Monthly Archives: September 2021

2021-09-20: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-09-20). Biden administration begins mass deportation flights from Texas to Haiti. wsws.org Hundreds of Haitian refugees were flown back to Port-au-Prince Sunday in the first step of what officials said would be the removal of all 12,000 refugees sheltering under an underpass in Del Rio, Texas, on the US-Mexico border.

Ariela Ruiz Caro (2021-09-20). The Mexico Dialogue on Venezuela and the End of the Lima Group. counterpunch.org The conversations in Mexico between the opposition Unitary Platform of Venezuela and the Maduro government, with the intermediation of Norway, represent the failure of the US interventionist strategy and the end of the Lima Group. On August 13, a new stage of negotiations officially began to reestablish the institutional framework and democratic coexistence in Venezuela

Staff (2021-09-20). "People Are Desperate": Biden Vows Mass Deportations as Thousands of Haitian Refugees Shelter in Del Rio. democracynow.org Thousands of asylum seekers, primarily from Haiti, have sheltered in a makeshift camp at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Del Rio International Bridge, as the Biden administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations. On Sunday alone, the Biden administration said it sent three deportation flights to Haiti, with several more flights expected in the coming days. "For them to be deporting young children into Haiti right now, … it is unacceptable," says Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. We also speak with Jacqueline Charles, Haiti and Caribbean correspondent for the…

teleSUR, SH (2021-09-20). Haití acusa a EE.UU. de humillar a migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net El primer ministro Ariel Henry llamó a la unión de todos los sectores del país para darles una oportunidad a los migrantes deportados…

Staff (2021-09-19). AMLO Condemns US Blockade of Cuba. orinocotribune.com As part of the commemoration of the 211 years of the Independence of Mexico, the annual military parade, held in Mexico City, had Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as this year's guest of honor. In a speech given before the parade, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), President of Mexico, highlighted the injustice suffered by the Cuban people due to the ongoing US blockade, and urged US President Joe Biden to lift the blockade against Cuba. | "The government that I represent respectfully calls on the US government to lift the blockade imposed on Cuba, because no state has the right to subdue another nation, anothe…

Ana Perdigón (2021-09-19). VI CELAC Summit: Latin America and the Caribbean to Expand Relations with China. orinocotribune.com The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held this Saturday, September 18, in Mexico city, opens the doors to broader relations with China and the European Union (EU). | During the VI Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC, several nations called for the dismantling of the Organization of American States (OAS ), and on the contrary, to consolidate Latin American integration and inter-relation, far from the interests of the United States and Canada. | Comparto la foto oficial de la VI Cumbre de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la CELAC. Un encuentro de grandes p…

Ana Perdigón (2021-09-19). President Maduro Proposes New Institutional Framework for CELAC (Lacalle and Abdo). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, September 18, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed to create a new institutional framework of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to resume the path of regional intergration that had already begun to be built during the 2000s. | During his speech at the VI CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mexico City, the Venezuelan president stressed that the former councils of ministers had made proposals, and there was also a very valuable interregional dialogue that must be restarted. | President Maduro, without any previous announcement, arrived in Mexico…

_____ (2021-09-19). Environmentalists Slam White House For Brushing Off IPCC Report. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden has been touring climate-ravaged areas of America, warning that climate change is a "code red" emergency for the planet. And yet, his administration has continued to boost fossil fuel projects and is now preparing to vastly expand offshore drilling. | The White House argues that a court order it opposes and is appealing requires federal officials to lease more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for fossil fuel exploration. Environmental groups, however, assert that federal law gives the administration broad discretion over whether or not to hold such sales. | In fact, Biden's official…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-19). Latin American and Caribbean Leaders Approve Historic Agreement at CELAC Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The VI Summit of the Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Mexico City on Saturday, September 18 and concluded with the approval of a 44-point declaration. The historic summit saw the participation of 31 countries and the presence of several important leaders, such…

Laila Tajeldine (2021-09-19). The Lesson Nicolás Maduro Gave to Counterparts at CELAC Summit. orinocotribune.com By Laila Tajeldine — Sep 19, 2021 | The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, came out stronger from his participation in the VI Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | Despite over 400 sanctions that are suffocating Venezuela, despite two assassination attempts against President Nicolás Maduro, despite the formation of the Lima Group to overthrow the Constitutional government of Venezuela, despite multiple attempts of coup d'état, destabilization and violence, and despite the predictions of the planners of all of the above, there in Mexico, at the CELAC summit, the Presid…

Maria Paez Victor (2021-09-19). Hush, Hush (Venezuela is Winning!). orinocotribune.com By María Páez Victor — Sep 17, 2021 | By now it is obvious that the mainstream media does not cover any good news whatsoever about Venezuela. Even non-political issues are always accompanied by a poisoned cliché sentence or two about "dictator," "authoritarian regime," "collapsed economy," "humanitarian crisis," etc. etc. | So, the game-changing news that there are peace talks being held in Mexico City between the Venezuelan government and opposition parties is ignored. Mexico is acting as host and facilitator, with the kingdoms of Norway and Netherlands, and the Russian Federation as mediators. This seminal…

