2021-11-07: News Headlines

_____ (2021-11-07). Journalist Banned From US, Detained In Mexico On The Way To Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. His detention follows a multi-platform social media ban on independent journalists, activists and websites in Nicaragua, as detailed by Ben Norton of The Grayzone. There is also a corporate media disinformation campaign targeting Nicaragua and the current election. Sweeney's detention must be viewed in this context as an effort to prevent readers in…

Staff (2021-11-07). 'Only UK journo' going to cover Nicaragua election on ground says he was detained. rt.com A reporter from a left British newspaper says he was detained without explanation in Mexico as he was traveling to Nicaragua to cover the Sunday election. The US threatened the country with new sanctions ahead of the poll. | Steve Sweeney, international editor for the UK socialist daily Morning Star, said he had been placed in police custody as he was making a transfer flight through Mexico City. If his detention continues, he will not be able to reach Nicaragua in time to cover the general election, which the country is holding on Sunday. | The ballot is a complicated one, with critics of President Daniel Ort…

Staff (2021-11-07). Mexico: AMLO Affirms He Can Legally Comment on Upcoming Recall Referendum. orinocotribune.com Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador contradicted a ruling by the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) of Mexico, and asserted that he is legally able to comment on the recall referendum planned for March 2022. | During his morning conference on Friday, November 5, López Obrador declared that, after consulting with his advisers, he is aware that he can urge people to take part in the upcoming referendum vote to remove him from power, without openly asking people to vote for him to remain in office. | "I am allowed to talk about the Mandate Revocation Referendum; however, without asking people to vote for m…

Staff (2021-11-07). 'Better than Coutinho': Fans claim 7yo wonderkid is new Messi after spectacular goal at Barca academy where legend played (VIDEO). rt.com A wonderkid in Barcelona's famous La Masia academy has been compared to its greatest ever graduate, six-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, after footage of his winning goal in a match this weekend went viral. | Pedro Juarez currently plays for Barca's pre-Benjamin side, in an age category which runs from six to eight years old. | From the Benjamin level onwards at eight to 10, the Blaugrana's teams compete in the high-level Catalan Federation league. | In the meantime, though, the pre-Benjamins contest friendlies to prepare themselves for the competitive championship where they will face the academy sides o…

teleSUR, JGN (2021-11-07). Accidente vial en centro de México deja 19 muertos. telesurtv.net Un camión de carga se quedó aparentemente sin frenos y arrastró a seis vehículos particulares tras impactarse en una caseta de cobro.

teleSUR, JCM (2021-11-07). Caravana migrante en México reinicia su marcha desde Chiapas. telesurtv.net La caravana migrante cumple dos semanas desde que inició su camino a la Ciudad de México y EE.UU.

sputniknews (2021-11-07). Almost 20 People Dead in Mexico After Truck Rams Several Cars, Authorities Say. sputniknews.com BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Nearly 20 people were killed as a result of a major accident on a highway in Mexico, the country's federal highway authority, CAPUFE, informs.

Staff (2021-11-07). Abogados aún buscan a los familiares de 270 niños separados en la frontera bajo el gobierno de Trump. cubadebate.cu Un expediente judicial asegura que todavía existen abogados que buscan a los padres de 270 niños migrantes que fueron separados en la frontera con México bajo el gobierno de Donald Trump. Aunque la cifra es inferior a los 303 de septiembre, representa que todavía hay familias que no han podido ser reunificadas y viven bajo el drama de la 'tolerancia cero'.

sputniknews (2021-11-07). Florida's Gov. Office Blasts Biden as Over 70 Migrant Night Flights Landed in State – Report. sputniknews.com Over the past several months, US media reported that the Biden administration has been flying dozens of illegal migrants into non-border states in order to ease the burden on overstretched border authorities in light of the unprecedented border crisis.

