Daily Archives: June 8, 2021

2021-06-08: News Headlines

AlejandraGarcia (2021-06-08). Mexico: Four Indigenous People Murdered During Vote Count. telesurenglish.net On Sunday night, four Indigenous people were shot to death at a voting place in the state of Chiapas after the legislative and local elections concluded. | Related: | The massacre was the result of disputes between the Encuentro Solidario (PES) and Chiapas Unido parties, which were fighting for a municipal mayor's office. | The events occurred at about 9: 30 p.m. on the community basketball court, when the polling…

teleSUR (2021-06-08). 21 Female Candidates Were Murdered in Mexico's Electoral Race. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the civil society organization "Observatoria Ciudadana Todas Mx" revealed that 60 percent of the candidates murdered in Mexico's subnational electoral process were women. | RELATED: | "This is the most violent and hostile electoral process against women since 21 candidates out of 35 murdered during the electoral process were women," activist Yndira Sandoval said. | There were several complaints of sexual or fami…

_____ (2021-06-08). MORENA Party Leads Legislative Elections In Mexico. popularresistance.org Mexico's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party is emerging as the winner of the legislative elections carried out on Sunday | The party led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is expected to obtain between 190 and 203 seats in the Lower Chamber. | The National Electoral Institute (INE) Counselor Lorenzo Cordova revealed that the preliminary voting range of MORENA goes from 34.9 to 35.8 percent, which would ensure between 190 and 203 legislators. | After clarifying that the results offered are preliminary, Cordova noted that Morena leads the largest elections in the country's history, in which…

Staff (2021-06-08). Elections in Mexico: AMLO'S Coalition Retains Majority in Congress. orinocotribune.com Mexico held midterm elections on Sunday, June 6. They were labeled as "the largest in the history of Mexico" according to the number of voters who were invited to participate, and by the number of seats that were renewed at the event. Mexico has more than 90 million registered voters, who took to the polls to select 500 deputies, 15 state governors, and more than 20,000 local political offices including mayors and councilors. | According to the preliminary results of the quick vote count published on Sunday night by the National Electoral Institute (INE), the coalition formed by the ruling party National Regenera…

WSWS (2021-06-08). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org A teachers demonstration was violently attacked in Puebla, Mexico, while 300 Nyrstar Myra Falls zinc, lead and copper mine workers are striking for the restoration of concessions.

WSWS (2021-06-08). Mexico's ruling Morena party suffers losses in midterm elections. wsws.org The policies of AMLO and his government as to the COVID pandemic have been nothing short of criminal, resulting in at least a half a million excess deaths.

Staff (2021-06-08). "Do Not Come": VP Harris Sends Anti-Migrant Message in Guatemala, Visits Mexico Amid Deadly Election. democracynow.org In her first foreign trip as vice president, Kamala Harris is in Mexico City to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after first visiting Guatemala to meet with President Alejandro Giammattei. Harris is tasked by President Joe Biden with stemming the flow of Central American migrants fleeing corruption, violence and poverty, even after the two campaigned on allowing more migrants to apply for asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border, and issued a stern warning to migrants: "Do not come." Her visit comes after voters cast their ballots in one of Mexico's largest and deadliest elections in history, as over 80…

teleSUR (2021-06-08). US Vice President Kamala Harris Lands in Mexico from Guatemala. telesurenglish.net The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, arrived late Monday night in Mexico to meet with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to discuss immigration issues. | Harris was received at the airport of the Mexican capital by Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other government representatives. | RELATED: | The visit of Kamala Harris will last less than 24 hours as she will leave the U.S. on Tues…

John Wojcik (2021-06-08). Tired, poor, huddled masses from Central America are owed entry. peoplesworld.org Vice President Kamala Harris met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday and on Tuesday meets with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Her trip has the announced intention of helping solve the immigration situation at the U.S.' southern border. Harris said in Guatemala that the goal of U.S. policy is to improve conditions …

Staff (2021-06-08). Headlines for June 8, 2021. democracynow.org Over 100 Water Protectors Arrested in Minnesota as Mass Civil Disobedience Targets Line 3 Pipeline, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Hits 420 Parts Per Million, Highest Level in 4 Million Years, "A Two-Track Pandemic": Wealthy Nations Ease Restrictions as COVID Surges in Unvaccinated Countries, ProPublica: Vast Trove of IRS Data Shows How U.S. Billionaires Pay Little in Income Tax, Canadian Police Say Hit-and-Run That Killed Four Was Deliberate Islamophobic Attack, VP Harris to Refugees Fleeing Violence, Poverty and Climate Crisis: "Do Not Come to the U.S.", Supreme Court Rules Immigrants with Temporary Protected Statu…

teleSUR English (2021-06-08). Trump Separated Over 3,900 Migrant Kids From Their Families. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF) established by U.S. President Joe Biden reported that over 3,900 migrant children were separated from their families between July 2017 and January 2021. | Related: | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas said that his institution is committed to reuniting families cruelly separated by President Donald Trump's administration.

