Nicaraguan President: The US Repeats Policies Against Peoples
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-22
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega inaugurated Friday the new mandate of the Army's Chief Julio César Avilés, during a ceremony celebrating the 86th anniversary of the death of the revolutionary leader, General Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino. | RELATED: | US Imperialism in Nicaragua and the Making of Sandino | The National Assembly opened the session in Niquinohomo, where Sandino was born, as a tribute to the revolutionary leader. | "Sandino, our national hero, and with him, we walk through his heroic…
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Despite horror stories, California cruise passengers won't let coronavirus spoil their fun
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
With a white captain's hat perched on his head, Calvin Ballard seemed relaxed as he waited to depart on his first-ever cruise to Mexico, unfazed by the possibility of being trapped on a ship under siege by an outbreak of coronavirus.Like many fellow vacationers streaming onto an ocean liner docked near Los Angeles, Ballard said he was well aware that passengers aboard other cruises had ended up stranded for weeks, far from home, and he vowed to take special care to stay healthy. Nonetheless, he was determined to have a good time."What we're planning on doing is washing our hands often, trying not to touch things…
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In Mexico's Cradle of Corn, Climate Change Leaves its Mark
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-21
At least 9,000 years ago, humans began domesticating corn for the first time near Tehuacan, in the central Mexican state of Puebla, laying the foundation for permanent settlements in the Americas. | RELATED: | Locusts Swarm into South Sudan as Plague Spreads in East Africa | But in the past few years, more frequent and more prolonged droughts have forced many farmers in the area to give up corn and other cereals in favor of alternatives requiring less water such as pistachio n…
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Trump's Wall is Destroying the Environment We Worked to Protect
Laiken Jordahl | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Imagine dedicating your entire life to protecting a place. Then imagine watching everything you've worked to protect be bulldozed by a desperate, self-serving president. That's what's happening right now to career scientists and conservationists at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Arizona's border with Mexico. I used to work there too. It breaks my heart.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/trumps-wall-is-destroying-the-environment-we-worked-to-protect/

Femicide of Peruvian Activist Solsiret Rodriguez Still Unsolved
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-21
Three years and a half after the feminist activist Solsiret Rodriguez' femicide, the Prosecutor's Office of Peru asked for preventive detention against the confessed authors Andrea Aguirre and Kevin Villanueva, her friend and ex-brother-in-law, respectively. | RELATED: | Suspects in Fatima Femicide Case Arrested in Mexico | Callao provincial prosecutor Jimmy Mansilla announced Thursday that he will request nine months of pretrial detention against Aguirre and Villanueva as alleged co-authors of the qualified…
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Uruguay: Lacalle's Investiture Ceremony Alined With US Biases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-21
Uruguay's President-elect Luis Lacalle decided not to invite the diplomatic representatives of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to his investiture ceremony on March 1rst. | RELATED: | Lacalle Looks to Turn Uruguay Into Tax Haven Again | "We have taken the decision not to invite the governments of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to my inaugural ceremony. It's my decision," Lacalle said. | He alleged that those countries violate the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS), which…
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Mexican Senator Accuses Mine CEO of Digging Tomb for Workers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-21
Mexican mining union leader and senator for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party Napoleon Gomez Urrutia accused businessman German Larrea of being responsible for the Pasta de Conchos mine blast, where 65 miners died. | RELATED: | 'Greed Brought the Brumadinho Dam Tragedy in Brazil' Lula Says | Larrea was accused of not making the necessary efforts to res…
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New Mexico Federal Judge Files Lawsuit Against Google
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-20
Once again giant tech company Google is under a legal suit, this time filed by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas. The lawsuit allegates that Google acquired personal information from school children in the state violating their privacy rights. | RELATED: | UK Google Users to Lose EU Data Protection Due to Brexit | The magistrate expressed that the company violated the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act by collecting informa…
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While Nicaragua returns to peace, media and international NGOs conjure epidemic of violence with dubious reporting
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-19
Media bias against Nicaragua's Sandinista government is unremitting, and international NGOs are feeding it by misreporting a violent land dispute…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/19/nicaragua-peace-media-international-ngos-violence-reporting/

Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy marks one year, leaving tens of thousands of migrants stranded in Mexican border towns
splcenter.org | 2020-01-29
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