Monthly Archives: August 2021

2021-08-29: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-29). Bloomberg Dixit: Guaidó & Co. to Announce Participation in Regional Elections — Deadline for Nominations Extended. orinocotribune.com The opposition extreme right-wing led by former deputy Juan Guaidó will participate in the regional elections scheduled for November 21, as part of the agreements of the dialogue that is taking place in Mexico, sources from the Guaidó bloc allegedly reported this Friday, August 2, to Bloomberg. | "Venezuela's opposition is set to announce it will break a three-year boycott of elections and register candidates for November's vote, marking progress on a key issue in political negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government," reported the US news corporation. | According to the outlet, it is expected that th…

teleSUR, JGN (2021-08-29). México propone sustituir a la OEA por una organización no intervencionista. telesurtv.net La Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, de septiembre en México, definirá los pasos a seguir.

Nino Pagliccia (2021-08-28). The International Community Must be on Alert to Defend Perú. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Aug 27, 2021 | We have sound and clear signals from Latin America that its people want progressive anti-imperialist governments that promote real democracy, sovereignty and well-being for all, and not only for a small minority of privileged oligarchs. They have realised that the US imposed capitalist-centred neoliberal model does not work. Peruvians have also joined recently in this left-wing movement, together with Mexicans, Argentinians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Bolivians, Nicaraguans, with the election of working class Pedro Castillo as president. If Washington was hoping to see a coup by…

_____ (2021-08-28). Things to Know About the Revival of Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy. commondreams.org Though the Biden administration has carried forward some of Trump's worst policies, investing in infrastructure breaks with forty years of Reagan-style cuts to public services.

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2021-08-28: News Headlines

Nino Pagliccia (2021-08-28). The International Community Must be on Alert to Defend Perú. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Aug 27, 2021 | We have sound and clear signals from Latin America that its people want progressive anti-imperialist governments that promote real democracy, sovereignty and well-being for all, and not only for a small minority of privileged oligarchs. They have realised that the US imposed capitalist-centred neoliberal model does not work. Peruvians have also joined recently in this left-wing movement, together with Mexicans, Argentinians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Bolivians, Nicaraguans, with the election of working class Pedro Castillo as president. If Washington was hoping to see a coup by…

_____ (2021-08-28). Things to Know About the Revival of Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy. commondreams.org Though the Biden administration has carried forward some of Trump's worst policies, investing in infrastructure breaks with forty years of Reagan-style cuts to public services.

_____ (2021-08-27). Asking If Afghanistan Will Become Breeding Ground for Terror Is the Wrong Question. commondreams.org More and more US transnationals have opened up in Mexico over the past few decades, taking advantage of unfair trade agreements, super-exploitative labor conditions, and cheap utilities.

Staff (2021-08-27). Ex-Pence Aide: Stephen Miller's "Racist Hysteria" Made It Harder for Afghan Allies to Get Visas. democracynow.org As thousands of people in Afghanistan attempt to flee the country before the United States' withdrawal on August 31, we look at how the Trump administration made it much harder for Afghans who worked with the U.S. to apply and receive what is known as a special immigrant visa, or SIV. Oliva Troye, a former top aide to Mike Pence who resigned in protest, has placed the blame on Trump's xenophobic adviser Stephen Miller, saying he peddled "racist hysteria" in White House meetings about bringing Afghan allies to the U.S. "Stephen Miller would say, 'Well, these are terrorist cells in the making if you bring them here…

Staff (2021-08-27). Venezuela Celebrates Peruvian Offer to Accompany Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia welcomed the willingness of Peru and its Foreign Minister Maúrtua to accompany the political dialogue between the national government and part of the extreme right opposition. | In this sense, Plasencia stressed that this position opens a new stage of rapprochement between both sister countries. | "We welcome Foreign Minister Maúrtua's statements in which he expresses Peru's willingness to accompany the political dialogue between Venezuelans, a position that opens a new stage of rapprochement between sister countries," Plasencia tweeted. "We wish the ambassa…

WSWS (2021-08-27). Supreme Court orders Biden administration to revive Trump's Remain in Mexico immigration policy. wsws.org The program, which forced immigrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum cases played out in the US, was rescinded by the Biden Administration this year but was ordered to be reinstated by a 6—3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court.

The Associated Press (2021-08-27). Mexico: Help for US on Migrants 'Can't Go On Forever'. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president again sidestepped questions Thursday about the reinstatement of the U.S. "Remain in Mexico" policy.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2021-08-27). México reitera soberanía ante orden migratoria de EE.UU. telesurtv.net La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México enfatizó que su política migratoria se diseña y ejecuta de manera soberana.

Tamara Pearson (2021-08-27). WalmartLand: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico are Displacing Local Culture. counterpunch.org The historic center of Puebla city, where I live, is a World Heritage site. The main square is flanked by a cathedral which was built in 1575, and the nearby post office, like many buildings in the area, is beautifully decorated in the traditional tiles. But among theses buildings there is also a McDonald's, Dominos, Oxxo (a Coca Cola store), Subway, and Burger King, and there is a Pizza Hut, KFC; and Starbucks one block away.

Staff (2021-08-27). California Recall: Right-Wing Radio Host Who Once Mentored Stephen Miller Could Replace Gov. Newsom. democracynow.org The conservative talk radio host Larry Elder is now the Republican front-runner challenging Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom in a special election that could also shape national politics. California voters cast ballots on September 14 on whether to recall Newsom, after a right-wing campaign to unseat the governor garnered enough signatures to trigger the vote. If Newsom fails to get more than 50% support for staying in office, the candidate with the most votes replaces him as governor. "This whole thing started with anti-immigrant nativists in California who were upset about the pro-immigrant, pro-Lati…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-27). Amnesty underscores Qatar's failure to investigate workers' deaths in new report. peoplesdispatch.org Human rights group Amnesty International heavily criticized Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA football world cup, for the deaths of thousands of foreign migrant laborers in the country. A majority of these workers' deaths remain unexplained and the cause of death in the death certificates remains vague and unclear. Amnesty called upon the Qatari government to order a thorough and credible investigation into the causes of deaths of foreign workers in the country. | Various other human rights groups, the United Nations, and foreign governments including Germany have repeatedly urged Qatar to make sure that the right…

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