Daily Archives: April 17, 2021

2021-04-17: News Headlines

MEE, agencies (2021-04-17). Dozens dead as migrants' boat capsizes off Tunisia coast. middleeasteye.net Dozens dead as migrants' boat capsizes off Tunisia coast | UN calls for expanded state-led search and rescue operations as number of migrants leaving Tunisia for Europe triples | Sat, 04/17/2021 – 10: 09 | The bodies of migrants are recovered at a Tunisian port after a shipwreck in December 2020 (AFP) | At least 41 people, including a child, drowned when a boat capsized off the Tunisian co…

Ricardo Orozco (2021-04-17). La izquierda mexicana al servicio de la inteligencia artificial (I). globalizacion.ca El pasado martes 13 de abril, las Comisiones legislativas de Comunicaciones y Transportes y de Estudios Legislativos, del Senado de la República, aprobaron la Minuta con proyecto de decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la …

Mouris Salloum George (2021-04-17). México — La espada de Damocles sobre el cuello de la democracia. globalizacion.ca La mítica espada de Damocles pende amenazante sobre el cuello de la democracia mexicana. Si en el pasado reciente era una amenaza se ha convertido en una realidad. Sorprendió a casi todos los miembros de colegios y asociaciones de abogados…

W.T. Whitney Jr. (2021-04-17). Venezuela Border Conflict Mixes Drug Trafficking and Regime-Change Ambitions. orinocotribune.com By W.T. Whitney Jr. — Apr 16, 2021 | Beginning in mid-March, Venezuelan army units have been attacking and expelling Colombian operatives active in Apure state. These have long used Venezuela's border region to prepare cocaine arriving from Colombia and ship it to the United States and Europe. The fighting has subsided; eight Venezuelan troops were killed. Seeking safety, 3,500 Venezuelans crossed the Meta River—an Orinoco tributary—to Arauca in Colombia. | The bi-national border is unmonitored and long enough, at 1367 miles, to encourage smuggling and the undocumented passage of cross-border tr…

_____ (2021-04-17). Venezuela Border Conflict Mixes Drug Trafficking And Regime-Change. popularresistance.org Beginning in mid-March, Venezuelan army units have been attacking and expelling Colombian operatives active in Apure state. These have long used Venezuela's border region to prepare cocaine arriving from Colombia and ship it to the United States and Europe. The fighting has subsided; eight Venezuelan troops were killed. Seeking safety, 3,500 Venezuelans crossed the Meta River—an Orinoco tributary—to Arauca in Colombia. | The bi-national border is unmonitored and long enough, at 1367 miles, to encourage smuggling and the undocumented passage of cross-border travelers, in this instance the embattled Col…

_____ (2021-04-16). Pandemic Discrimination Against Asian Americans Has Long Roots. popularresistance.org "I have pepper spray and I hold it every time I'm alone right now in case I see someone that is really frightening," said New York City teacher Annie Tan, who is Chinese American. | By February 2020, friends of hers had already been verbally harassed on the subway. One had been deliberately coughed on. Another was too scared to take the train anymore. | Many Asian Americans and Asian immigrants are experiencing similar incidents. | A neighbor pointed to her and said "China virus," said Ah Ying, a homecare worker in San Francisco who immigrated years ago from Taishan, China. A physical assault on an Asian American…

teleSUR (2021-04-16). Mexico to Vaccinate Education Sector Personnel. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for education sector personnel starting on April 20. | RELATED: | The immunization campaign will cover almost 3 million teachers and administrative personnel from public and private schools. | Chiapas, Coahuila, Nayarit, Veracruz and Tamaulipas will be the first states where the COVID-19 CanSino Bi…

WSWS (2021-04-16). US announces deal with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to use military against migrants. wsws.org The same oligarchies that ruled Central America through US-backed dictatorships for much of the 20th century are being encouraged to employ military repression.

Kate Wheeling (2021-04-16). Climate Migration Has Come to the United States. thenation.com Climate Migration Has Come to the United States…

teleSUR (2021-04-16). Mexico Starts Trial Of Navy Officers Over Forced Disappearances. telesurenglish.net A Mexican court on Thursday began the trial against 30 Navy members accused of the forced disappearance of four people in the Nuevo Laredo Municipality, Tamaulipas State, in 2018. | RELATED: | This week, the Attorney General's Office informed that a Tamaulipas judge found enough elements to open a trial against the Marines. | The military men, who were handed over by the Armed Navy to Justice last Friday, will remain in jail for at l…

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