(2023-09-23). Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign. popularresistance.org In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union, the Mexican Workers' League (La Liga). A year later, after refusing to negotiate a new contract, the company has shut down, leaving 400 workers jobless—and 71 workers without their legally-mandated severance pay. VU is located in the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, where politicians brag about maintaining "labor peace" in the foreign-owned factories known as maquiladoras. This "peace" is largely mediated by the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), a powerful company-fri…
(2023-09-23). AMLO Will Not Attend Asia Pacific Forum in US Due to Boluarte's Presence. orinocotribune.com Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he will not go to the United States to participate in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, to which his US counterpart Joe Biden had invited him, due to the presence of Dina Boluarte, coup president of Peru whom the Mexican government does not recognize. | "I am not going to San Francisco because we do not have relations with Peru, and it has to do with the Asia Pacific, and we do not want to participate in that, with all due respect," AMLO said on Thursday, September 21. | In August, the Mexican president had announced that he had been i…
(2023-09-24). Autoridades mexicanas rescatan a 23 migrantes. telesurtv.net Los migrantes rescatados fueron canalizados para revisión médica a la Fiscalía General del Estado Zona Norte, sin que se revelaran sus lugares de origen.
(2023-09-23). The National Enquirer's Revolution in Make Believe News, Jesuits and a New Origin Story for Humanity. thelastamericanvagabond.com On September 13, 2023 media reports across the world exclaimed aloud that ancient aliens were discovered in Peru and presented to the Mexican Congress by a team of valiant researchers led by a journalist named Jose Jaime Maussan. The language used in the headlines across mainstream press agencies expressed absolute certainty leaving media consumers to
(2023-09-23). Parents of disappeared Ayotzinapa students begin indefinite sit-in protest outside military camp in Mexico City. peoplesdispatch.org The parents are demanding that the Mexican Armed Forces hand over all the information they have in their possession about the mass kidnapping and disappearance of their loved ones…
(2023-09-24). México propone en la ONU cambiar paradigma del desarrollo. telesurtv.net "El actual modelo de desarrollo global es insostenible" declaró Alicia Bárcena durante su intervención.
(2023-09-24). Cancilleres de Rusia y México se reúnen en la ONU. telesurtv.net Las conversaciones entre Serguéi Lavrov y Alicia Bárcena comenzaron con recuerdos de la lucha por los derechos de los fumadores en la ONU.
(2023-09-23). México — El Legislativo debe honrar la moderación. globalizacion.ca Los diputados y senadores de México ya comenzaron la carrera alcista hacia el 2024. En el proyecto de presupuesto de egresos de la federación (PPEF) solicitan 18 mil 397 millones de pesos para sacar adelante su quehacer legislativo; por supuesto,…
(2023-09-23). Comment] Offline: Political declarations—clichés and lies. thelancet.com Let me concede this point: writing political declarations for intergovernmental meetings is a demanding and often thankless challenge. I was once part of a team tasked with summarising deliberations at a Ministerial Summit on Health Research, held in Mexico in 2004. The goal of the meeting was to go beyond traditional conceptions of health research. We endorsed the importance of basic medical science and clinical investigation. But we also sought to persuade governments to take health systems research more seriously.
(2023-09-23). Construction Companies Exploit Agricultural Visas To Underpay Workers. popularresistance.org Jose Ageo Luna Vanegas first worked for Signet Builders in the early 2000s. Hired on a temporary labor visa, he traveled from Mexico to U.S. job sites. The hours were long, but he was paid overtime. Years later, around 2017, Signet hired him again. This time, he received no overtime pay. | That's when he "started asking questions," his attorney, Jennifer Zimmermann, said. | The work was largely the same. His visa was different. Originally, Luna Vanegas was hired on an H-2B visa. Various industries use the visas to fill labor shortages. A hotel facing a busy summer might hire foreign maids, fo…
(2023-09-23). Biden orders deployment of 800 soldiers to US-Mexico border. wsws.org Locking hands with Republican anti-immigrant fascists, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday the deployment of an additional 800 US Army soldiers to the border.
(2023-09-24). BYD launches affordable EV in Mexico. america.cgtn.com Electric mobility is fast becoming the preferred mode of transportation around the world, with sales of electric vehicles growing yearly. | A leading market is China, where eight million EVs were sold in 2023, more than double that of any other global region. But Chinese EV technology is becoming available in other markets too. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.
(2023-09-23). Cancilleres de Rusia y México se reúnen en la ONU. telesurtv.net Las conversaciones entre Serguéi Lavrov y Alicia Bárcena comenzaron con recuerdos de la lucha por los derechos de los fumadores en la ONU.
(2023-09-24). Filipino community condemns continuing martial law. greenleft.org.au
(2023-09-24). Pope Francis calls for solidarity on Day of Migrants and Refugees. plenglish.com Vatican City, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) After praying the Angelus in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis recalled that today, the Catholic Church celebrates the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, for whom he called for solidarity.
(2023-09-24). Papa Francisco pide a Europa asumir la crisis de los migrantes. telesurtv.net El jefe de la Iglesia católica criticó el "fanatismo de la indiferencia" que recibe a los migrantes que buscan una vida mejor en Europa.
(2023-09-23). Filipino community condemns continuing martial law. greenleft.org.au
(2023-09-23). Samidoun Brussels highlights struggle of migrants and refugees at event honouring Semira Adamu. samidoun.net On Friday, 22 September, commemorating the murder of Semira Adamu by Belgian police 25 years ago, during their sixth attempted forced deportation of the 20-year-old Nigerian woman, Samidoun Brussels organized an event on the deportation of migrants and refugees and the imprisonment of Palestinians. The event highlighted the role of Western imperialism in forced migration …
(2023-09-23). Migrants are heading to the U.S. border in near-record levels. america.cgtn.com The U.S. southern border is once again in a state of crisis. Tens of thousands of migrants have crossed into the country so far this month, soaring to near record highs. | The surge ends months of calm following the lifting of Title 42 in May and the rollout of stricter asylum restrictions. | It's putting renewed pressure on the Biden Administration and the border towns struggling with the influx of migrants. | Toni Waterman reports.
(2023-09-23). Papa Francisco pide a Europa asumir la crisis de los migrantes. telesurtv.net El jefe de la Iglesia católica criticó el "fanatismo de la indiferencia" que recibe a los migrantes que buscan una vida mejor en Europa.