Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a judicial reform that has fueled a court workers' strike, strained relations with the United States and triggered market volatility in Latin America's second-largest economy.

The chamber’s approval clears away the last major hindrance to the sweeping proposals championed by the president, which have prompted nationwide strikes.

The constitutional reform is controversial because it completely remakes Mexico's judiciary. One side says it will end corruption, the other that it will end judicial independence.