2021-08-23: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-23). Headlines for August 23, 2021. democracynow.org Chaos and Desperation Reign at Kabul Airport as Afghans Try to Evacuate Taliban Takeover, Taliban Leader Arrives for Talks in Kabul as Afghans Demand Security and Jobs, U.S. Tops 1,000 Daily COVID-19 Deaths for First Time Since March, Sri Lanka Locks Down for 10 Days Amid Worst COVID-19 Surge of Pandemic, India and Taiwan Roll Out Domestically Produced COVID Vaccines Despite Lack of Trial Data, Death Toll from Tennessee Flash Floods Rises to 22; Hurricane Grace Kills at Least 8 in Mexico, More Than 50 Feared Dead After Boat Carrying Refugees Capsizes En Route to Canary Islands, UNICEF Says Fighting in Syria Is In…

_____ (2021-08-22). On Contact: A Different Kind Of War. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the plight of everyday people victimized by the hardships of life in Mexico and Central America with author and journalist J. Malcolm Garcia. His new book is 'A Different Kind of War: Uneasy Encounters in Mexico and Central America'. A collection of essays informed by grief and anger, the book reveals the varied and distinctive voices of those families fleeing the violence of Honduras, Mexican reporters covering gang conflict in Juarez, and children living off the refuse of a landfill.

Staff (2021-08-22). President Maduro Comments on the End of Guaidó's Usurpation Intent (Mexico Talks). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 20, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro commented that Juan Guaidó's much talked about usurpation has ended with the signing of memorandum between the government and the opposition during the dialogue in Mexico last week. | During the swearing in ceremony of six new ministers of his executive cabinet this Friday, President Maduro declared, "We have done what Guaidó wanted—the end of the usurpation. The usurpation of the so called interim government ended with the signing of the document in Mexico where the legitimacy of the government over which I preside has been recognized. Transitional…

Prabhat Patnaik (2021-08-22). Mexico's move to shunt out neoliberal agenda holds lessons for India. peoplesdispatch.org Alongside efforts to reclaim control over Mexico's natural resources, the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government is also planning to recapture control over its Central Bank…

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