_____ (2021-09-19). Canadian Amazon Warehouse Could Be First To Unionize In North America. popularresistance.org The struggle to unionize Amazon is shifting to Canada, where workers in Alberta could soon be the first to unionize an Amazon warehouse in North America. Workers at the "YEG1" facility in Nisku, Alberta, just outside Edmonton, filed for a union election on Monday, September 13. The election could be held in mere weeks, once the Alberta Labour Relations Board approves the application. | Workers at the relatively new facility in Nisku, which employs between 600 to 800 Amazon "associates," have described rampant favoritism and discrimination against marginalized workers of color and immigrants. Job security, the pac…

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2021-09-19: News Headlines

Ana Perdigón (2021-09-19). VI CELAC Summit: Latin America and the Caribbean to Expand Relations with China. orinocotribune.com The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held this Saturday, September 18, in Mexico city, opens the doors to broader relations with China and the European Union (EU). | During the VI Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC, several nations called for the dismantling of the Organization of American States (OAS ), and on the contrary, to consolidate Latin American integration and inter-relation, far from the interests of the United States and Canada. | Comparto la foto oficial de la VI Cumbre de Jefas y Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la CELAC. Un encuentro de grandes p…

Ana Perdigón (2021-09-19). President Maduro Proposes New Institutional Framework for CELAC (Lacalle and Abdo). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, September 18, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed to create a new institutional framework of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to resume the path of regional intergration that had already begun to be built during the 2000s. | During his speech at the VI CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mexico City, the Venezuelan president stressed that the former councils of ministers had made proposals, and there was also a very valuable interregional dialogue that must be restarted. | President Maduro, without any previous announcement, arrived in Mexico…

teleSUR (2021-09-18). Mexico Calls for an Economic Integration With Social Dimension. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) called for the reactivation of the LATAM economy taking into account the region's young and creative workforces. | RELATED: | He explained that the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) could further support regional economic integration. | AMLO warned that this integration has to observe a social…

scorinoco (2021-09-18). AMLO Urges Biden Once Again to Lift US Blockade Against Cuba. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, September 16, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico urged US President Joe Biden to act to end Washington's blockade and the policy of aggression against Cuba once and for all. | In a speech commemorating the 211th anniversary of Mexico's independence, with which AMLO opened the traditional military parade honoring the entrance of the Trigarante (Three Guarantees) army to Mexico City in 1821, he reiterated his opinion that he had expressed in June at the Chapultepec Castle regarding the dignity of the Cuban people. | In the presence of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, a special guest, who…

Aram Aharonian (2021-09-18). Hora de terminar con el ministerio de colonias de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca °Aleluya! En 2022, Latinoamérica hará una propuesta formal a Estados Unidos y Canadá para definir el futuro de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), ese "ministerio de colonias" que el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador ha propuesto sustituir por…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-18). CELAC to Choose Between Dignity or OAS' Monroe Doctrine. libya360.wordpress.com y Kawsachun News< After five years without meeting, Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will convene on Saturday for the VI Summit in Mexico City. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose late Friday arrival upstaged all other participants of the Summit, has submitted a proposal to his Mexican counterpart,...

_____ (2021-09-18). Indigenous Peoples In Mexico Defend Their Right To Water. popularresistance.org Lerma/Coyotepec, Mexico – In the San Lorenzo Huitzizilapan Otomí indigenous community, in the state of Mexico —adjacent to the country's capital—, access to water has been based on collective work. | "Public services come from collective work. What we have done is based on tequio (free compulsory work in benefit of the community), cooperation. The community has always taken care of the forests and water," Aurora Allende, a member of the sector's Drinking Water System, told IPS. | In San Lorenzo Huitzizilapan, a town of 18,000 people in the municipality of Lerma — about 60 kilometres west of Mexi…

teleSUR (2021-09-18). CELAC VI Summit Supports Cuba and Argentina in Their Demands. telesurenglish.net Rejecting the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba and reaffirming Argentina's sovereignty over the Malvinas islands, representatives from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded the bloc's VI Summit chaired by Mexico on Saturday. | RELATED: | Mexico's Foreign Minister Ebrard explained that officials from 31 countries signed a Joint Declaration of 44 points and special accords. | Besides the allocation…

Staff (2021-09-18). Venezuela Denounces Serious Violation of Agreements Signed in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The Head of Venezuela's government delegation to the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government categorically rejects the serious violation of the agreements signed by opposition elements and their foreign sponsors, who have already dedicated themselves to sabotaging and evading their commitments established in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 13. Rodríguez specifically addressed the agreement concerning the restoration of the assets and resources belonging to Venezuela, held abroad or in foreign bank accounts. | Through his official account on Twitter @jorgerpsuv, Rodr…

WSWS (2021-09-18). Biden administration detains more than 200,000 immigrants along US-Mexico border last month. wsws.org The Biden administration has started deporting families on "expulsion flights" to southern Mexico, where they are usually loaded onto buses by police and taken back to Central America.

teleSUR, SH (2021-09-18). EE.UU. prepara vuelos para deportar a migrantes haitianos. telesurtv.net Medios estadounidenses indicaron que se estarían preparando hasta ocho vuelos de deportación diarios a Haití.

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