Daily Archives: August 9, 2021

2021-08-09: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-09). Talks in Mexico to Discuss Seven Issues — Chavismo vs. All Oppositions. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, August 8, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that "in the next few days, the exact date and venue of the dialogue with the Venezuelan opposition to be held in Mexico will be announced. There are seven issues on the agenda that will be debated." | "About [the talks in] Mexico there is a lot to say," continued President Maduro. "The dialogue with the opposition started in September 2019. From there came the National Assembly (AN) elections and these mega-elections. As of this year, we resumed the dialogue with the G4 [extreme right opposition] and there is a w…

Johanna Kichton (2021-08-09). People's Action and Coalition on Human Needs Launch National "Shared Prosperity" Week of Action to Win Immigrant Justice. peoplesaction.org Days Before Anniversary of DACA, Advocates to Urge Congress to Include Citizenship in Next Recovery Bill Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and the Coalition on Human Needs today launched a national week of action to urge Congress to include a pathway to citizenship for young Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential …

Othering & Belonging Institute, NNIRR (2021-08-09). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Mari Uyehara (2021-08-09). The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics. thenation.com The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics…

Tamara Pearson (2021-08-09). Mexico: Indigenous communities take over water-bottling plant to use as a social centre. greenleft.org.au Mulinational beverage companies have been profiting off Mexico's precious drinking water resources for decades, while local communities have gone without. Communities in the state of Puebla have had enough, reports Tamara Pearson.

teleSUR (2021-08-08). Mexico: 95 Migrants Disappeared in Tamaulipas Last Year. telesurenglish.net Urging human rights mechanisms to launch search and rescue operations, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) confirmed the disappearance of 95 migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in February last year. | RELATED: | The migrants were abducted while traveling in several buses through Tamaulipas territory on February 19, 20, and 27, as well as, March 7 and 12 2019. | The CNDH warned that the public security agencies belong…

_____ (2021-08-08). The Untimely Tragic Death of Labor's Best Friend. commondreams.org But there's fierce pushback from some GOP leaders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has blamed President Joe Biden and immigrants for his state's record Covid-19 hospitalizations.

Staff (2021-08-08). Wikileaks Reveals Well-Known Millionaires Were Behind the Rise of Spanish Far-Right Party VOX. orinocotribune.com More than 17,000 internal documents from two ultra-Catholic organizations show thousands of euros in donations and orchestrated propaganda campaigns. | On Friday, August 6, WikiLeaks released more than 17,000 internal and confidential documents from two ultra-Catholic Spanish organizations that show that "big business" donations made possible the creation of the Spanish far-right party VOX. | For this project, titled The Intolerance Network, Wikileaks collaborated with four media outlets: Público (Spain), Contralínea (Mexico), Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), and Taz (Germany). | RELEASE: The Intolerance Network: 17,…

Mouris Salloum George (2021-08-08). México — Violaciones y tortura, por falta de jueces probos. globalizacion.ca Parece que la tortura en México es regla y no excepción en el sistema de justicia, sobre todo, cuando la autoridad no cuenta con pruebas para acusar y luego fabricar confesiones utilizando métodos inspirados en la inquisición. | En nuestro país,…

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