “Since I couldn’t carry the bucket, because I couldn’t handle it, I made little piles (of the vegetables) on the ground. My dad would collect them and put them in his bucket. The same with the tomatoes. We children helped,” she recalls, adding that the situation began to change after 2015, when thousands of farmworkers blocked the Transpeninsular Highway and stopped the strawberry and tomato harvest. “Things have improved,” she points out, “because from the age of 10—imagine, I was in fifth grade!—I was part of a group of kids who waited for the truck on Saturdays and Sundays to go weed or pick scallions, broccoli… and then, when I was 14 or 15, I went to pick strawberries. I could earn a thousand pesos a day picking them because I picked them so fast. And I even stopped studying for a year. When the inspectors came, they would warn my boss a day in advance; we were always on alert and would run and hide in the woods.” At 36, she has worked in several agricultural fields. Her last job was with BerryMex, where she was so productive that the company helped her obtain an H2A visa so she could work at a U.S. facility. There, she selected strawberry roots during September, October, and November (a cycle she completed several years in a row). Once grown, the seedlings are brought from Nevada or California to be planted in San Quintín, in fields that operate under contract with the multinational corporation. [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/image-134.png] Guadalupe García Darío, originally from Oaxaca and a resident of the area for about 30 years, recounts that she lives without basic services in the San Francisco neighborhood and is experiencing problems with her land due to irregularities in its sale. Photo: Edgar Lima “We are being selected to work in the US” ----------------------------------------- “They select us. One of the requirements is having a passport and no problem traveling to the United States. They take us there; we complete the initial application process. If we qualify, they take us to the consulate (in Tijuana), pay for our work visa… it costs 3,200 pesos. They don’t charge us for housing there, so we can save money. We sleep in barracks. And you have to return immediately if you want to come back the following year.” There is no option other than “going out and paying” ---------------------------------------------------- The contracts at the large companies in San Quintín are for five or six months, she explains, “and they don’t always renew them, sometimes not until the following harvest year,” so there’s no other option but to work “going out and paying” for part of the year. “It’s a system that allows us to go to different ranches: to pick peas, cucumbers, whatever’s available, and since nobody asks for papers, we can start working as soon as we arrive from Oaxaca, Chiapas, or Guerrero. It also helps young couples who aren’t yet 18 and don’t have papers… even Haitians were here for a while,” she says without a hint of annoyance. The technological development achieved by large companies allows for year-round crops, which led to the settlement of farm laborers in San Quintín, forming a community that identifies as “Oaxacalifornians,” a term that initially had a derogatory connotation, but is now reclaimed by some sectors. In the 2020 census, 41.3 percent of those living here reported being born in Oaxaca. Raquel’s parents are from Tlaxiaco and arrived when they were 15 and 16 years old, with a six-month-old baby—her older brother—going straight to the agricultural fields. In the 1970s and 80s, migration consisted mainly of men traveling without their families. Many of these day laborers alternated between harvesting in San Quintín, from June to September, and agricultural work in Sinaloa, which began in October and ended in late April. Later, in addition to tomatoes, spring and winter crops such as strawberries and green onions began to be grown, extending production throughout the year. Thus, the migration pattern was transformed from temporary and individual to permanent and family-based, as noted in the study Agricultural Growth and Working Conditions in the San Quintín Valley, by the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS). [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/highway-blockade-david-bacon-4-scaled.jpg] SAN QUINTIN, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO – 22JANUARY26 – Farmworkers and other residents of the Zapata colonia in the San Quintin Valley blockade the Transpeninsular Highway to protest corruption in the new government of the San Quintin municipality. Day labourers with the highest minimum wage ------------------------------------------- The minimum wage today is 440 pesos—up from 130 pesos in 2015—the highest in the country. Businesses and public institutions are combating sexual harassment against women in the fields, children are rarely seen in the countryside, and most families no longer live in the shacks on the ranches, although their homes in the settlements are very precarious. The United States sometimes includes labor issues in the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) negotiations. This has changed the situation for farmworkers, as the study describes over more than 150 pages. They do not accumulate weeks of contributions to the IMSS. ---------------------------------------------------------- However, this study, published in 2022 – one of the most up-to-date and with a large amount of data, because it obtained permission from the owners of the fields to survey the day