Daily Archives: June 10, 2022

2022-06-10: News Headlines

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-06-10). Summit of the Americas Marked by Brutal Police Repression. orinocotribune.com The opening day of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, was stained by brutal police repression of demonstrations. | The meeting has already been marred by controversy surrounding the White House's refusal to invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, giving rise to boycotts and complaints from many other nations of the Americas. Perhaps most notable was the refusal of Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to attend. | News outlets and social media platforms shared numerous videos of the scene in which a towering Los Angeles police officer violently attacked a woman who was speaking into…

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-06-10). Canciller mexicano afirma que modelo actual de OEA debe sustituirse. telesurtv.net El canciller mexicano indicó que el planteamiento de su país es una forma organización basada en el respeto mutuo y beneficio para todos.

_____ (2022-06-09). For the Peoples of our Region, the Failure of Biden's Summit of the Americas Would be a Welcome Event. popularresistance.org I applaud the decision by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not to attend this week's so-called Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and hope that by Wednesday a majority of the nations in our region would have joined him. However, I am hoping that unlike President Lopez Obrador who is still sending the Mexican foreign minister, other nations demonstrate that their dignity cannot be coerced and stay away completely. Why do I take this position? | If the threat by the Biden Administration as host of the Summit not to invite Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, all sovereign nations in the Americas' region,…

_____ (2022-06-09). Another World Is Possible, But We Have To Make It So. popularresistance.org The People's Summit for Democracy began in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 8. However, it is much more than just an alternative to the Biden administration's and the Organization of American States' Summit of the Americas. | The Summit of the Americas has historically been a place for the United States, which plays a central role in the OAS and which continues to exploit the Americas for resources and markets, to present its own agenda for the region. | But this year, beginning with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, many Latin American leaders across the continent decided to boycott the summit entirel…

Ana Temu Otting (2022-06-09). How ICE Sidesteps the Law to Find and Deport People. aclu.org On an idle Tuesday afternoon, I received the call I had always feared most: My brother had been picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tactic the officers used was not new. My brother's probation officer had shared his meeting time with ICE, and they had waited outside of the building to arrest him. A year later, in 2019, I was able to call my brother to tell him Colorado had

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