Thousands of African Migrants Are Stranded in Mexico Hoping to Head North
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-10
| Hundreds of African migrants in Mexico are protesting the country's refusal to grant them transit visas to travel to the United States or Canada, where they want to apply for asylum. For months, thousands of African migrants have been forced by the Mexican government to stay in the southern state of Chiapas, on the Guatemalan border. Many of them have been sleeping in tent cities, cooking on the streets and bathing their children in buckets, without the promise of shelter, food or work permi…
truthout.org/video/thousands-of-african-migrants-are-stranded-in-mexico-hoping-to-head-north/

Mexico Will Never Accept Being 'Safe Third Country' For US: FM
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, stressed that Mexico will not bow to U.S. pressure in order to become a "safe third country". The comments come on the eve of Ebrard's meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. | RELATED: | Fight Corruption, Stop Impunity New Plan for Mexican Govt: AMLO | "I just heard statements from the CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] manager. I reiterate in the face of pressures: Mexico is not and will not accept being a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Will-Never-Accept-Being-Safe-Third-Country-For-US-FM-20190910-0010.html

American Barbarity on the Border
Michael Nigro | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
The United States' current immigration system is functioning exactly the way it is supposed to–it is designed to make people suffer. | The amount of violence the U.S. inflicts on people from around the world is all done in our name. It has become such a common occurrence that, like a fire alarm that blares randomly every day, it has lost all sense of urgency. We tune it out until it becomes white noise. | This is the case for the tens of thousands of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border who are the targets of Trump and his administration's dehumanizing, intentional cruelty. | The featured series of phot…
truthdig.com/articles/american-barbarism-on-the-border/

How do we get the media more focused on climate change?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-10
Since I'm part of the Global Climate Strike (in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, although I'm a U.S. citizen), I want to do what I can to boost its success. "If American journalism doesn't get the climate story right–and soon–no other story will matter. The news media's past climate failures can be redeemed only by an immediate shift to more high-profile, inclusive, and fearless coverage." I got this quote through Nation of Change, which nge sent a letter to its subscribers saying, "The mainstream media has admitted that climat…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/10/how-do-we-get-the-media-more-focused-on-climate-change/

Mining, Murder, and Impunity. Protests in Mexico against Canadian Mining company
Katarina Sabados | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
In a small town in southern Mexico, a public square is decorated with the bust of Mariano Abarca Roblero, a beloved father whose violent death remains unsolved. | Abarca was shot dead in 2009 after organizing protests against Canadian mining …
globalresearch.ca/mining-murder-impunity/5688705

Honduras Denies Negotiating 'Safe Third Country' Deal with US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
In reaction to information disclosed by local outlet La Prensa on Monday, Honduras' Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales said Tuesday that President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) administration is not considering the "Safe Third Country" (STC) designation for migrants seeking refuge in the United States. | RELATED: | Panama to US: We Won't be Your 'Safe Third Country' | "Con…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Denies-Negotiating-Safe-Third-Country-Deal-with-US–20190910-0007.html

Honduras: Refugees and Resistance
Bill Hackwell | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
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Green-smearing from Nicaragua to Bolivia
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-10
On one level the intensifying deceit of Western media foreign affairs coverage corresponds to the increasing desperation of Western elites confronting their failing global power and influence. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/09/green-smearing-from-nicaragua-to-bolivia/

Monday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan 'direct talks' needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
A recap of Monday's top stories: All Afghans must participate in peace process; Nicaragua's rights crisis can be resolved says Bachelet; Rohingya refugees impacted by monsoon rains; Libya detainees to be evacuated to Rwanda; and multiple donors show solidarity with the Bahamas.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046082

Nicaragua 'crisis' still cause for concern amid murder, torture allegations: Bachelet
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
Nicaragua's on-going human rights crisis can be resolved peacefully through dialogue, the UN's top rights official said on Tuesday, before expressing concern about allegations of torture and murder of protesters involved in last year's anti-Government demonstrations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046012

Donald Trump Smears the Victims of Hurricane Dorian
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
Echoing the racist and dehumanizing rhetoric he has repeatedly deployed against Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and others, President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters–without offering a shred of evidence–that there may be "very bad gang members" and "drug dealers" among those fleeing the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. | The president's comments sparked outrage, with the Sierra Club responding that "Donald Trump's racism and cruelty knows no bounds." | "He needs to do his job and respond to the ongoing humanitarian…
truthdig.com/articles/donald-trump-smears-the-victims-of-hurricane-dorian/

GM fires and harasses Mexican workers to speed up production
wsws.org | 2019-09-10
GM is trying to switch production to Silao to continue its massive extraction of profits in the event of a strike in the US, but Mexican autoworkers are expressing strong opposition to being further super-exploited, and much less being used as scab labor.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/10/usmx-s10.html

An Invisible Crisis: Thousands of African Migrants Are Stranded in Mexico Hoping to Head North
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Hundreds of African migrants in Mexico are protesting the country's refusal to grant them transit visas to travel to the United States or Canada, where they want to apply for asylum. For months, thousands of African migrants have been forced by the Mexican government to stay in the southern state of Chiapas, on the Guatemalan border. Many of them have been sleeping in tent cities, cooking on the streets and bathing their children in buckets, without the promise of shelter, food or work permits. The long waits for African migrants began in June, when it was reported that Mexican immigration authorities were ignori…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/african_migrants_mexico_transit_policy