laborers at their workplace – found that on average the day laborers accumulate only three years of contributions to the IMSS, not only because the contracts are temporary, but because, as the workers themselves expressed, they are registered for a few days and then deregistered, so that they do not accumulate weeks. The study concludes that, although the working conditions of day laborers have changed, “this transformation has not occurred in a homogeneous way. While some workers have formal contracts and all legally mandated benefits, it is possible to identify those who work for daily wages with different employers and without any recognized employment relationship,” which is “a consequence of the very development of the export-oriented agribusiness in the region.” However, it leaves large companies untouched. In this regard, the study Agricultural Day Laborers and Transnational Corporations in the San Quintín Valley, by Anna Mary Garrapa, published by the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, offers another angle on this export-centered development scheme. “In true Californian style, the region shifted to intensive production of high-value crops, and thanks to technological innovations, increased yields per hectare and balanced production were achieved almost year-round. Tomatoes, the leading crop in the valley, were reduced, while varieties expanded, particularly onions, cucumbers, and finally strawberries.” In particular, with the Driscoll’s/BerryMex model (where one acts as the exporter and the other as the producer), he explains, “the farmer receives exclusively proprietary varieties, which he has to destroy once the production quantity required by the marketing company is met… the relationship of the local company associated with them is very close and is characterized by a strong financial dependence and deep control of the entire production process…” The valley is an extension of California ---------------------------------------- The valley is “geographically and economically much more integrated with the United States than with Mexico.” Its border location aligns with the thriving U.S. consumer markets and its primary export orientation. Berry production “represents the most emblematic phenomenon of how the valley currently constitutes a productive extension of California.” But “despite the huge profits made in the US market for fresh berries… wage conditions and access to social protection for employees, especially temporary ones, have not substantially improved after the massive work stoppage in March 2015.” “The separation between landowners, agricultural companies, and transnational corporations, combined with the multiple levels of labor intermediation, creates an extremely complicated context for workers, who in many cases are unable to identify the economic actors ultimately responsible for the exploitation they experience in the fields,” Garrapa concludes. * Tariffs Without Industry: The Trap of Mexican Trade Policy Towards China [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/china-mexico-tariffs-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/tariffs-without-industry-the-trap-of-mexican-trade-policy-towards-china/ Analysis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/analysis/] #### Tariffs Without Industry: The Trap of Mexican Trade Policy Towards China [https://mexicosolidarity.com/tariffs-without-industry-the-trap-of-mexican-trade-policy-towards-china/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Without a policy aimed at increasing the productive investment rate to accompany the country’s reindustrialization process, trade barriers will be inefficient due to the rigidity of the productive structure. * Second Suspect in Attack on Striking Tornel Workers Prosecuted [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/turnel-workers-strike-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/second-suspect-in-attack-on-striking-tornel-workers-prosecuted/ Labor [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/labor/] | News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Second Suspect in Attack on Striking Tornel Workers Prosecuted [https://mexicosolidarity.com/second-suspect-in-attack-on-striking-tornel-workers-prosecuted/] March 31, 2026 What began as a workers’ protest escalated into an armed attack against those protecting the movement, with four workers shot. * Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/san-quintin-baja-day-laborers-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/nine-out-of-ten-agricultural-workers-in-san-quintin-baja-california-dont-have-social-security/ Labor [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/labor/] | News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security [https://mexicosolidarity.com/nine-out-of-ten-agricultural-workers-in-san-quintin-baja-california-dont-have-social-security/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 “The separation between landowners, agricultural companies, and transnational corporations, combined with the multiple levels of labor intermediation, creates an extremely complicated context for workers.” The post Nine Out of Ten Agricultural Workers in San Quintín, Baja California Don’t Have Social Security [https://mexicosolidarity.com/nine-out-of-ten-agricultural-workers-in-san-quintin-baja-california-dont-have-social-security/] appeared first on Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/]. — From Mexico Solidarity Media [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://mexicosolidarity.com/feed/].

