(2022-11-19). [Perspectives] Matilde Montoya: fighter for women's medical education in Mexico. thelancet.com In 1887 Matilde Petra Montoya (1859—1939) became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Mexico. By 1937, a further 83 women had graduated from Mexico's principal medical school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. "For many of her contemporaries, her professional examination was a watershed", explains Montoya's biographer Ana María Carrillo Farga, Professor of the History of Medicine at UNAM, "establishing the right of Mexican women to study and practise the liberal professions".
(2022-11-19). López Obrador reitera convocatoria a marcha popular en México. telesurtv.net Se realizará el 27 de noviembre en El Zócalo. Ese día presentará el informe de su gestión luego de completar cuatro años en la Presidencia.
(2022-11-18). What Could Happen Legally In The Case Of Shanquella Robinson? Attorney Discusses Possible Charges. newsone.com Attorney Glennon Threatt shares what he thinks can happen legally in the case of Shanquella Robinson, who was beaten to death in Mexico.
(2022-11-18). México °Al diablo con sus fraudes electorales! globalizacion.ca A Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) le quedan alrededor de dos años al frente de la presidencia de la República de México, y en lo que lleva de tiempo ya prácticamente ha hecho todo lo que dijo que iba a…
(2022-11-18). Congreso peruano prohíbe viaje del presidente Castillo a México. telesurtv.net Al impedir el viaje de Castillo a México, es la tercera ocasión que el Congreso le niega la salida del país al actual mandatario.
(2022-11-17). Headlines for November 17, 2022. democracynow.org GOP Wins Narrow House Majority; McConnell Reelected Senate Minority Leader, Senate Advances Bill to Codify Marriage Equality into Federal Law, Iran Steps Up Violence Against Protesters, Sentences Five Activists to Death, Russian Missiles Fall Across Ukraine as Grain Export Deal Extended for 120 Days, Poland Blames Russia for Deadly Blast Near Border with Ukraine, Family of Alaa Abd El-Fattah Still Has Not Seen Imprisoned British Egyptian Activist, U.S. Judge Gives Biden Administration 5Week Extension to End Title 42, Sen. Ossoff Grills ICE Official About Invasive Procedures Performed on Prisoners, Immigrant Right…
(2022-11-17). Mycoturism sprouts in Mexico. america.cgtn.com With the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (Nov. 18 & 19) coming to an end in Thailand, participating countries will be leaving the event with modern agreements, and perhaps discovering they have more in common than they thought.
(2022-11-17). US and EU Export Obscene Amounts of Garbage to Latin America. orinocotribune.com An investigation reveals that the United States has invaded several Latin American countries with millions of tons of toxic plastic waste. | In a recent report, the Cross-Border Investigative Network OjoPúblico specifies that the United States and European countries have sent, in the last 10 years, 111 million tons of toxic plastic waste, mainly syringes, old monitor casings and buckets, to Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador. | According to the investigation, after China closed its doors to the world's waste in 2018, the United States increased the shipment of its plastic waste to the Southern Hemisphere.
(2022-11-17). At COP27 Indigenous Land Defenders from Mexico, Guatemala Warn "Green Capitalism" Creates Violence. democracynow.org We continue our coverage of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, by asking what Indigenous leaders at the frontlines of the climate crisis are calling for from world leaders. We speak to Andrea Ixchíu, a land defender from Guatemala, and Rosa Marina Flores Cruz, an Afro-Indigenous activist from Mexico, who are both part of the Futuros Indígenas collective. They discuss how their countries' megaprojects and big business are devastating Indigenous communities. "Green capitalism is affecting our communities. It's displacing people. It's creating violence," says Ixchíu.
(2022-11-17). Widespread Panic as Anti-Haitian Decree Goes into Effect in Dominican Republic (VIDEO). latinorebels.com Videos have flooded out of the Dominican Republic in recent days showing security forces corralling Black people outside their homes and loading them into cages on migrant control trucks to be carted off and, presumably, placed in detention centers or deported.
(2022-11-17). US Rescues 12 Haitians From Tiny Island in Puerto Rico. latinorebels.com A dozen Haitian migrants who spent five days on a tiny, uninhabited island near Puerto Rico where human smugglers abandoned them were rescued, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday.
(2022-11-17). Presidente mexicano convoca a marcha para el 27 de noviembre. telesurtv.net La movilización tendrá lugar tras las movilizaciones de la oposición conservadora que rechaza la reforma electoral del poder Ejecutivo.
(2022-11-17). México rechaza intención de gobernador de Texas de asumir control migratorio. telesurtv.net El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, quiere apelar a las cláusulas de invasión para militarizar la frontera y bloquearla.