"Narco country": AMLO's battle for Mexico's north
Miles Ellingham | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-18
In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico. | Eduardo Verdugo / AP | With "El Chapo" now in prison in the U.S., the head of the Sinaloa rattlesnake has been severed, but the body remains. A volatile power vacuum for control of prime narcotics real estate has opened up, a vacuum that has been filled by a cast of ruthless characters including Guzmán's sons–"Los Chapitos"–jostling for position with long-serving former lieutenants. | In 2017,…
peoplesworld.org/article/narco-country-amlos-battle-for-mexicos-north/
Shut Down the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC
Dévora González | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
On November 16, 1989, the US-trained and funded Salvadoran Atlacatl Battalion entered the grounds of El Salvador's Central American University (UCA) and brutally murdered six Jesuit priests, sixteen-year-old Celina Ramos, and her mother, Elba Ramos. Nineteen of the twenty-five …
globalresearch.ca/shut-down-school-americas-whinsec/5695234
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Macho Camacho: Jeffery R. Webber and Forrest Hylton on the Coup in Bolivia
Ashley Smith | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
The stakes in labelling what happened in Bolivia a coup are nothing less than political legitimacy. Former presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luis Ignacio da Silva in Brazil; former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and president-elect Alberto Fernández in Argentina; and the governments of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico and Tabaré Vásquez in Uruguay labelled it a coup, while the governments of Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, to name only some of the countries in the US orbit, refused to do so. Brazil, perhaps the least legitimate government in the hemisphere today, was the first country to recognize…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/the-eighteenth-brumaire-of-macho-camacho-jeffery-r-webber-and-forrest-hylton-on-the-coup-in-bolivia/
A Novel Retells the Assassinations that Marked the End of the Cold War in El Salvador
Jefferson Morley | theintercept.com | 2019-11-17
"November," a newly translated novel by Jorge Galán, retells the execution of six Jesuit priests by El Salvador's U.S.-backed right-wing military.
theintercept.com/2019/11/17/november-jorge-galan-el-salvador-book-review/
MN says: "No to U.S. coup in Bolivia"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Minneapolis, MN – 50 protesters rallied at the intersection of Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis on November 14 in response to a call for emergency response protests. On November 8, Bolivia's military staged a coup and ousted democratically elected President Evo Morales. Even though Morales accepted asylum in Mexico, the people's movements have refused to back down and have been protesting in the capital. Protests internationally have been organized to show solidarity with the indigenous and workers' movements opposing U.S. interference in Bolivia. | Thousands of drivers returning home from work…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/15/mn-says-no-us-coup-bolivia
Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Isn't Just Cruel, It's Illegal
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-11-15
Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Isn't Just Cruel, It's Illegal…
thenation.com/article/trumps-remain-in-mexico-policy-isnt-just-cruel-its-illegal/
25-Year Drought Forces States to Rescue Colorado River System
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-15
The Colorado River system provides water for around 40 million people. A 25-year drought has endangered this system, prompting seven states and Mexico to accelerate conservation efforts.
therealnews.com/stories/25-year-drought-forces-states-rescue-colorado-river
Evo's Bolivia is not over
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Chicago, IL – Events have not gone well for the coalition of generals and reactionaries that overthrew Evo Morales on November 10. Far from consolidating their control over the government and the country, the right-wing forces now stand on the back foot, facing the full force of an organized and enraged mass movement ready to defend their constitution and their elected government. | The first setback for the coup was their failure to assassinate Evo. On the morning of November 12, Bolivia's overthrown president, along with his vice president àÅlvaro García Linera, arrived in Mexico where they had been…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/evos-bolivia-not-over
La Vieja Guardia / To the Old Guard
Dora Magaña | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-15
Dora Magaña es una poeta originalmente de El Salvador, ahora en Los Angeles, California. Su poema "La Vieja Guardia" aparece aquí en el español original y en una traducción al inglés al honrar el centenario del Partido Comunista de EE.UU. La publicación bilingàºe ayuda a lectores de español y de inglés a aprender el otro …
peoplesworld.org/article/la-vieja-guardia-to-the-old-guard-2/
LA rally marks 25 years since racist California Prop 187
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Los Angeles, CA – On November 9, hundreds rallied in downtown Los Angeles at Los Angeles State Historic Park to mark 25 years after the defeat of the racist California Proposition 187. California Proposition 187 which was commonly referred to as the Save Our State (SOS) initiative, was a 1994 ballot initiative initiated by the Republican Party with then Republican Governor Pete Wilson attacking mostly Mexican immigrants. Prop 187 called for a state-run citizenship screening system and prohibited the undocumented from using non-emergency health care, public education and other services in the State of California.
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/14/la-rally-marks-25-years-racist-california-prop-187
"This Is My Home": Meet the Lead Plaintiff in the Supreme Court Case to Save DACA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-15
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from three lawsuits demanding the Trump administration preserve Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The Obama-era program has granted protection from deportation and a work permit to at least 700,000 undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children. The court's conservative majority appeared poised to side with President Trump in ending the program, while some of the court's liberal justices seemed skeptical of Trump's efforts. In September 2017, the Trump administration announced it planned to terminate DACA, arguing the program…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/15/daca_supreme_court_oral_arguments_lead
A Coup? A Debate on the Political Crisis in Bolivia That Led to Evo Morales's Resignation
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-13
In Bolivia, right-wing Senator Jeanine àÅñez declared herself president Tuesday night despite a lack of quorum in Congress, amid a deepening political crisis in the country. Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, left the country Monday after being granted asylum in Mexico. Morales announced his resignation Sunday shortly after the Bolivian military took to the airwaves to call for his departure. His Movement Toward Socialism party is refusing to recognize àÅñez as president, calling her claim illegal and decrying Evo Morales's resignation over the weekend as a military coup. Last month, M…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/13/bolivia_evo_morales_coup_debate
Venezuela, El Salvador Break Relations as Maduro Applauds 'New Anti-Neoliberal Wave'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-04
Guatemala's president-elect has similarly pledged to break with the Maduro government upon assuming office in January.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14717