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rss3h ago

Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending

https://news.abolish.capital/post/39068

Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending - Abolish Capital!

This article by Cristóbal Martínez Riojas originally appeared in the March 30, 2026 edition of [https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/capital-humano/trabajo-hogar-seguridad-social-ganada-cumplimiento-pendiente-20260330-806325.html] El Economista [https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/capital-humano/trabajo-hogar-seguridad-social-ganada-cumplimiento-pendiente-20260330-806325.html]. The enrollment of domestic workers in the IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute) has not taken off nearly three years after the law forced employers to register them for social security regardless of the number of days they work. This March 30th was International Domestic Workers’ Day, and in Mexico, incorporation into social security is stagnant and even registers a slight decline. Last February there were 59,017 domestic workers with social security , 296 fewer registrations than in May 2023 when 59,313 affiliations were reported —the date on which the obligation came into effect—, according to data from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). In percentage terms it represents a decrease of 0.49%, but in everyday life it is the lack of access to health and housing for this sector of the employed population in Mexico. Social Security for Domestic Work is Now Mandatory -------------------------------------------------- On May 16, 2023, the Mexican Congress unanimously approved an amendment to the Social Security Law that made IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute) affiliation mandatory for domestic workers. Previously, in 2019, a pilot program for their affiliation was in operation following a Supreme Court ruling. Membership provides access to the insurance offered by the IMSS under its mandatory regime: medical coverage, hospital and pharmaceutical care, disability and life insurance in case of possible incapacity resulting from illness or work risk, coverage for accidents on the way to work, access to social benefits, retirement insurance, unemployment in old age and old age, among others. However, despite being a right, it is still far from being fully realized by this employed population. In Mexico, there are approximately 2.3 million people employed in paid domestic work, representing 3.8% of the total workforce, according to the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE). [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/INEGI-sm.jpg] IMSS Affiliation of Domestic Workers According to INEGI, 69.5% of people employed in domestic work do not receive any employment benefits. “I do think it’s a great step forward that sectors of the population that were previously invisible are being included. Domestic work is undervalued by most people. They think it’s very easy. It’s a job like any other that deserves recognition because you also go and give a part of your life. I hope it reaches more people so they can have this right to health, which is universal and mandatory,” shares Rosario, a domestic worker affiliated with the IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute) who asked that her last name be omitted. > “I think it is more about dissemination, both in the media and by employers; that is, they have to inform their workers because many people have no idea.” Rosario has been enrolled in the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) since 2014, before the pilot enrollment program and before it became mandatory. She recounts that her employer registered her with the IMSS that year because she needed surgery. However, at that time she could only access voluntary enrollment and had to wait three years to receive tertiary care, which includes surgeries. Given this background, the IMSS only migrated Rosario’s file to the mandatory program and her employer makes her contributions annually. Paid domestic work is mostly done by women, as nine out of ten people dedicated to these activities are women, according to data from INEGI. According to data from INEGI, 97% of all domestic workers work without a written contract, 2.5% had one, and 0.4% said they did not know. “They are unaware that it is already a law” Rosario says that the two people she knows who do paid domestic work are not affiliated with the IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute). “They don’t have social security . There’s still a lot of ignorance about the fact that it’s already the law,” Rosario says. From her perspective, it is necessary to give greater publicity to this membership program and emphasize that it is a change in the law that grants them this right. r3 When is International Domestic Workers’ Day commemorated? From her experience, Rosario believes that this program is a success, with aspects to improve, but that it gives visibility to domestic workers and grants them rights like other workers. “I have received good care, it has been slow, but I have received it,” she adds. Her affiliation with the IMSS has allowed her to have specialized medical care and medications for a chronic disease that was diagnosed at the Institute. In 1988, March 30th was established as International Domestic Workers’ Day with the aim of advocating for the rights of this population, promoting their work in dignified conditions and recognizing their contribution to the global economy. * Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/domestic-worker-house-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/domestic-work-social-security-earned-compliance-pending/ Labor [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/labor/] | News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending [https://mexicosolidarity.com/domestic-work-social-security-earned-compliance-pending/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 In Mexico, approximately 2.3 million people are engaged in domestic work, but incorporation into social security is stagnant and even has registered a slight decline since 2023. * A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/altagracia-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/a-change-of-course-urgently-needed-for-plan-mexico/ Analysis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/analysis/] #### A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México [https://mexicosolidarity.com/a-change-of-course-urgently-needed-for-plan-mexico/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 The announcements of new investments that never materialize must end now, and with them, the change or evolution of Plan México. * People’s Mañanera March 30 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/claudia-sheinbaum-press-conference-august-8-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-30/ Mañanera [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/mananera/] #### People’s Mañanera March 30 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-30/] March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on investments in Fine Arts & Anthropology & History institutions, Cuba, lawsuit by Mexicans who died in ICE custody, and fuel price controls. 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rss3h ago