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Yader Lanuza (2021-11-06). Sandinistas Poised to Win Election in Nicaragua Despite U.S. Sabotage and Smears. covertactionmagazine.com Media repeats big lie that Nicaraguan migrants to the U.S. are escaping Ortega's repression The Nicaraguan elections are on Nov. …
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sputniknews (2021-11-06). Nicaraguan Police Expect No Protests Ahead of Upcoming Election. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Police in Nicaragua do not expect to see protests or riots similar to the unrest in 2018, ahead of the upcoming presidential election on 7 November, Inspector General of the Nicaraguan National Police Jaime Antonio Vanegas Vega told Sputnik.
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Frederick B. Mills (2021-11-06). Dussel Now: The Transmodern Alternative (Essay). orinocotribune.com By Frederick Mills — Nov 3, 2021 | The philosophy of liberation, and its most prominent voice, Argentine Mexican philosopher Enrique Dussel, provide a critical-ethical framework for decolonial theory and praxis that has inspired several generations of scholars and activists in Latin America and beyond. This critique is more urgent than ever as the forces of recolonization and neoliberalism clash with the struggle for national sovereignty, social and economic justice, and participatory democracy throughout the globe. In this essay I attempt to introduce some of the basic concepts of the philosophy, ethics and…
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teleSUR, llb, JDO (2021-11-06). Fiscalía mexicana investiga tiroteo en hotel de Cancún. telesurtv.net Enfrentamientos entre grupos delincuenciales presuntamente vinculados al narcotráfico dejan dos fallecidos.
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_____ (2021-11-06). Defund The Global Climate Wall. popularresistance.org Blinken's sentiment was echoed by a report on the impact of climate change and migration from the White House earlier this month, one of a slew of reports as the U.S. prepared for the United Nations summit on climate change that begins in Glasgow on October 31. According to the report, "The current migration situation extending from the U.S.-Mexico border into Central America presents an opportunity for the United States to model good practice and discuss openly managing migration humanely, [and] highlight the role of climate change in migration."
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Staff (2021-11-06). Separated migrant families 'deserve' compensation from US, Biden says. rt.com US President Joe Biden is now saying he's in support of "some kind of compensation" for migrant families separated at the border, after calling a report about potential $450,000 individual settlements "garbage." | Biden was asked to make clear his position on the subject while speaking about the passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure package on Saturday. The president blamed former president Donald Trump's "outrageous" zero tolerance approach to the border for separating families and leading to thousands of lawsuits against the Department of Justice today. | "If in fact, because of the outrageous behavior of…
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sputniknews (2021-11-06). Watch Biden Boom in Anger After Being Asked Question on Cash Payments to Illegal Migrants. sputniknews.com Republicans have been attacking Joe Biden over reports that his administration is planning to pay $450,000 per person in compensation to illegal immigrants separated from their families at the southern border thanks to Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies. Biden rejected the reporting as untrue "garbage" on Wednesday.
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Staff (2021-11-06). 'It's genuine': Lineker 'waiting on paperwork' to welcome 2nd refugee into $5.4MN mansion as he rejects claims of virtue signaling. rt.com England and Barcelona football legend Gary Lineker has continued to put his money where his mouth is by preparing to welcome a second refugee into his $5.4 million mansion, according to British media reports. | A staunch defender of refugee and immigrant rights, Match of the Day host Lineker is regularly hit with comments along the lines of "why don't you take them in then?" on Twitter. | He started campaigning for refugees after the 2015 loss of Syrian youngster Alan Kurdi, who drowned off the Greek coast of Greece. | In 2020, Lineker welcomed a Pakistani student to his home. | And he emphasized that would no…
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sputniknews (2021-11-06). Miss Universe Australia Used Bleaching Cream at School Following 'Dirty Indian Brown' Skin Slurs. sputniknews.com Miss Universe Australia Maria Thattil, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was told she wasn't "Australian enough" to represent her country — however, she recently became just the third woman of colour to represent the "land down under" at Miss Universe, which is almost 70 years old.
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Marzieh Rahmani (2021-11-06). Iran expect Europe to be responsible for supporting refugees. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) — The director-general of the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the Ministry of Interior said that Iran expects Europeans to be responsible for supporting refugees and distributing financial resources.

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