Daily Archives: October 5, 2021

2021-10-05: News Headlines

Sergio Nieto Castillo (2021-10-05). México — El escándalo de Pandora Papers. globalizacion.ca El domingo 3 de octubre, se dio a conocer una nueva investigación periodística que revela, una vez más, la manera en que un grupo de personas con un poderoso caudal político, económico y social, se benefician de aquellos regímenes laxos…

Staff (2021-10-05). Headlines for October 5, 2021. democracynow.org Hollywood Crew Workers Vote to Authorize Strike, Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen to Urge Congress to Take Action, Johnson & Johnson Seeks FDA OK for Booster Shot, New York Healthcare Provider Fires 1,400 for Refusing to Get Vaccinated, Biden Accuses GOP of Playing "Russian Roulette" with U.S. Economy, Activists Confront Sen. Sinema in Arizona Bathroom, State Department Lawyer Blasts Biden for "Inhumane" Expulsions of Haitians, California Declares State of Emergency After Offshore Oil Pipeline Spill, Biden Administration to Open Up 80 Millions of Acres for Drilling in Gulf of Mexico, Report: 14% of World's C…

Martha Grevatt (2021-10-05). La brutalidad racista contra los migrantes haitianos desata la indignación. workers.org El mundo entero ha respondido con horror y rabia a las imágenes de migrantes haitianos azotados y aterrorizados por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos a caballo. Se han establecido paralelismos con la esclavitud en el hemisferio occidental, a la que se puso fin por primera vez en . . . |

teleSUR (2021-10-05). 200 Venezuelans Return To Their Country From Chile. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Tuesday, 200 Venezuelans returned to their country on a chartered flight from the public company Conviasa. The repatriation of this group occurs days after Venezuelan migrants were victims of acts of xenophobia in Iquique City, Chile. | RELATED: | "Today 200 compatriots return to Venezuelan territory thanks to the "Return to the Homeland" program. Venezuela welcomes you with open arms. Missi…

Staff (2021-10-05). Democrat Senator Sinema accosted by protesters after Biden calls stalking of defiant lawmakers 'part of the process'. rt.com After President Joe Biden seemed to approve of harassing Democrat senators opposed to his spending plan, activists continued to badger Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) on her flight back to Washington and at the airport. | A woman named Karina approached Sinema on board the flight from Arizona to DC on Monday, and demanded the senator's commitment to amnesty for illegal immigrants. She was filmed by someone from the Arizona Dream Act Coalition (ADAC), a group advocating for granting citizenship to people brought into the US illegally as children. | Message from Karina – I am a DACA recipient from Arizona who…

Dalia González Delgado (2021-10-05). Estados Unidos: Crisis en la frontera sur. globalizacion.ca "Estados Unidos es un país de inmigrantes". Esa frase, ampliamente repetida, no alcanza a explicar la complejidad de un fenómeno que ha marcado la vida de millones de personas. La crisis actual con los migrantes haitianos en la frontera sur…

Marjorie Cohn (2021-10-05). Biden's Expulsion of Haitian Migrants Is Racist, Illegal — and Trumpian. zcomm.org Since the horrific photos of mounted Border Patrol agents menacing Black migrants with whips became public, voices against the Biden administration's cruel, racist and illegal policies have reached a crescendo…

sputniknews (2021-10-04). Chile's Presidency Refutes Pandora Papers Accusations Against Pinera. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – President of Chile Sebastian Pinera denies the claims made by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) regarding the sale of the copper and iron mine Minera Dominga in the British Virgin Islands.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2021-10-04). President Maduro Insists that Spain Should Apologize for Colonial Era Massacres: 'Aznar is Racist' (+ AMLO). orinocotribune.com Caracas, October 3, 2021 (

Staff (2021-10-04). Venezuela Wins World Baseball Championship (U23). orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan baseball team defeated its Mexican counterpart 4-0 to be crowned winner of the third edition of the Men's Baseball World Championship, Under-23 category (U23), at the Sonora stadium in Hermosillo, Mexico. | The Vinotinto (Venezuelan national team) came out on the field determined to make history. The team, led by Carlos García, bet on the pitcher, Wilkelman Ramírez, who pitched the entire match and allowed only four hits. He always got the important outs when the hosts threatened to score. | In addition to the Venezuelan national team offense that was timely, two costly errors by the Mexicans in th…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-10-04). Revelan que ejército ocultó información sobre caso Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net Surgen nuevas conversaciones entre los responsables de la desaparición de 43 estudiantes normalistas en 2014.

sputniknews (2021-10-04). Ecuador's Police Regain Control Over Prison Recently Hit by Deadly Riots. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The Ecuadorian police have regained control over a prison in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, a site of riots between gangs that left at least 118 dead, Police Chief Tannya Varela, said.

teleSUR, NG (2021-10-04). Marchan en México para conmemorar los 53 años de la matanza de Tlatelolco. telesurtv.net Al grito de "ni perdón ni olvido" iniciaron las actividades en recuerdo a las más de 300 víctimas asesinadas y desaparecidas en 1968.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-04). EU, Poland agree on "firm steps" to confront Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish interior minister, EU commissioner agree 'firm steps' needed against Belarus: officials The Polish interior minister and the European commissioner for home affairs have agreed that firm steps need to be taken in response to a growing migrant crisis on Poland's border with Belarus…. [Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kami≈Ñski] told [the EU's Ylva] Johansson how …

_____ (2021-10-04). It's Time To Democratize City Budgets. popularresistance.org Porto Alegre's famous PB experiment put the city's budget in the hands of its citizens (and included a sophisticated process to ensure broad participation), but more usually, PB has been implemented to make decisions within just a single agency or a local district. And unless robust outreach is built into the process, PB can become the domain of neighborhood busybodies already adept at advocating for themselves through local politics. That could be why it's not better known! | But PB does have benefits regardless. It's one way to include people unable to vote in a decision-making process, such as undocumented imm…

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