A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México

https://news.abolish.capital/post/39064

A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México - Abolish Capital!

This column by Miguel Ángel Velázquez originally appeared in the March 31, 2026 edition of La Jornada [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/03/31/columnas/urge-cambio-de-rumbo-al-plan-mexico-fallido-liderazgo-el-motivo-imposibilita-inversiones-ciudad-perdida], Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The views expressed in this article are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project*.* It seems that finally, those in government have realized that for the ambitions of private businesses, a photo op trumps investment, and they never miss events where the important thing is to be in front of the cameras but never with a checkbook in hand. It is obvious to almost everyone that Plan México, however well designed it may be, suffers from failed leadership that very few respect and almost no one follows, which hinders, or worse, makes impossible the flow of national investments, which is already beginning to be felt in every area of the country and has injected a greater dose of uncertainty to those who do want to invest in Mexico. But it is now impossible to hide the need to correct the course of the plan that has already broken all records for photographs, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the zero, or almost, investments that have meant that, economically, things are not as good as they should be. It must be said, Ms. Altagracia, at the head of Plan México, simply doesn’t fit in. She has loyal and powerful friends, as well as her critics, which makes it urgent that this leadership—if we can even call it that—change hands and do more than just schedule the next photo op. For now, it seems the plan is for there to be no plan. They talk about big investments, but where’s the money, where’s the work? It seems the plan is to show off suits and smiles for the photo op, and then, be completely forgotten. We’ve been at this for almost two years now, during which the checkbooks have languished from boredom. A few days ago, at the initiative of the general director of the National Institute for Adult Education, Armando Contreras, an important group of businessmen met in a club in this city to launch a project in which the private sector and the government, represented at the event by the Attorney General, Ernestina Godoy, will address economic growth and security. The project makes sense if, as we said, fewer photos can be taken and more investments made from a security project that offers lower levels of danger for companies and their members. It is now urgent to take into consideration that, as it stands, Plan México is useless to everyone because there is no investment, and this means fewer jobs, which leads to more candidates joining organized crime groups. And the issue of national investment is, as we said, yet another concern on President Sheinbaum’s agenda, as if she didn’t have enough on her plate. The announcements of new investments that never materialize must end now, and with them, the change or evolution of Plan México, which, from whatever perspective you look at it, has failed. Let’s hope for a happy ending, not an endless, agonizing death. Beware. * Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/domestic-worker-house-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/domestic-work-social-security-earned-compliance-pending/ Labor [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/labor/] | News Briefs [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/news-brief/] #### Domestic Work: Social Security Earned, Compliance Pending [https://mexicosolidarity.com/domestic-work-social-security-earned-compliance-pending/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 In Mexico, approximately 2.3 million people are engaged in domestic work, but incorporation into social security is stagnant and even has registered a slight decline since 2023. * A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/altagracia-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/a-change-of-course-urgently-needed-for-plan-mexico/ Analysis [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/analysis/] #### A Change of Course Urgently Needed for Plan México [https://mexicosolidarity.com/a-change-of-course-urgently-needed-for-plan-mexico/] March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 The announcements of new investments that never materialize must end now, and with them, the change or evolution of Plan México. * People’s Mañanera March 30 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/claudia-sheinbaum-press-conference-august-8-large-1024x683.jpg]https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-30/ Mañanera [https://mexicosolidarity.com/category/mananera/] #### People’s Mañanera March 30 [https://mexicosolidarity.com/peoples-mananera-march-30/] March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on investments in Fine Arts & Anthropology & History institutions, Cuba, lawsuit by Mexicans who died in ICE custody, and fuel price controls. 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rss8h ago

Popular Feminisms Against the Neocolonial War in Latin America

https://news.abolish.capital/post/39011

Popular Feminisms Against the Neocolonial War in Latin America - Abolish Capital!

