(2020-11-13). Women of Steel: Check out upcoming screenings near you. greenleft.org.au Denied jobs at Wollongong's steelworks, working-class migrant women refused to accept discrimination. They began a campaign for the right to work that lasted for 14 years. Women of Steel tells their story, writes Kerry Smith.
(2020-11-12). More tragedy on the Mediterranean as 74 migrants reportedly drown off Libya coast. news.un.org The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday reported yet another devastating shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean, which has claimed the lives of at least 74 migrants off the coast of Khums, Libya. It is the eighth such incident since the beginning of October.
(2020-11-12). US Border Smugglers Benefit From Pandemic Border Policy. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in March announced that it would begin to quickly expel nearly all migrants caught at the border under the authority of an existing federal public health act, known as Title 42, saying the move was necessary to prevent coronavirus from spreading into the United States. | But the order appears to be having unintended effects. | RELATED: | Previously, Central American mi…
(2020-11-12). Extrajudicial Regime Change: The American Way at Home and Abroad. globalresearch.ca US imperialism operates domestically and abroad. | Regime change is official policy by both wings of one-party rule. | Things began in the mid-19th century by stealing half of Mexico. | Throughout…
(2020-11-12). Joy Marks Evo's Return To Bolivia. telesurenglish.net In a commemorative caravan, Evo Morales began his trip back to Bolivia through the border crossing point La Quiaca in the Argentinean province of Jujuy where Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez warmly bade him farewell. | RELATED: | "A month ago I arrived in Mexico, a brother country that saved our lives, I was sad and devastated. Now I arrived in Argentina, to continue fighting for the humblest and to unite the…
(2020-11-12). China is Working to Expand Its Ties to Latin America. counterpunch.org 
In mid-January 2020, 800 people gathered at Mexico's Ministry of Economy to celebrate "China Day" with a seminar on Chinese-Mexican relations. Mexico's Minister of Economy Graciela Márquez Colín, who has a PhD in economic history from Harvard University, said, "China and Mexico have to walk together, to build a stronger and more solid relationship." In
(2020-11-12). AMLO To Regulate Outsourcing Despite Private Sector Refusal. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented a bill to regulate outsourcing on Thursday, which aims to prevent abuses carried out by employers through this hiring mechanism. | RELATED: | The bill will regulate the outsourcing of staff, specialized services, and employment agencies. The measure will heavily impact the private sector as it is estimated that over 4.6 million workers are hired via outsourcing. | O…
(2020-11-12). Mexico police shoots at anti-femicide protest in Cancún. peoplesdispatch.org On November 9, Mexico's police open fired at a protest against femicides in Cancún. Three reporters were injured because of police violence, one of them suffering bullet wounds. The latest femicide was that of 20-year old Bianca "Alexis" Lorenzana whose dismembered body was found days after she disappeared.
(2020-11-11). More than 660 parents of separated immigrant children cannot be located by the US government. wsws.org After an ACLU lawsuit last month revealed that the parents of 545 immigrant children could not be located, a lawyer tasked with reuniting families revealed this week that the total has now risen to 666.
(2020-11-11). Evo Morales: 'We Are Now Millions'. telesurenglish.net Former Bolivia's President Evo Morales arrived in the city of Chimore in the department of Cochabamba this Wednesday, where just one year ago he was forced into exile by coup forces of the Bolivian right. | RELATED: | Addressing a cheerful crowd, Evo thanked the governments of Mexico and Argentina for their help and, especially, the workers' centers of the tropics that prevented the right-wing forces from m…
(2020-11-11). Robert Fisk: Death of a "Controversial" Journalist. dissidentvoice.org 
Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, died on 30 October aged 74. In reviewing his life and career, the newspaper for which he worked for more than two decades wrote of their star reporter: 'Much of what Fisk wrote was controversial…' As John Pilger noted, in describing Fisk's journalism as 'controversial' the Independent was …
(2020-11-11). Mexico: AMLO Seeks To Reform Housing Law To Support Workers. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a reform to the housing law that will allow over 40 million workers to access credits for their homes without intermediaries. | RELATED: | According to the authorities, this is "the largest financial inclusion reform that the country has had, in a country where financial inclusion is low." The reform seeks to provide workers with the freedom to buy a house or land "in their way."
(2020-11-10). Cancun Police Shoot Down Feminist Protest in Mexico. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Police Monday shot down a feminist protest organized in Cancun to reject two women's femicides that took place last weekend. Police brutality left three reporters injured, one of them by gunshot. | RELATED: | Over 2,000 protesters attended the march against Quintana Roo State's femicides. The demonstrators marched to Cancun's Palacio Municipal. | Videos broadcasted on social networks showed how the police closed the entrance to…