2021-03-29: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-03-29). Mexico's President Feels 'Shame' for Murder of Salvadoran Woman. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday expressed "shame" for the police officers who killed Salvadoran migrant Victoria Salazar in Tulum on Saturday. | RELATED: | "She was subdued by police… brutalized and killed. This fact fills us with sorrow, pain, and shame," he said. | Her murder was denounced on social media through a video showing a police officer placing his knee on the neck of the victim, who could barely…

WSWS (2021-03-29). Oppose deportations and all anti-immigrant measures in Australia and New Zealand! wsws.org The Australian and New Zealand governments have joined in the international assault on the rights of immigrants, as they seek to divert anger over mass job cuts and austerity measures in the most nationalist and xenophobic direction.

Ana María Aragonés (2021-03-29). Caminos legales, no cierres fronterizos. globalizacion.ca El reciente viaje a México de funcionarios estadunidenses planteó como solución al problema migratorio el cierre de fronteras, para supuestamente detener no sólo a los centroamericanos, sino a los propios mexicanos. | Justificó en parte esta estrategia por tener que aplicar…

Staff (2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…

Robert Reich (2021-03-29). Republicans Fabricate "Crisis" of Violent Immigrants Crossing the Border. commondreams.org The "surge" has been fabricated by Republicans in order to stoke fear—and, not incidentally, to justify changes in laws they say are necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tedcruz.jpg