Anand Naidoo (2021-06-08). The Heat: U.S. immigration crisis. america.cgtn.com U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Central America to address the surge of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border.

Jared Olson (2021-06-08). In Honduras, US Efforts to Deter Migrants Add Danger, Costs. thenation.com In Honduras, US Efforts to Deter Migrants Add Danger, Costs…

teleSUR (2021-06-07). Mexico: MORENA Secures At Least 9 of 15 Disputed Governorships. telesurenglish.net According to official preliminary results released on Monday, Mexico's ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party and its allies will take nine of the 15 governorships that were in dispute in the elections held on Sunday. | According to the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP) of the National Electoral Institute (INE), the vote for governor is too close in three states, making it difficult to define a winner. | RELATED: |

teleSUR (2021-06-07). MORENA Party Leads Legislative Elections in Mexico. telesurenglish.net Mexico's National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party is emerging as the winner of the legislative elections carried out on Sunday | RELATED: | The party led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is expected to obtain between 190 and 203 seats in the Lower Chamber. | The National Electoral Institute (INE) Counselor Lorenzo Cordova revealed that the preliminary voting range of MORENA goes from 34.9 to 35.8 percent, which wo…

teleSUR (2021-06-07). Mexico Hopes To Reach Migration Agreements With Kamala Harris. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) said his country hopes to reach immigration and border agreements after the visit of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday. | RELATED: | "We want to maintain a very good relationship with the U.S. government," AMLO said, adding that President Joe Biden "has behaved very well." | The Mexican president remarked that the main theme of the visit is the manage…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-06-07). Mexico: Voters Hand Lopez Obrador's Party a Majority in Congress. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Photo: Twitter / @mario_delgado The preliminary count (PREP) conducted by Mexico's electoral authority gave President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party MORENA, together with its coalition parties, control of the lower house of Congress but fell short of securing a supermajority. The estimate by the National Electoral Institute (INE) gave the coalition of MORENA,…

Staff (2021-06-07). Headlines for June 7, 2021. democracynow.org Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won't Support Voting Rights Bill and Will Fight to Keep Filibuster, G7 Ministers Back 15% Corporate Tax Rate Derided by Critics as Too Low a Bar, Brazilian Soccer Stars Suggest Postponement of Copa America Tournament as COVID-19 Rages, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Blames Looming Ouster on "Biggest Election Fraud in History", Israeli Soldiers Assault Al Jazeera Reporter Amid Mass Arrests of Palestinians , At Least 132 Killed as Gunmen Raid Village in Burkina Faso, Nigeria Bans Twitter After President's Threatening Tweet Is Deleted, Mexican President's Party to Lose Supermajority After…

John Hickman (2021-06-07). "Lethal Disregard:" UN report on Deaths of Migrants in Mediterranean goes too Light on Libyan, Italian Navies. juancole.com Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) — The diplomatic language used in official human rights reports often fails to express the horrors that they reference. So it is with the May 2021 report issued by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet: "Lethal Disregard: Search and Rescue and the Protection of Migrants …

Sí, se puede: People's World (2021-06-07). Sí, se puede: People's World / Mundo Popular Immigrant Rights Town Hall. peoplesworld.org Save the Date — Immigrant Rights Town Hall June 20 "Sí, se puede — No Human Being is Illegal" The urgent push toward comprehensive immigration reform and an end to deportations, detentions, family separation, and walls will be the topic of discussion on Sunday, June 20 at 6 pm Eastern Time at a virtual Town Hall …

splcenter (2021-06-07). Immigrant Rights: Humane policies, not harmful propaganda, will improve quality of life for everyone. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Sí, se puede: People's World (2021-06-07). Sí, se puede: People's World / Mundo Popular Ayuntamiento de derechos de los inmigrantes. peoplesworld.org Reserve la fecha — Ayuntamiento de derechos de los inmigrantes 20 de junio "Sí, se puede — Ningún ser humano es ilegal" El impulso urgente hacia una reforma migratoria integral y el fin de las deportaciones, detenciones, separación familiar y muros será el tema de discusión el domingo 20 de junio a las 6 pm …

WSWS (2021-06-07). Spain's Anticapitalistas back anti-migrant press campaign targeting Morocco. wsws.org This petty bourgeois party is joining in the campaign of the PSOE-Podemos government to denounce Morocco for allowing migrants to cross into Spain's enclave at Ceuta.

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