2021-07-13: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-07-13). AMLO Doubles Down in Defense of Cuba: Blockade Main Cause. telesurenglish.net "No one should be surrounded; they must be fully free; one should not act in this way because it violates human rights and is contrary to universal brotherhood. It is my position that there should be no interference, that the principles of non-intervention, self-determination or peaceful conflict resolution are respected," the head of state, known as AMLO, said.

WSWS (2021-07-13). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Nurses strikes loom in Canada, Dominican Republic; Miners continue strike in Mexico; and Health workers to begin strike in Bolivia…

_____ (2021-07-13). Amid Extreme Heat, Humanitarian Group Reports Dozens of Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert. commondreams.org If the filibuster can't be done away with or turned into a "Jimmy Stewart filibuster," then Congress has the obligation to Act on the "Nuclear Option."

Eduardo Nava Hernández (2021-07-13). México — øY después de la consulta? globalizacion.ca Como ya se ha estado divulgando profusamente, los ciudadanos mexicanos estamos siendo convocados a una nueva cita con las mesas de votación para el próximo 1 de agosto. Se efectuará en esa fecha, por primera vez en nuestra historia de…

Staff (2021-07-13). Over 160 unmarked graves found on island where infamous residential school branded 'Canada's Alcatraz' stood — indigenous group. rt.com In the fourth such discovery in recent months, a Canadian indigenous group has said it has found over 160 "undocumented and unmarked" graves on Penelakut Island, which once housed a residential school dubbed 'Canada's Alcatraz'. | Representatives of the Penelakut tribe confirmed that the graves had been found on the "grounds and foreshore" of the territory, previously known as Kuper Island, located in the strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the western province of British Columbia on the mainland. | In a statement to "neighboring tribes and organizations" on July 8, the tribe's Chief Joan Brown and…

teleSUR (2021-07-12). Mexico Rejects Foreign Intervention in Cuban Incidents. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) rejected the intervention of international powers and mainstream media in the protests in Cuba on Sunday. | RELATED: | "I want to express my solidarity with the Cuban people. I believe that a solution must be sought through dialogue, without the use of force, without confrontation, without violence. It must be the Cubans who decide because Cuba is a free, independent, a…

sputniknews (2021-07-12). Haitian Police Arrest Florida Doctor, One of Suspected Masterminds Behind Moise's Assassination. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – One of the alleged masterminds behind the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been arrested, Police Director Leon Charles said.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-07-12). Exploited migrant workers demand Biden administration protection. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Making the connection between their migrant status and the federal protection they would get through Biden administration action, dozens of Spanish-speaking workers descended on the U.S. Labor Department's front steps to demand the Democratic president and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh move now. The workers, organized by the Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement coalition, included exploited …

teleSUR (2021-07-12). President Maduro: Three Conditions for International Dialogue. telesurenglish.net The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed his agreement to hold a new dialogue process in Mexico, sponsored by the government of this nation and the Kingdom of Norway. | RELATED: | However, the Venezuelan head of state stipulated three essential conditions for this international meeting to take place. | "One; that the United States of America and the European Union lift all sanction…

Paul Dobson (2021-07-12). [UPDATED] EU Mission Evaluates Venezuela Electoral Team as Gov't — Opposition Talks Scheduled. venezuelanalysis.com The new talks are due to be held in Mexico and will be mediated by the Norwegian government.

_____ (2021-07-12). America's Afghan War Is Over, so What About Iraq—and Iran? commondreams.org "The truth is that if one wanted to help Cuba, the first thing that should be done is to suspend the blockade of Cuba as the majority of countries in the world are asking," said Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. | Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

William Craig Cohen (2021-07-12). The Weekly Round-Up: Proposed migrant legislation and reviews for convicted victims of coercive control. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news: On Thursday, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would no longer prosecute migrants uninvolved in any criminal activity other than illegal entry to the UK. The development, supported by the notion that these cases can be better dealt with by administrative deportation than by prison overcrowding, is being widely reported as …

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