2023-05-19: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Mexico: 49 Migrants Found After Kidnapping From Bus. telesurenglish.net The Mexican military has reported the discovery of a group of 49 individuals, including 11 minors, who were kidnapped by a drug cartel in the northern region of Mexico. | Related: | The individuals who were travelling across the country towards the U.S. border as migrants conveyed that they were abducted on Tuesday, upon their bus making a stop at a petrol station located approximately three hours away from Monterrey. | On Thursday,…

teleSUR, MER, DRL (2023-05-19). Elena Poniatowska, cinco de sus libros que debes leer. telesurtv.net La autora francesa-mexicana Elena Poniatowska, quien nació un 19 de mayo de 1932, es reconocida por la diversidad de género en sus obras, lo que le ha hecho merecedora del Premio Cervantes 2013.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-18). 8-year-old girl dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody. plenglish.com The minor and her family were being held at a facility in the city of Harlingen, close to the Mexican border, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement. | "Emergency Medical Services were called to the station and transported her to the local hospital where she was pronounced dead," the statement said, adding that the Office of Professional Responsibility would conduct a probe as it standard protocol in the case of a death. | The agency stressed it had contacted the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General and the Harlingen Police Department about the incident. | The death comes just…

Staff (2023-05-19). Washington Green-Lights Fund for Social Investment in Venezuela (+México Talks). orinocotribune.com The decision of the Biden administration to give the green light for the humanitarian fund, announced this Thursday, May 18, originates from an agreement reached last year between delegations of the Venez…

Pamela Haines, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-05-18). Protecting New Mexico's Centuries-Old Water Democracy. popularresistance.org How do we mediate our relationship with water? Those in areas with unquestioned and sufficient supply may have issues with affordability and cleanliness. But in dryer parts of the country — and the world — more fundamental challenges with the allocation of scarce water are coming increasingly to the fore. | In New Mexico, the reality of scarcity pits an Indigenous perspective of water as part of the commons against a Western worldview that is centered in a system of individual property rights. These two perspectives are colliding with ever greater intensity and higher stakes. | On the one side there i…

Teresa del Carmen Gonzalez (2023-05-18). Review: 'Pueblo Espíritu' showcases exciting experimental theater. peoplesworld.org When thinking of the new play Pueblo Espíritu, the quote, "And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul," by John Muir comes to mind. The story takes place during the pandemic when the deadly outbreak is ravaging Mexico City, which is inhabited by 22 million people. A group of …


teleSUR (2023-05-19). Colombian President's Daughter Sets Foundation to Help Migrants. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Andrea Petro, the daughter of President Gustavo Petro, presented the Colombian Organization for Migrants (OCM), a foundation that will seek to provide support and assistance to migrants in cooperation with public institutions from various countries. | RELATED: | The objective of the Foundation is to reduce the number of migrants in an irregular situation in different countries, Petro explained at a press conferenc…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-19). Migrantes centroamericanos temen deportación desde EE.UU. telesurtv.net Exigen a la Administración Biden la reasignación del TPS más allá del 30 de junio del 2024, para obtener residencia permanente y vivir con sus familias en EE. UU.

Natalia Marques (2023-05-18). Desperation at the US border. peoplesdispatch.org There is a humanitarian crisis at the southern border of the United States, where thousands of migrants are attempting to enter the country in search of a better life, only to find themselves in desperate need of food, shelter, and work. | On May 11, Title 42, which used the COVID-19 emergency as an excuse to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border,

manager (2023-05-18). Asian Americans Have the Lowest Incomes in Mississippi; Highest in New Jersey. cepr.net Asian Americans have the highest median household income of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. This is partially the result of an immigration process that has favored Asian immigrants with higher levels of educational attainment. However, it is important to remember that the Asian American population is diverse, and the median …

unitedEditor (2023-05-18). The opposition handed over election victory to Erdoƒüan. unitedworldint.com The severe economic crisis, the earthquake that hit 11 cities, the presidential system that does not function, millions of illegal immigrants, the lack of merit in state institutions, the injustice in income distribution, the electoral alliance that disturbs the nationalist voters (the AKP's electoral alliance with HàúDAPAR, which is close to the Türkiye-based ethnic Kurdish …

WSWS (2023-05-18). Truck drivers plan boycott of Florida in response to state's new anti-immigrant bill. wsws.org The call has been led by Latin American truckers, who over the past week have published videos in both Spanish and English on TikTok condemning SB 1718.


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