2023-04-13: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-12). Mexico: Is AMLO's Resource Nationalism Raising the Odds of a Coup? libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República Washington and Ottawa are not only attempting to weaken AMLO's government—they are attempting to weaken Mexican democracy One of the key tenets of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's "fourth transformation" government is state sovereignty over Mexico's energy resources. This transformation…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-12). Latin American and Caribbean governments agree to join forces against inflation. greenleft.org.au Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service reports that the leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries took part in a virtual summit against inflation, on April 5, called by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

The Associated Press (2023-04-12). Mexican Immigration Agency Chief to Be Charged in Fatal Fire. latinorebels.com Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in Ciudad Juárez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

Franc Contreras (2023-04-13). Mexican fine chocolate producers seek entry into China's market. america.cgtn.com A Mexican fine organic chocolate has won top prizes in some of Europe's most prestigious competitions. Now, the creators are opening new markets in the U.S. and China. Find out more.

teleSUR, SH (2023-04-12). Fiscalía mexicana abre proceso contra titular de Migración. telesurtv.net La fiscalía mexicana indicó que Garduño y otro alto funcionario del INM incumplieron sus responsabilidades de dar seguridad a las personas e instalaciones a su cargo.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-12). Mexico: Is AMLO's Resource Nationalism Raising the Odds of a Coup? libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la República Washington and Ottawa are not only attempting to weaken AMLO's government—they are attempting to weaken Mexican democracy One of the key tenets of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's "fourth transformation" government is state sovereignty over Mexico's energy resources. This transformation…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-12). Latin American and Caribbean governments agree to join forces against inflation. greenleft.org.au Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service reports that the leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries took part in a virtual summit against inflation, on April 5, called by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

The Associated Press (2023-04-12). Mexican Immigration Agency Chief to Be Charged in Fatal Fire. latinorebels.com Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in Ciudad Juárez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

Franc Contreras (2023-04-13). Mexican fine chocolate producers seek entry into China's market. america.cgtn.com A Mexican fine organic chocolate has won top prizes in some of Europe's most prestigious competitions. Now, the creators are opening new markets in the U.S. and China. Find out more.

teleSUR, SH (2023-04-12). Fiscalía mexicana abre proceso contra titular de Migración. telesurtv.net La fiscalía mexicana indicó que Garduño y otro alto funcionario del INM incumplieron sus responsabilidades de dar seguridad a las personas e instalaciones a su cargo.

Staff (2023-04-13). Headlines for April 13, 2023. democracynow.org U.S. Appeals Court Partially Restores Access to Abortion Medication Mifepristone, Expelled Lawmaker Justin Pearson to Be Reinstated to Tennessee House of Representatives, U.N. Says Somalia Faces Catastrophic Hunger as Climate Crisis Fuels Drought, Zelensky Condemns Video Appearing to Show Russian Soldier Beheading Ukrainian POW, Brazil's Lula Will Ask China's Xi to Help Broker Peace in Ukraine; U.S. Sees No Peace Talks in 2023, At Least 10 Migrants Drown Off Tunisia's Coast as U.N. Warns of Soaring Deaths in Mediterranean, Mexico Charges Immigration Chief over Ciudad Juárez Fire That Killed 40 P…

Staff (2023-04-13). Samidoun Albuquerque Highlights Defense of Al Aqsa and Palestine Solidarity Struggle. samidoun.net Around 30 people gathered in front of the University of New Mexico bookstore, on Tiwa Territories (Albuquerque, New Mexico) to highlight the Zionist invasion of Al Aqsa during the holy days of Ramadan and to show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Micheáilín Buitléir, longtime activist and member of Samidoun ABQ welcomed the group, …

Editor (2023-04-13). Politicians Around the World Demand US Drop Charges Against Assange. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including …

Dominique Galeano (2023-04-12). Migrar al Norte: frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. globalizacion.ca En los últimos nueve años murieron más de cuatro mil migrantes intentando cruzar la frontera estadounidense. La frontera entre Estados Unidos y México tiene más de 3.000 kilómetros de extensión con un muro que bordea más de mil kilómetros y…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-04-12). Asesinan a seis personas en el estado de Veracruz, México. telesurtv.net Los delitos se relacionan con un posible ajuste de cuentas entre grupos rivales de la delincuencia organizada.

teleSUR, SH (2023-04-12). Guatemala recibe restos de migrantes que fallecieron en México. telesurtv.net La operación de repatriación estuvo encabezada por el canciller guatemalteco, Mario Búcaro, quien viajó a México para coordinar el traslado de los cuerpos.

Rhythmix Cultural Works (2023-04-13). Saturday 5/20: Asian and Pacific Islander Arts & Culture Festival. indybay.org Bohol Circle Immigrant Park | 2901 5th St, Alameda CA, 94501…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-04-13). OIM reporta 441 migrantes muertos en el Mediterráneo durante 2023. telesurtv.net La creciente pérdida de vidas en este cruce marítimo ocurre en medio de informes de retrasos en las respuestas de rescate de los gobiernos.

teleSUR, dcdc (2023-04-13). Migrantes se lanzan al río Bravo para llegar a EE.UU. telesurtv.net Niños y adultos se arrojan a las aguas apoyados en inflables, sogas y botellas de plástico.

Leila Rafei (2023-04-12). This Deceptive ICE Tactic Violates the Fourth Amendment. aclu.org There's a knock at your door. It's the police. They say they are investigating a crime and would like to ask a few questions. It's alarming, but you want to help, so you let them in. | But what if these officers are not who they say they are? | For years, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have impersonated the police and used other deceptive tactics to gain warrantless entry into people's homes, or lure them out — a practice that the ACLU, in collaboration with others, has challenged in court as a violation of the Fourth Amendment. | ICE's goal is to arrest and deport undocumented immig…

WSWS (2023-04-12). Migrant family's asylum claim denied just days before fatal attempt to cross Canada-US border. wsws.org The deaths are a damning indictment of the Trudeau Liberal government, which postures as "pro-refugee" while pursuing a "Fortress North America" strategy that excludes from Canada all but a handful of those fleeing repression and war.

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