(2023-12-19). Demanding Gaza Ceasefire and Migrant Rights, More Than 80 Groups Descend on DC. truthout.org Activists from more than 80 advocacy groups took to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to protest what they called the Israeli genocide in Palestine and "cruel" immigration policies here in the United States. The demonstrators demanded a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, an end to American military aid for Israel, and protection for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
(2023-12-19). Reportan presencia de subvariante de la Covid-19 en Ciudad México. telesurtv.net El caso de la nueva variante del Covid-19 fue detectado desde el pasado 24 de noviembre y apenas se confirmó comenzó a cobrar importancia la información.
(2023-12-19). Farmers Receive No Response One Week After Oil Spill Was Discovered by Navajo Citizen, Impacting Navajo Grazing and Agricultural Land in Shiprock, New Mexico. counterpunch.org
(2023-12-19). Mexico Must Stand up to Agribusiness Oligopolies on GM Corn Ban. counterpunch.org 
This coming January 1 marks the 30th anniversary of the trade pact originally known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It also marks the 30th anniversary of the historic Zapatista uprising in southern Mexico that denounced the pact over concerns about threats to indigenous people and food
(2023-12-18). Venezuela And Guyana To Maintain Direct Dialogue On Essequibo. popularresistance.org Mexico City, Mexico — Venezuela and Guyana agreed Thursday to an ongoing direct dialogue between the two countries following a first meeting between their respective leaders in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali met at the airport in Kingstown alongside representatives from CARICOM, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Brazil, Colombia, and the United Nations. | The two leaders gathered following a letter by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines calling on the leaders to diffuse…
(2023-12-18). Guanajuato: Mexico's industrial heartland. america.cgtn.com 
The world is living through what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. | Just as AI and modern technology are changing lives on an individual level, those advances are doing the same to industry and the assembly line. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock shows what this look like in Mexico's industrial heartland in Guanajuato state, in this first in a special series. | The state received more than $31 billion in foreign direct investment last year.
(2023-12-18). Mexico's Industrial Transformation. america.cgtn.com 
CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock brings us this special series of reports from Mexico's industrial heartland. | The world is living through what many are calling the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Just as AI and modern technology are changing lives on an individual level, those advances are doing the same to industry and the assembly line. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock shows what this look like in Mexico's industrial heartland in Guanajuato state, in this first in a special series. The state received more than $31 billion in foreign direct investment last year.
(2023-12-18). Mexico Must Stand up to Agribusiness Oligopolies on GM Corn Ban. fpif.org U.S. and Canadian civil society groups are denouncing their own governments' efforts, driven by the agribusiness industry, to repeal Mexico's proposed ban on genetically modified corn.
(2023-12-18). Colombia's ELN guerrillas agree to suspend kidnappings. colombiareports.com Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the ELN, agreed to suspend kidnapping people for profit in ongoing peace talks with the government. The agreement that was announced in Mexico comes days after…
(2023-12-18). Clausuran quinto ciclo de diálogos de paz entre el Gobierno de Colombia y el ELN. telesurtv.net Las partes, que desarrollan un proceso de negociaciones desde el año pasado, acordaron reunirse en enero próximo en La Habana, Cuba.
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(2023-12-19). Rights Groups Sue Texas to Block New Law That Targets Migrants. truthout.org Immigrant rights organizations have sued Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott approved one of the strictest state immigration enforcement laws, which authorizes police to arrest immigrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. In their lawsuit, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Civil Rights Project claim that Senate Bill 4, which Abbott signed on Monday and is scheduled to take effect… |
(2023-12-18). Libya: How a sinking migrant boat's pleas for help fell on deaf ears. middleeasteye.net 
Libya: How a sinking migrant boat's pleas for help fell on deaf ears | A hotline for boats in distress said it alerted authorities about a sinking boat off the coast of Libya multiple times, but rescue came too late | Mon, 12/18/2023 – 14: 18 | Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan are crowded into the hold of a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea, before being assisted by Spanish…
(2023-12-18). Channeling Hitler, Trump accuses migrants of "poisoning the blood of our country" wsws.org Emboldened by Biden's pledge to enact Trump's border policies as part of a $105 billion military package to Ukraine and Israel, Trump upped his fascistic agitation in Saturday's New Hampshire campaign speech.
(2023-12-18). International Migrants Day reveals migrants' tragic reality worldwide. pressenza.com International Migrants Day: 18 December 2023 reveals migrants' tragic reality worldwide.: | Desiring a brighter future for oneself and one's family is not a crime. The obstacles come when individuals who want to legally migrate to areas that provide greater opportunities—such as refugees from war-torn nations—are denied the ability to do so. | By Lal Mia | However, in the hope of a brighter future, desperation may force individuals to set out on unlawful and sometimes perilous maritime voyages when the path to earning an honest livelihood overseas is blocked. As happened to 61 of the 86 migran…
(2023-12-18). Report: Trump Wants 300K Troops to Build "Detention Camps" at Southern Border. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump would send an unprecedented number of U.S. military troops to the southern border if elected president again in the 2024 race, tasking them with building migrant prisons and other infrastructure to punish migrants, sources told Rolling Stone Magazine. At least three sources familiar with the situation confirmed to the publication Trump's intent to use "hundreds of… |
(2023-12-18). 5-Year-Old Boy Dies After Becoming Sick at Chicago Migrant Shelter. truthout.org A 5-year-old boy died on Sunday after falling ill at a migrant shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, just days after Borderless Mag published migrant testimony saying that the shelter has refused to give sick children medicine. "They treat us terribly — like dogs," a young woman at the shelter told Borderless. The city-run shelter is located inside of a warehouse and houses approximately… |