Staff (2021-08-23). Headlines for August 23, 2021. democracynow.org Chaos and Desperation Reign at Kabul Airport as Afghans Try to Evacuate Taliban Takeover, Taliban Leader Arrives for Talks in Kabul as Afghans Demand Security and Jobs, U.S. Tops 1,000 Daily COVID-19 Deaths for First Time Since March, Sri Lanka Locks Down for 10 Days Amid Worst COVID-19 Surge of Pandemic, India and Taiwan Roll Out Domestically Produced COVID Vaccines Despite Lack of Trial Data, Death Toll from Tennessee Flash Floods Rises to 22; Hurricane Grace Kills at Least 8 in Mexico, More Than 50 Feared Dead After Boat Carrying Refugees Capsizes En Route to Canary Islands, UNICEF Says Fighting in Syria Is In…

_____ (2021-08-22). On Contact: A Different Kind Of War. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the plight of everyday people victimized by the hardships of life in Mexico and Central America with author and journalist J. Malcolm Garcia. His new book is 'A Different Kind of War: Uneasy Encounters in Mexico and Central America'. A collection of essays informed by grief and anger, the book reveals the varied and distinctive voices of those families fleeing the violence of Honduras, Mexican reporters covering gang conflict in Juarez, and children living off the refuse of a landfill.

Staff (2021-08-22). President Maduro Comments on the End of Guaidó's Usurpation Intent (Mexico Talks). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 20, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro commented that Juan Guaidó's much talked about usurpation has ended with the signing of memorandum between the government and the opposition during the dialogue in Mexico last week. | During the swearing in ceremony of six new ministers of his executive cabinet this Friday, President Maduro declared, "We have done what Guaidó wanted—the end of the usurpation. The usurpation of the so called interim government ended with the signing of the document in Mexico where the legitimacy of the government over which I preside has been recognized. Transitional…

Prabhat Patnaik (2021-08-22). Mexico's move to shunt out neoliberal agenda holds lessons for India. peoplesdispatch.org Alongside efforts to reclaim control over Mexico's natural resources, the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government is also planning to recapture control over its Central Bank…

_____ (2021-08-22). On Contact: A Different Kind Of War. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the plight of everyday people victimized by the hardships of life in Mexico and Central America with author and journalist J. Malcolm Garcia. His new book is 'A Different Kind of War: Uneasy Encounters in Mexico and Central America'. A collection of essays informed by grief and anger, the book reveals the varied and distinctive voices of those families fleeing the violence of Honduras, Mexican reporters covering gang conflict in Juarez, and children living off the refuse of a landfill.

Prabhat Patnaik (2021-08-22). Mexico's move to shunt out neoliberal agenda holds lessons for India. peoplesdispatch.org Alongside efforts to reclaim control over Mexico's natural resources, the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government is also planning to recapture control over its Central Bank…

Staff (2021-08-21). Juan Guaidó's Four Defeats that Took Him to Dialogue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com Juan Guaidó's successive defeats have forced him to change course. The media and diplomatic support he got in 2019 undoubtedly positioned his image internationally. This allowed Guaidó to arrive at the negotiation table in Mexico with a challenging attitude; although, concretely speaking, he was unable to exercise the power that was supposedly bestowed upon to him. | In this regard, the failures of the previous dialogues in Norway and Dominican Republic, far from putting extra pressure on the Nicolás Maduro government, weakened, instead, the agency of the self-proclaimed "interim president" of Venezuela. So far,…

teleSUR (2021-08-21). Grace Keeps Affecting Mexico's Central Region as Tropical Storm. telesurenglish.net On Saturday morning, Mexico's National Meteorologic Service informed Tropical Storm Grace was located 20Km north of Texcoco and 40Km to the north-northwest of Mexico City and affecting the country's central region with strong gusts of wind and heavy rainfall. | RELATED: | Grace is heading west-southwest at 20 Km/h, and at 10: 00 am local time, it reported maximum sustained winds of 110 Km/h and a 990 hectoPascal central pressure. | Loc…

WSWS (2021-08-21). As New Mexico continues to push for in-person instruction 109 schools report COVID-19 cases. wsws.org At least six New Mexico schools have been forced into online instruction by coronavirus outbreaks as Delta variant cases surge in schools…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-21). Migration Crisis In US Reaches Unprecedented Levels. southfront.org Illustrative ImageAs the calamity escalates, the greater the crisis of legitimacy for the Biden government. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The migration crisis in the US seems far from over. Recently, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, confirmed what everyone already suspected: the number of migrants on the southern border reached an "unprecedented" mark in the country's history. With this, the challenges appe…