2021-06-29: News Headlines

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2021-06-29). El necesario juicio a cinco expresidentes mexicanos. globalizacion.ca El próximo primero de agosto se efectuará una Consulta Ciudadana para determinar la voluntad popular de enjuiciar o no a cinco ex presidentes de México. La idea del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador es darle participación a la población en…

Staff (2021-06-29). Free the Children: Advocates Demand Biden Close Fort Bliss Detention Center Holding 800 Migrant Kids. democracynow.org Migrant children held by the Biden administration are reporting suicide and escape attempts and conditions of spoiled food, extreme heat and panic attacks in the largest so-called emergency shelter for migrant children in the U.S., at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. More than 14,000 migrant children are currently in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, which has set up 15 emergency sites like the one at Fort Bliss to get them out of overcrowded Border Patrol holding facilities. Vice President Kamala Harris did not visit the Fort Bliss tent city on her recent visit to the sou…

Jorge Capelan (2021-06-28). Some Respectful Notes from Nicaragua for Mexico's President: "AMLO Called on the Government of Nicaragua to Set Free a Group of Oligarchs and Political Operators" globalresearch.ca

Jorge Capelan (2021-06-28). Some Respectful Notes from Nicaragua for Mexico's AMLO. globalresearch.ca

Michael Welton (2021-06-28). Sorrow, Shame and Rage: the Wretched Legacy of Canada's Residential Schools. counterpunch.org Canada is in the midst of a serious crisis of sorrow and shame. Recently ground-penetrating radar was used to locate the remains of 215 children, some as young as three, buried at the site of the intimidating Kamloops (Tk'emlups te Secwepemc) Residential School in BC's dry interior. Many Canadians know that many Indigenous children died while attending residential schools: estimates range from 4000 to 6,000. But many Native leaders query this number. It is simply too low.

Staff (2021-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2021. democracynow.org Iraq Condemns Violation of Sovereignty After U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, Judge Sentences Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin to 22.5 Years in Prison for Murdering George Floyd, WHO Urges Vaccinated People to Keep Taking COVID Precautions as Delta Variant Spreads Across Globe, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa Among Nations Ordering New Restrictions Amid Surge in Cases, Biden Says U.S. Will Continue to Support Afghan Gov't After Withdrawal as Taliban Takes New Territory, 9 Dead, 150+ Missing in Miami Condo Collapse as 2018 Report Shows Building Was Vulnerable, VP Kamala Harris Visits El Paso on U.S.-Mexico Bord…

news.un (2021-06-28). Violence against smuggled migrants widespread, but justice is lacking: UN report. news.un.org Migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little action to address these offences, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Monday.

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