By Carmen Navas, Maisa Bascuas and Pilar Troya – Mar 27, 2026 To break a nation, imperialism understands it must break the will of those who sustain the social fabric. In hybrid warfare, the woman is not a passive victim but a combatant cadre who reorganizes the collective will in every commune and every territory. This March 8th, a day in which the world honors the working woman, we pay tribute to the anti-imperialist women of our continent. With their body-territories, their intellect, and their example, they are writing the most dignified pages of the contemporary history of Nuestra América. We are moving through a stage marked by Trump’s aggression—a deepening of hybrid warfare—and a neocolonial war deployed through financial impunity and voracious extractivism. The advance of the far-right in the region is no coincidence; it seeks to impose a model of plunder where the weight of debt strangles the peoples’ sovereignty. In the face of resistance to direct invasion and the silent war of Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCMs) against Cuba and Venezuela, popular feminism emerges not only as a protest but as the backbone of survival and dignity. [https://thetricontinental.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Heroinas-y-Mujeres-venezolanas-Foto-Prensa-Min-Mujer-2025-1024x768.jpg] Women at the Monument for the Heroines of Resistance and Independence, Caracas. 2025 (Prensa MinMujer). 1. The 3 Lessons of Trump’s Aggression and the Neocolonial War in Latin America The recent history of Nuestra América, marked by the shadow of the Monroe Doctrine and its update under the “Trump Corollary”—which persists as State logic in Washington—leaves us with three fundamental lessons regarding the nature of the current war against sovereignty. 1. The Woman’s Body as the First Territory of Defense The attack of this past January 3rd against Venezuela was not just a military incursion; it was an affront to the dignity of a people that has decided to be free. On that day, 12 women gave their lives in combat. Nine of them were soldiers, members of the Presidential Honor Guard. Imperialism understands that to break a nation, it must break the will of those who sustain the social fabric. In hybrid warfare, the woman is not a passive victim but a combatant cadre who reorganizes the collective will in every commune and every territory. This lesson is intertwined with the “sowing” of Berta Cáceres in Honduras. A decade ago, the extractivist elite believed that by assassinating Berta, they would extinguish the voice of the Lenca people. They did not understand that her body, like those of the Venezuelan female militia (a component of the Bolivarian National Armed Force) and communards, represents resistance against dams and transnational capital. The illegal detention of social activist Cilia Flores is yet another attempt to kidnap this symbol of dignity and political resistance. Illegally detained in the United States, Cilia Flores is a renowned social and political activist. She was the lawyer for the officers who rose up during the military insurrections of 1992, including Commander Hugo Chávez. On this day, women of the world call for her release and return to Venezuela. 2. The Resistance Economy is Feminine In Cuba, the “silent war” of UCMs has taken the form of an unprecedented energy siege. By preventing the arrival of fuel, Washington seeks to transform daily life into a hell of scarcity. However, on the island, resistance has the face of a woman. It is they who, through popular organization and community bonds, invent daily solutions to sustain life in the face of the blockade. This resistance economy does not seek profit, but rather the reproduction of life. While the international financial system uses debt to discipline nations, Cuban and Venezuelan women oppose it with an economy of collective care. In Venezuela, 80% of the leaders in communes and communal councils are women. They decide, plan, and execute the projects that keep the social structure afloat under the blockade. The lesson is clear: socialism in Nuestra América survives because women have transformed the private sphere into a space for political management and economic resistance against imperialist aggression. 3. Solidarity and Peace as People’s Diplomacy The recent action by Claudia Sheinbaum’s government in Mexico, sending ships with 1,200 tons of aid to Cuba, breaks the logic of financial submission. “Sorority” is not just an interpersonal concept, but an international political category. We also see this in the mobilization of popular organizations that, defying external pressures, coordinate the delivery of aid and mutual support between besieged nations. March 21st, saw the arrival of the Nuestra América Convoy, organized by various movements and popular organizations. This grassroots solidarity is what allows Cuba to resist and Venezuela to deepen its communal model. When Mexico defies Washington’s pressure to give aid to the island, and when women organize themselves into feminist brigades like the “Cilia Flores Internationalist Brigade for Peace,” they are practicing a form of feminism that prioritizes the lives of families and communities above the dictates of transnational capital. Solidarity is the tenderness—and the strategy—of the people. [https://thetricontinental.