Asylum Seekers Are Being Misclassified Under Migrant Protection Protocols
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
A lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Brownsville, Texas, last Wednesday on the behalf of a 23-year-old woman who fled Honduras and was returned to the streets of Matamoros, Mexico, by U.S. immigration authorities in late July. | The petition filed on the behalf of the woman (identified as X.E.G.M. under conditions of anonymity requested by two San Antonio-based attorneys with San Antonio Region Justice For Our Neighbors) was one of a series of writ of habeas corpus petitions filed on the be…
truthout.org/articles/asylum-seekers-are-being-misclassified-under-migrant-protection-protocols/

'Mexico Will Never Allow Actions Against Sovereignty,' Ebrard
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said that Mexico will never admit actions that could mean a violation of its sovereignty, which established the position of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) regarding the proposal to designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations. | RELATED: | AMLO Announces New Investment Agreement in Mexico | "We wil…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Will-Never-Allow-Actions-Against-Sovereignty-Ebrard-20191127-0007.html

AMLO Announces New Investment Agreement in Mexico
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), presented on Tuesday a national agreement for infrastructure investment, which in its first stage would make US$42 billion by 2020 with the support of the private sector. | RELATED: | Evo Denounces Set Up to Prosecute Him Internationally | The President made the announcement during his morning conference from…
telesurenglish.net/news/amlo-announces-millionaire-investment-agreement-in-mexico-20191126-0018.html

'The Struggle Doesn't End Here': President Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Bolivia's exiled President Evo Morales reaffirmed Tuesday that "the struggle does not end here," referring to the Nov. 10 coup and the establishment of a right-wing government in the South American nation. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Police Demand to be Paid for Their Support for Coup | The president who was granted asylum in Mexico gave a speech during a meeting with students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in which also participated Vice President Alvaro Garci…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Struggle-Doesnt-End-Here-President-Evo-Morales-20191126-0017.html

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Unsurprisingly, Mexico is less than thrilled about the prospect of American cross-border attacks on cartel infrastructure and personnel.

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists

Bolivia: Evo Morales Rejects Interpol Notice Issued Against Him
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Bolivia's exiled President Evo Morales rejected Wednesday the blue notice Interpol issued against him in the framework of the political persecution unleashed in his country after the Nov.10 coup d'etat. | RELATED: | OAS Admits Absence of Final Report on Elections in Bolivia | Interpol's alert has been turned on for Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. This security alert is intended to "locate, identify or obtain information about a person of interest in a criminal in…
telesurenglish.net/news/evo-morales-rejects-interpol-notification-against-him-20191127-0012.html

Help — YES, intervention — NO! Lopez Obrador reacts to Trump's plan to designate Mexican drug cartels 'terrorist organizations'
rt.com | 2019-11-27
Mexican president has rejected any "intervention" from the US after Donald Trump promised he would designate the country's drug cartels as terrorist organizations. | "Cooperation, yes, intervention, no" Manuel Lopez Obrador responded to US President's earlier comments that he had been working on branding the cartels as terrorist organizations over the last 90 days. | Trump revealed his plans when Bill O'Reilly, a conservative media personality, asked him if he was "going to designate those cartels in Mexico as terror groups and start hitting them with drones" in an interview posted on his personal website on T…
rt.com/news/474487-mexico-cartels-trump-lopez-obrador/

Immigrant Worker Deportations Hurt Us All
Michael Felsen | progressive.org | 2019-11-26
Aggressive immigration law enforcement obstructs the protection of all workers, documented and undocumented alike. In November, Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation meant to protect them.
progressive.org/op-eds/immigrant-worker-deportations-hurt-us-all-felsen-111926/

Make the world pay for it? 'Green New Deal' sponsor wants to sanction everyone for climate change 'crimes'
rt.com | 2019-11-26
Green New Deal sponsor Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) is seeking to expand US sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act to foreign individuals and companies involved in "significant actions that exacerbate climate change." | While Democrats have denounced President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the southern US border and make Mexico pay for it, Markey's proposal seems to take that approach and apply it to the entire world, when US climate change efforts are concerned. | "As we fight to enact a Green New Deal here at home, we must use all of the tools or our foreign policy to change the behavior of…
rt.com/usa/474312-markey-climate-magnitsky-sanctions/

In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
(Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) The sting of tear gas was still in Julia's eyes when she ran into a public park in the center of the Nicaraguan city of Estelí on June 20, 2018. Earlier that day, she'd wrapped her face in a blue-and-white bandanna — the colors of the Nicaraguan flag — and joined a student-led march against the government of President Daniel Ortega, whose proposed cuts to social benefits were sparking tense street demonstrations across the country. [Note: 'Julia' is a pseudonym; the ACLU is protecting her identity for her safety.] | As the students marched through the streets, paramilitary p…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/in-nicaragua-she-dodged-bullets-now-shes-stuck-at-the-border

The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We're Suing on Their Behalf
Scarlet Kim | aclu.org | 2019-11-20
As part of a coordinated effort that undermined the freedom of the press, the U.S. government tracked, detained, and interrogated journalists who were reporting on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, we're suing on their behalf to defend their First Amendment rights. | Together with the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, we're representing five photojournalists who traveled to Mexico in late 2018 and early 2019 to document the experiences of people traveli…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/the-u-s-government-tracked-detained-and-interrogated-journalists-were-suing

What the Frack? New Mexico Wants to Recycle Radioactive Wastewater
Frances Madeson | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
The state's famous green chiles may be hot for a whole new reason.
progressive.org/dispatches/what-the-frack-new-mexico-recycle-radioactive-wastewater-madeson-191119/

The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
Repression against indigenous Bolivians has spurred protests across the Americas.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-other-americans-indigenous-guatemalans-mobilize-abbott-191119/

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