2022-03-17: News Headlines

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-17). Asesinan en Michoacán a periodista mexicano Armando Linares. telesurtv.net Linares se acogió al Mecanismo de Protección a Periodistas, debido a sus denuncias, pero renunció luego a la protección.

Staff (2022-03-17). Representantes de Morena en El Fanguito: Cuba "nos motiva a la posibilidad de construir realidades mejores" cubadebate.cu "Sepan que México les tiene un profundo cariño y admiración. Ojalá pronto se acabe el bloqueo que ha impedido que la Revolución cubana se exprese en lo máximo. Su existencia nos motiva a la posibilidad de construir realidades mejores", dijo Citlalli Hernández Mora, Secretaria General del Partido Morena, quien junto a otros jóvenes mexicanos, visita Cuba.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-17). U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis. workers.org Black immigrants in Ukraine. The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With 24/7 coverage, Western media has not missed an opportunity to garner sympathy for the nearly 2 million disproportionately white Ukrainians currently fleeing the war. No one . . . |

Staff (2022-03-17). Delegación de Morena realiza visita a Cuba. cubadebate.cu De acuerdo con el sitio web del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC), durante su estancia sostendrán encuentros con dirigentes de la organización política, el Gobierno, la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas y representantes de sectores sociales.

_____ (2022-03-16). In Solidarity With Haitian Workers And Migrants. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) declares its support for garment workers in Haiti and stands with the Haitian people who, migrating from the country for economic or political reasons, have faced racism, hostility, and terror abroad. We also condemn the neo-colonial political economic policies of the U.S. government, its international allies, and the multinational corporations who have created Haiti's imperial crisis by continuing to undermine the sovereignty and independence of the Haitian people. | Early in the year, garment workers launched protests at the Caracol Industrial Park in Haiti's northeast region.

Fight Back (2022-03-16). Minneapolis teachers and support professionals strike enters week two. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – Teachers and education support professionals at Minneapolis Public Schools began a strike on March 8, shutting down the Minneapolis school system. Today, March 14, the strike continues as the schools remain closed for a second week. | Over the weekend a series of events were held by the striking educators; there we also several actions called by community and labor supporters in the area. | On Saturday, March 12, a car caravan called by the Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Committee (MIRAC) wound its way through Minneapolis streets to end at the Davis Center where the Minneapolis Public Schools off…

teleSUR, SH (2022-03-16). Asesinan al periodista mexicano Armando Linares en Michoacán. telesurtv.net Armando Linares había denunciado amenazas en su contra por haber expuesto supuestos actos de corrupción.

Staff (2022-03-16). Informa embajada de Cuba en México de hechos asociados al tráfico irregular de migrantes. cubadebate.cu La Embajada de la República de Cuba en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos ha conocido de la ocurrencia en las últimas 24 horas en los estados de Veracruz y Monterrey de dos trágicos eventos asociados al tráfico irregular de migrantes; con el lamentable resultado de víctimas fatales y otros lesionados. Cuba aboga por una migración legal, segura y ordenada.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-16). Aumentan cruces de menores no acompañados en frontera México-EE.UU. telesurtv.net En febrero se contabilizaron 12.011 niños no acompañados, en comparación con los 8.760 reportados en enero.

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-03-16). Lithium is becoming vital resource in Mexico. america.cgtn.com Lithium's value has soared in recent years due primarily to the demand for increasingly-large rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Mass lithium deposits have been identified in Mexico with one mine in the north believed to harbor the largest reserves of any in the world. Find out more.

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

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