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/74_Gabriela-Barraza_Viviremos-y-venceremos-1024x1024.jpg] Gabriela Barraza (Argentina), Viviremos y venceremos [We Will Live and We Will Overcome], 2021. Available at thetricontinenal.org [https://thetricontinental.org/let-cuba-live-exhibition/]. 2. The 3 Tasks Popular Feminisms Call Us to Undertake 1. Institutionalize the Communal Management of People’s Power In Venezuela, nearly 80% of leadership roles in communal councils are held by women. They are the street spokeswomen, the ones who plan projects and execute the sovereign budget. Faced with the advance of the far-right, the response is greater people’s power. The urgent task is to strengthen the National Popular Consultation and the commune model. It is there where popular feminism manages resources and responds to the imperialist offensive. We must ensure that the territory’s resources are managed by those who inhabit and defend them, blocking the path for the impunity of militias (in Brazil, parapolice and paramilitary armed groups) and illegal power structures like those that tried to silence Marielle Franco in Brazil. http://87.106.166.27/the-commune-and-popular-sovereignty-in-times-of-imperialist-siege/ [http://87.106.166.27/the-commune-and-popular-sovereignty-in-times-of-imperialist-siege/] 2. Dismantle the Impunity of Neocolonial Extractivism We cannot move toward the future without closing the wounds of impunity. The stories of Berta Cáceres in Honduras and Marielle Franco in Brazil are beacons, but also reminders of the ferocity of capital. • Justice for Berta: Ten years after her assassination, the task is to dismantle the extractivist model that murders those who defend the commons. Punishment for the intellectual authors of Berta’s murder is an outstanding debt for the entire region in the fight against transnationals. • Justice for Marielle: The recent conviction of the Brazão brothers in Brazil is a victory against paramilitary militias and parastatal power. The task is to eradicate the structures of political violence that damage the social fabric and attempt to silence Black women, faveladas, and dissidents who occupy spaces of power. Berta and Marielle taught us that defending indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant territories and defending life in the cities is the same struggle. Their names are beacons that feed and sustain our daily resistance against patriarchy, colonialism, racism, and capitalism. 3. Push for Popular Agrarian Reform and Food Sovereignty As our peasant sisters of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) teach us, an urgent task for grassroots feminism is the defense of the land. Popular agrarian reform is the right of women to decide over production and seeds in the face of extractivist agribusiness. For women, land is the space for the reproduction of culture and life. Without food sovereignty, national sovereignty is incomplete. We must strengthen the ties between peasant women and urban workers to guarantee that food is a right and not a commodity of debt. [https://thetricontinental.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Berta-Marielle-1024x512.jpg] 3. Message from Berta Cáceres For the women of Nuestra América, the struggle is for life itself. Berta Cáceres, guardian of the rivers and the dignity of the peoples, left us a mandate that shakes the conscience of the entire continent: Awaken, humanity! There is no more time. Our consciences will be shaken by the fact that we are contemplating self-destruction based on capitalism, racism, and patriarchy. In our worldviews, we are beings born of the earth, water, and corn. Of the rivers, we are ancestral custodians… Let us give our lives, if necessary, for the defense of humanity and the planet! This cry from Berta is our compass. Faced with neocolonial aggression, our response is unity, the guardianship of our land, and unbreakable rebellion. Long live the women who fight! Long live a free and sovereign Nuestra América! We shall overcome! Carmen Navas is a Venezuelan political scientist, researcher at the Nuestra América Desk at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Maisa Bascuas is an Argentine political scientist, professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires, and Co-Coordinator of the Department of Feminisms of the Global South at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Pilar Troya is an Ecuadorian researcher and feminist activist. She has worked on public policies for equality and the women’s movement, and serves as Co-Coordinator of the Department of Feminisms of the Global South at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. (tricontinental [https://thetricontinental.org/popular-feminisms-latin-america/]) — From Orinoco Tribune [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].