Judge Reinstates Nationwide Halt on Trump Asylum Policy Plan
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-09
OAKLAND, Calif. — A U.S. judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration's plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. | U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled in Oakland that an injunction blocking the administration's policy from taking effect should apply nationwide. | Tigar blocked the policy in July after a lawsuit by groups that help asylum seekers. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals limited the impact of Tigar's injunction to states within the area overseen by the appeals court. | That meant the policy was blocked in the bord…
truthdig.com/articles/judge-reinstates-nationwide-halt-on-trump-asylum-policy-plan/

Trump's Remain in Mexico Program Condemns Refugees to Mortal Danger
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-09
Those seeking refugee status in the United States at the US-Mexico border are now forced to remain in Mexico while their refugee status is being processed. Laura Carlsen spoke to refugees and advocates on the Mexican side, in Tijuana…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-remain-in-mexico-program-condemns-refugees-to-mortal-danger

Honduras: People Protest Luxury Condos Near National Park
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-09
Thousands of people protested Monday in the suburbs of the Honduran capital of Tegucigualpa against the construction of a luxury residential project that will endanger the preservation of the Honduran national park, La Tigra, located nearby. | RELATED: | UN to Honduras: State Must Include Citizens in Project Planning | The protesters blocked the roads have been blocking the construction site since the early hours of Monday, demanding authorities protect the nature and water thr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-People-Protest-Luxury-Condos-Near-National-Park-20190909-0023.html

Femicide in Ecuador: 68 Victims so Far This Year
teleSUR, mco -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-09
More than 60 women have died in Ecuador so far this year, from January 1st to August 8th for being women, confirms Alianza Mapeo, a conglomerate of different organizations that investigates gender violence cases in the country. | RELATED: | Honduras: Afro-descent Woman, 5-Year-Old Daughter Are Murdered In Their Own House. | Ecuadorean law considers these crimes of murder against women and girls as femicides. The report includes victims who are minors to an 8…
telesurenglish.net/news/Femicide-in-Ecuador-68-Victims-so-Far-This-Year-20190909-0021.html

"No Accountability": FBI Investigates ICE Shooting of Undocumented Man in Nashville Suburb
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-09
The FBI is investigating the shooting of an undocumented immigrant by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop last week. The shooting occurred Thursday at a supermarket parking lot in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville, where workers often gather to be picked up for a day's work. ICE agents were attempting to detain an unnamed 39-year-old Mexican man, who reportedly attempted to flee in a white box truck, when one of the agents shot him twice. It has now been revealed that the ICE agent involved in the shooting is one of the officers who made headlines in July after community members blocke…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/9/ice_agent_shooting_undocumented_migrant_nashville

Texas protest says "No kids in cages"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-07
Arlington, TX – 60 people showed up at a protest organized by the Progressive Student Union (PSU) at the University of Texas at Arlington, September 4, against the Trump administration's change to of policy on the detention of undocumented children. | Mark Napieralski, an organizer from the Progressive Student Union, spoke about how the Flores Agreement banned holding children indefinitely – and how the Trump administration is moving to keep children in indefinite detention in concentration camps along the southern border. | Speakers at the rally included Minister Katie Hays from the Galileo Church and Harold Ch…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/7/texas-protest-says-no-kids-cages

Israeli Security Tech on US-Mexican Border Threatens Nation's Civil Liberties
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-05
The ACLU's Jay Stanley says that the Border Patrol's repurposing of surveillance technology and drones could open doors that put our liberty and privacy at risk…
therealnews.com/stories/israeli-security-tech-on-us-mexican-border-threatens-nations-civil-liberties

Tohono O'odham Invaded By Border Patrol & Israeli Surveillance Tech
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-04
The Tohono O'odham nation sits on the US-Mexico border. Tribal member, activist, and scholar Nellie Jo David describes the threats to the Native American nation, including surveillance and physical harassment…
therealnews.com/stories/tohono-oodham-invaded-by-border-patrol-israeli-surveillance-tech

Max Blumenthal: Nicaragua beat US regime change, but sanctions and sabotage continue
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-03
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal explains how Nicaragua celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution just one year after defeating…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/max-blumenthal-nicaragua-beat-us-regime-change-but-sanctions-and-sabotage-continue/

Max Blumenthal on the US legacy in Honduras: migrant crisis, political murders, narco-President
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-01
Back from Honduras, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal discusses the impact of US meddling over the last decade: a narco-President, Juan…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/01/max-blumenthal-on-the-us-legacy-in-honduras-migrant-crisis-political-murders-narco-president/

DEA Agents Ambush Amtrak Passengers With Controversial Searches and Seizures
Amy Martyn | theintercept.com | 2019-08-31
Afew hours characteristically behind schedule, Amtrak's Southwest Chief rolls into Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the small station that it shares with the Greyhound bus service on the edge of downtown. | Most people step off to stretch their legs or have a cigarette during the layover, the longest smoke break in the entire trip. That's when two plainclothes agents come aboard the train on a rainy day in March 2019. | One agent walks to the back of the aisle in the first coach car and waits, quietly observing. The other is tasked with getting people to talk and open their bags. His name is Jarrell, or Jay, Perry, an…
theintercept.com/2019/08/31/dea-amtrak-passenger-search-albuquerque/