Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024-01-10: News Headlines

Granma, Resumen English. (2024-01-10). With The Integration Of Countries, Lies A Solution To Migration. popularresistance.org Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized U.S. legislators for refusing to approve resources for the development of Latin America and, instead, focusing on a communication campaign to blame the Mexican administration for not stopping the migratory flow to the north. | From the National Palace, the President reiterated, that people have reasons to emigrate from their communities, towns and countries, essentially due to economic difficulties. | In his speech, he called for the suspension of the economic and commercial blockade of Cuba and the beginning of a bilateral dialogue, the removal of Cuba fro…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-10). AMLO: With the Integration of Countries, Lies a Solution to the Migration Issue. resumen-english.org

latintimes (2024-01-10). Mexican President Apologizes For Misgendering Federal Lawmaker After Backlash. latintimes.com The apology came soon after the president faced backlash from social media and various LGBT+ community members in Mexico demanded a public apology from the leader.

Alex S. Vitale, Truthout. (2024-01-10). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. popularresistance.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the right citizenship papers and deporting people into Mexico, regardless of their country of origin. | The bills, which Abbott signed into law on December 18, represent a dangerous and almost certainly unconstitutional expa…

latintimes (2024-01-10). 9 Bodies Found Near Pipeline In Mexico; Authorities Suspect Fuel Theft. latintimes.com The bodies were found in two separate vehicles near a pipeline north of Mexico City. The license plates on both vehicles belonged to the neighboring state of Hidalgo, which is notorious for fuel thefts.

Larry Johnson (2024-01-10). War Erupts Between Government of Ecuador and Drug Cartels. sonar21.com Ecuador at War with Drug Gangs | Ecuador, a major gateway for Colombian cocaine that is shipped to Mexico and Europe, is wracked by violence today as the foot soldiers of the traffickers attacked TV stations, prisons and the Presidential Palace. The spreading violence follows the prison escape of the leader of one of the Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency after one of the country's most notorious gang leaders escaped from prison, followed by a violent uprising with…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

WSWS (2024-01-10). Biden asks Supreme Court to give State Department sweeping power to separate immigrant families, provoking anger across Latin America. wsws.org On Friday, the US Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case that has the potential to strip millions of undocumented immigrants and their US citizen family members of constitutional rights in the "consular process," the main mechanism through which undocumented people can legally acquire green cards.

noemail (2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.

Jailel Barr (2024-01-10). Migrant crisis deepens at inhumane Chicago shelters. liberationnews.org The current crisis is not caused by migrants or by existing homeless populations.

latintimes (2024-01-10). Nearly 2,000 Migrants Evacuated From Brooklyn Shelter Amid Storm. latintimes.com City officials say their main concern and reason for the evacuation was the high winds…

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

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2024-01-08: News Headlines

Staff (2024-01-07). Mexico's State Oil Company Pemex Approaches PDVSA to Strengthen Oil Cooperation. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, met with a high-level delegation of the Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in Caracas. PEMEX will soon start extensive cooperation with the Venezuelan state-owned oil corporation Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). | The PEMEX delegation was led by the president of the company, Octavio Romero, who was accompanied by the director general of Exploration and Production of PEMEX, àÅngel Cid Munguía, and the director general of Regional and American Organizations and Mechanisms of the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Efraín Guadarrama Pér…

WSWS (2024-01-07). Chiapas rebellion 30 years on: The shipwreck of Mexico's Zapatista experiment. wsws.org Despite the dances and music at its headquarters in the Lacandon Jungle, the guerrilla group once glorified as a new beacon of hope by prominent pseudo-lefts manifests all the symptoms of an approaching breakdown.

teleSUR, MS (2024-01-07). 500 migrantes forman una nueva caravana en Tapachula. telesurtv.net Los migrantes formaron parte de la caravana de más de siete mil civiles que se desintegró el pasado martes por el INM que les ofreció transporte para poder tramitar sus documentos migratorios.

teleSUR, SH (2024-01-07). Al menos cinco muertos y 20 heridos en una balacera en México. telesurtv.net Agentes de cuerpos de seguridad y equipos forenses llegaron al sitio del hecho armado para avanzar en las investigaciones, que permitan esclarecer la balacera.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). SUCCESS OF FAR-RIGHT PARTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DEAD END OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com The far-right, anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in the Bavaria's state election in October, coming third with just under 2 million votes and gaining 10 seats in the state legislature. This follows a trend of electoral success for AfD, which is now polling at around 20 percent across all of Germany.Interestingly, the far right enjoys large support in the formerly socialist east German states where until recently the working class largely supported the democra …

The Independent (2024-01-08). Security intensifies eviction of defiant Balaalo in Amuru. independent.co.ug Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Amuru district have intensified the eviction of defiant migrant cattle keepers commonly referred to as Balaalo. The eviction exercise dubbed "Operation Harmony" kicked off in November last year following the expiry of the eviction ultimatum issued by President Museveni. A total of 240 herds of cattle …

Alex S. Vitale (2024-01-08). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. Instead, Both Parties Want to Build a Wall. truthout.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the… |

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