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Venezuela Welcomes 302 Repatriated Citizens in Continuing Sovereign Response to US Deportations

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Venezuela Welcomes 302 Repatriated Citizens in Continuing Sovereign Response to US Deportations - Abolish Capital!

Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com [https://OrinocoTribune.com])—During the fourth week of March 2026, Venezuela received two additional groups of citizens under the Return to the Homeland (Vuelta a la Patria) program. These latest arrivals at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira state, reinforce the Venezuelan state’s commitment to providing a dignified and sovereign alternative to the mass deportations orchestrated by the US regime. The repatriation process is governed by the 2025 agreement between Caracas and Washington, serving as a vital channel for nationals fleeing the systemic failures, labor exploitation, and racist persecution that characterize the US immigration system. On Wednesday, Deputy Mervin Maldonado, the newly appointed head of the Return to the Homeland program, was present to personally receive the migrants repatriated on the final flight of the week. On Tuesday, the National Assembly authorized Maldonado’s appointment to this executive position, replacing Camilla Fabri. > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by Mervin Maldonado (@mervinmaldonado) [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUcjmuj7yK/] Detailed flight data and statistics Last week, a total of 302 Venezuelans were repatriated on two separate flights. With these arrivals, the program has processed 29 flights since the beginning of 2026, bringing the year’s total to 4,809 repatriated citizens. When combined with the 23,067 citizens who returned under the current agreement in 2025, the program continues to function as a critical humanitarian bridge against imperialist hostility. The specific data for last week’s flights are as follows: • Flight 126: Arrived on Monday, March 23, from Miami, Florida, with 131 repatriated citizens. The group included six minors, 10 women, and 115 men. The flight was operated by an airline without commercial identification. • Flight 127: Arrived Wednesday, March 25, from Phoenix, Arizona, carrying 171 individuals. The group consisted of seven minors, 35 women, and 129 men. The flight was operated by the US-based Eastern Airlines. Sovereign defense against imperialist-driven displacement since 2018 The Return to the Homeland program has remained a pillar of the Bolivarian Revolution’s social policy since its establishment in 2018. Over the past eight years, this state-led initiative has provided a shield for over one million citizens seeking to escape the xenophobia and carceral detention prevalent in the US and its regional subordinates. The current migration patterns are not a coincidence but a direct result of the illegal US blockade and the multifaceted hybrid war designed to destabilize Venezuela. While the US regime initially incentivized migration to promote a “failed state” narrative, it has since pivoted to the aggressive criminalization of the very diaspora it helped produce. > Venezuelan Diplomats Set to Arrive In Washington This Week; New Head of Return to the Homeland Program [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelan-diplomats-set-to-arrive-in-washington-this-week-new-head-of-return-to-the-homeland-program/] In response to this aggression, the Venezuelan government implements a comprehensive social care protocol for every returning citizen. This includes immediate medical screening, psychological support, and socioeconomic integration measures to ensure migrants can contribute to the country’s productive life. This sovereign shield remains an essential defense, reaffirming the right of all Venezuelans to build their futures in their own land, free from the shadow of imperialist intervention. Special for Orinoco Tribune by staff OT/JRE/SF — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].

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Awkward Truths (in Today’s Venezuela)

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Awkward Truths (in Today’s Venezuela) - Abolish Capital!

