(2019-11-21). Bolivian coup was all about the lithium & OAS had a hand in it, ousted president Morales tells RT. rt.com 
Bolivia's ousted president, Evo Morales, has told RT that the Organization of American States played a key role in deposing him, and that Bolivia's huge reserves of lithium had spurred on the coup. | Morales fled Bolivia earlier this month shortly after winning re-election to the presidency. Opponents claimed that the election was fraudulent and, though Morales offered to hold a fresh vote, he lost the support of his police and military then sought asylum in Mexico. | Morales was among a handful of leftist leaders remaining in Latin America and, speaking to former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on RT Spani…
(2019-11-21). 'Assassination attempt': Bolivia's Morales is certain helicopter malfunction was bid to kill him. rt.com 
Ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales said he has "zero doubt" that a mechanical failure that occurred on a helicopter he was traveling on last month was an "assassination attempt" and no accident. | In an exclusive interview with former leader of Ecuador Rafael Correa on RT Spanish, Morales said the incident — apparently a mechanical fault with the tail rotor — happened while he was flying to the opening ceremony for a new road. | At first, I thought it was an accident, but now I have zero doubt that it was an assassination attempt. | Morales, who fled Bolivia for asylum in Mexico last week after be…
(2019-11-21). U.S Prepares to Send Asylum Seekers to Guatemala. telesurenglish.net The Trump administration has concieved a program to send some asylum seekers encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border to Guatemala, a move that promises to transform the U.S. asylum system, according to three officials briefed on the initiative and related training materials. | RELATED: | US Secretary of State and VP at the Heart of Impeachment | This new effort began after the Trump administration brokered an agreement with the Guatemalan government in July. The deal will allow U.S. im…
(2019-11-21). Headlines for November 21, 2019. democracynow.org Gordon Sondland Says Trump Directed Ukraine Quid Pro Quo, Top 10 Democratic Candidates Hold Presidential Debate in Atlanta, Dozens of Guatemalan Migrants Freed from Locked Truck in Mexico, Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Not Guilty of Felonies for Aiding Migrants, Ex-Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to Probation for Running Over Migrant, Syria: 22 Civilians Killed in Idlib; Israel Bombs Iranian Forces Near Damascus, Israel Headed for Another Election After Benny Gantz Fails to Form Government, U.S. Isolated at U.N. Security Council After Declaring Israeli Settlements Legal, U.N. Warns Planned Fossil Fuel Product…
(2019-11-20). Trumka on 'New NAFTA': 'Close is not good enough'. peoplesworld.org 
(2019-11-20). Mexico: Central American Mothers Looking For Missing Relatives. telesurenglish.net Accompanied by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement (MMM), about 50 women from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua on Tuesday arrived in San Cristobal de Las Casas, in Chiapas, to search for their missing relatives. | RELATED: | US Detained About 70,000 Migrant Children in 2019: Report | "Son, listen, your mother keeps fighting. I want you to know that I am looking for you," was the slogan that mothers shouted when they entered the Mexican city holding their relatives' photog…
(2019-11-20). US Human Rights Activist Found Not Guilty of Harboring Migrants. telesurenglish.net United States human rights activist Scott Warren was found not guilty Wednesday of hiding two Central American migrants from U.S. Border Patrol agents. | RELATED: | Mexico: Central American Mothers Looking For Missing Relatives | "I love you all," Warren told his defense team and members of his group No More Deaths (NMD), a humanitarian and faith…
(2019-11-20). House and Senate Unanimously Support Destabilizing China. globalresearch.ca Non-intervention by nations in the internal affairs of others is fundamental international law. | In Nicaragua v. United States (1986), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Washington for breaching international law and violating Nicaraguan sovereignty by supporting Contra death …
(2019-11-20). Headlines for November 20, 2019. democracynow.org 4 Key Witnesses Testify in Impeachment Hearings, Amnesty Says Iranian Security Forces Killed Over 100 Protesters, Bolivian Military Carries Out Second Massacre Against Morales Supporters, Senate Approves Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, U.N. Affirms It Still Considers Israeli Settlements Violation of International Law, Pentagon Says ISIS Is Rebuilding in Northern Syria, NYT: Navy SEALs Expected to Oust Gallagher, Despite Trump Restoring His Rank, Report: Mike Pompeo Planning to Resign as Secretary of State, Trump Administration Can Now Send Asylum Seekers to Guatemala, Sweden Drops Sexual Assault Investi…
(2019-11-20). The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We're Suing on Their Behalf. aclu.org 
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…
(2019-11-19). What the Frack? New Mexico Wants to Recycle Radioactive Wastewater. progressive.org The state's famous green chiles may be hot for a whole new reason.
(2019-11-19). The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia. progressive.org Repression against indigenous Bolivians has spurred protests across the Americas.
(2019-11-19). Trump Wants to Treat Undocumented Migrants Like Enemy Combatants. thenation.com Trump Wants to Treat Undocumented Migrants Like Enemy Combatants…
(2019-11-17). A Novel Retells the Assassinations that Marked the End of the Cold War in El Salvador. theintercept.com 
"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.
(2019-11-15). MN says: "No to U.S. coup in Bolivia" fightbacknews.org 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…
(2019-11-15). "This Is My Home": Meet the Lead Plaintiff in the Supreme Court Case to Save DACA. democracynow.org 
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…
(2019-11-04). Venezuela, El Salvador Break Relations as Maduro Applauds 'New Anti-Neoliberal Wave'. venezuelanalysis.com Guatemala's president-elect has similarly pledged to break with the Maduro government upon assuming office in January.
(2019-10-14). Venezuela Denies Guatemalan President-Elect Entrance, Congratulates Ecuadorian People on IMF Defeat. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolas Maduro also called on Chavista forces to prepare to "rescue" the National Assembly in the upcoming elections.