By Luis Fuenmayor Toro  –  Mar 27, 2026 *“There are no right or left; that is a classification of the past,” I heard many years ago—and have since heard repeated many times—by well-prepared individuals with deep arguments. “That was the French Revolution, but with the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was over,” I heard in the 1990s, just over 30 years ago, making it a recent development in historical terms. To put it in perspective, the Earth is 4.54 billion years old and Homo sapiens sapiens is roughly 300,000 years old. However, today, everyone across the globe still speaks of the left, the right, and all their nuances. It seems these concepts have not remained buried as the wise men of that era predicted. *I also witnessed Francis Fukuyama’s so-called “End of History.” Regardless of the fact that life and practice proved it entirely false, it maintained a following, usually within the conservative political and ideological fields. Right-wing and far-right figures, witnessing the victory of US capitalism over “real socialism,” mistook the conclusion of one battle for the end of the entire war. *A similar phenomenon occurs with the concepts of imperialism and anti-imperialism. For some, these terms are totally “outdated” and “backward,” raised only by failed politicians—the Chavistas, in our case—who supposedly fail to understand that these concepts have “disappeared.” One wonders if they were buried by the same people who attempted to bury the left and the right. In January, was it not US imperialism that invaded and bombed us, destroyed our facilities, murdered Venezuelans, kidnapped the president and Cilia Flores, and today appropriates our wealth simply because it can? For some, it was a nameless “I-don’t-know-what” from the North that invaded us—the same entity that bombs Iran, Yemen, and Africa, threatens Cuba, and seeks to appropriate Greenland and Canada. Yet, they claim it does not exist. *It is one thing to say that Venezuela is in the Western Hemisphere, on the very continent of the United States, and that it has not had to face them irresponsibly, as did the governments of Chávez and Maduro, instead of favoring trade relations and of all kinds with them, for geographical and geopolitical issues and the interests also of Venezuela, and another thing is to accept as good the total submission to the US “I-don’t-know-what.” They are not our protectors, nor the defenders of our freedom, nor of our democracy. They act according to their selfish interests. *Today, our relations with the United States are based on the reality of those who have been defeated in a military confrontation. By defeating Venezuela, the US military also dealt a blow to our civic-military-police unity, the militias, the collectives, and the PSUV. This is not a matter for debate; it is visible before our eyes. The government leadership remaining in command chose the diplomatic route to face this situation, aiming to avoid further destruction and greater suffering for the Venezuelan nation. With the exceptions of Colombia and Brazil, we stood alone. No one—not even those who promised a “Vietnam in Latin America”—is currently at war. By the way, I remind you that the brave people of Vietnam shared borders with China and Russia, while our borders are quite different. *The path chosen in the current environment is one of diplomatic resistance based on agreements and talks. However, these are not negotiations among equals. We were forced to negotiate, and the terms are dictated by them: our supposed “new ally,” “best friend,” and, for some, our “protector.” We need only look at Puerto Rico to see how a nation fares under the condition of a US protectorate. > Venezuela’s Presidential Couple Appear in New York Court; Judge Questions Legitimacy of Legal Fee Freeze [https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-presidential-couple-appear-in-new-york-court-judge-questions-legitimacy-of-legal-fee-freeze/] *This resistance necessitates national unity—something the “Mariacorinista” extremists reject because they are entirely aligned with the gringo “I-don-not-know-what.” This is not surprising, as we knew they would behave this way. Nor is it surprising to see deputies in the National Assembly who claim to have broken with the Maria Corina extremism but continue to avoid unity to serve their own narrow group interests. *The terrible thing is that inside the PSUV and the deputies of the official sector in the National Assembly, there are extremists who act as if on January 3 they had not been bombed and defeated us. They ignore what happened and make it more difficult to travel the tortuous road that the nation led by Delcy Rodríguez follows. Do they have another route in mind? Well, tell it, to see if it is possible or only the continuity of the failures that led us where we are. We must leave aside desires, pretensions, and itching. We have always called for wisdom. Today, we call to wisdom those within Chavismo who disagree with the policy of accompanying the nation in the search for the rescue of lost sovereignty. (Costa del Sol FM [https://www.costadelsolfm.org/2026/03/27/luis-fuenmayor-toro-verdades-incomodas/]) Translation: Orinoco Tribune OT/JRE/ — From Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/] via This RSS Feed [https://orinocotribune.com/feed/].