Staff (2025-01-11). Con Mojica en La Habana. cubadebate.cu Comenta Dulce María Loynaz en sus memorias que fue una suerte de locura colectiva la que se adueñó de los habaneros durante la estancia en la ciudad del cantante mexicano José Mojica. Corría el mes de diciembre de 1931 y estaba el artista en la cúspide de la fama. La gente formaba largas filas frente a su hotel o al teatro, solo para verlo escapar rápidamente al salir, si no se escabullía antes por una puerta secreta.

JANET (2025-01-11). 2025: Working-class solidarity will determine the struggle. iacenter.org By A.A. Ware January 6, 2025 The new year on the Gregorian calendar has just begun, and many can feel a building crescendo of new, old and further abuses from the ruling class. Some on the left are approaching 2025 with trepidation due to Project 2025, a manifesto by the Heritage Foundation for the returning Trump administration. Project 2025 is a racist, misogynistic, transphobic and anti-worker agenda that promises mass arrests of immigrant and transgender workers. With intentions of intensifying legal harassment and repression against the entire left, it also promises to increase the militancy of the ruling cl…

Charles Pierson (2025-01-10). The Yanquis Are Coming: Trump Threatens a "Soft Invasion" of Mexico. counterpunch.org Towards the end of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 novel, It Can't Happen Here, the fascist dictatorship which has come to power in the US has launched a war of aggression against Mexico. I thought of this as I read that President-Elect Donald Trump has been talking about using US special operations units against Mexican drug cartels.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2025-01-10). Mexican President Responds to Trump's 'Gulf of America' Proposal. orinocotribune.com Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested renaming the US as 'Mexican America' | Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has hit back at US President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America'. | Sheinbaum suggested that the US revert to a historic name for the territory — 'America Mexicana' or 'Mexican America'. She made the comment standing in front of a 17th-century world map alongside former Culture Secretary Jose Alfonso Suarez del Real at a press briefing on Wednesday. | She was referring to Trump's pledge earlier this week to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of Americ…

Luis Linares Petrov (2025-01-10). Mexican authorities launch voluntary disarmament program. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Mexican authorities will begin the strategy "Yes to disarmament, yes to peace" at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the capital, with the goal of exchanging firearms and ammunition for cash.

Democracy Now! (2025-01-10). "Let's call it Mexican America": President Sheinbaum hits back at Trump's comment on renaming Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" pressenza.com Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday mocked U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America," referring to the United States. Sheinbaum gave her daily press conference in front of a large map from 1607 that gave much of the North American continent the name "Mexican America."President Claudia Sheinbaum: "Obviously the Gulf of Mexico is recognized by the name of the United Nations, it is a United Nations agency. But, the next one, why don't we call it Mexican America? It sounds nice, doesn't it? Doesn't it? Since 1607, the Constitution of Apatzi…

Dave Lindorff (2025-01-10). Trump is Far Too Timid in His Imperial Aspirations. counterpunch.org Much is being made of Donald Trump's threats to use US power — its military, or its mighty import demand and trade deficit — to take over the Panama Canal, the entire country of Canada, and the world's largest island, Greenland, as well as renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But why

Staff (2025-01-10). Biden Urged to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir, Who Could Soon Be Deported. democracynow.org Immigrant rights activists are urging the Biden administration to pardon longtime activist Ravi Ragbir, who has been targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for potential detention and deportation since 2001. Ragbir has been subject to regular ICE check-ins for over two decades, each time facing the possibility of being taken into custody by the agency. "Once you go into that building, your family, your friends, your community don't know if you'll walk back out," says Ragbir. We speak to Ragbir, his wife Amy Gottlieb and his lawyer Alina Das about his case and why they are calling…

Staff (2025-01-09). Headlines for January 9, 2025. democracynow.org L.A. Wildfires Kill 5; Officials Order 130,000 Residents to Evacuate as Angelenos Brace for More Blazes, Israel Kills 70 Palestinians in Gaza; 15 Incubated Newborns Could Die Unless Hospital Receives Fuel, "Let's Call It Mexican America": Pres. Sheinbaum Fires Back After Trump's "Gulf of America" Remark, DOJ Plans to Release Findings on Trump's 2020 Election Subversion Efforts, But Not on Classified Docs, Russian Attack Kills 13 in Zaporizhzhia; Biden Admin Sends Final $500M to Ukraine, Chad Says It Fended Off Armed Attack on Presidential Residence, Lebanon Elects Joseph…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-09). Mexican President supports compatriots in Los Angeles due to fires. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, expressed today her solidarity and support to compatriots in the American city of Los Angeles, due to the forest fires that have occurred there.

Luis Linares Petrov (2025-01-09). Mexican government to present 2024 security results. plenglish.com Yesterday, during her usual conference, the President said that the Security Cabinet would come, and we will see last year's results. | Official figures indicate that from October 1 to December 15, 2024, law enforcement captured 6,745 people for high-impact crimes and seized 3,023 firearms and 557,845 cartridges. They also seized 61.1 tons of drugs, in addition to 1,168 kilograms and 428,578 fentanyl pills. | Sheinbaum's administration is implementing a national security strategy based on four lines of action: addressing the causes, consolidating the National Guard, strengthening intelligence and investigation, a…

United World International (2025-01-09). Some thoughts on the upcoming Donald Trump administration. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Two weeks before Donald Trump is going to be sworn in as President of the United States, I am going to venture to make some observations about the prospects of the new government, first regarding its foreign policy, especially after his arrogant, confrontational statements regarding Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Denmark (for …

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-01-09). Migration; a burning point in El Salvador. plenglish.com The issue is frequently shown in the pages of the country's main media and is the subject of analysis by experts, as is the case this Thursday in an article in the newspaper El Mundo that points out that there are more than 361,800 Salvadorans in the United States with expulsion orders. | Local migrants make up the fourth group with the highest number of deportation orders after Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, according to a survey by the Inter-American Dialogue (DIA), a U.S. think tank based in Washington, the newspaper said. | If such expulsion were to happen, it would have an immediate impact on remittances,…

WSWS (2025-01-09). SPD interior minister threatens thousands of Syrians with deportation from Germany. wsws.org The threats of deportations directed against refugees and migrants are aimed at the working class as a whole.

ATTAC (2025-01-09). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org

Caleb Kieffer (2025-01-09). Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Taps Controversial Former Sheriff to Serve in Adviser Role. splcenter.org A law enforcement figure associated with the extremist "constitutional sheriff" ideology will serve as an adviser for the anti-immigrant hate group Federation for American Immigration Reform, according to an announcement in October.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-08). Sheinbaum to Trump: Gulf of Mexico was recognized since 1607. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) President Claudia Sheinbaum said today that the Gulf of Mexico has been internationally recognized since 1607 and suggested naming North America as Mexican America, after statements by the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump.

newarab (2025-01-08). 'Pro-Palestine Mexico activist' destroys wax Netanyahu statue. newarab.com A masked activist hammered, toppled, and threw red paint at a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister The man, who has not yet been identified, destroyed the statue in The smashing of t…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-08). Presidenta de México llega a 100 días de gobierno con alta aprobación. radiohc.cu La Habana, 8 ene (RHC) La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, llega hoy a sus primeros 100 días de gobierno con una alta aprobación ciudadana y una gestión caracterizada por la continuidad del proceso de cambios sociales iniciado en 2018.

Staff (2025-01-08). Headlines for January 8, 2025. democracynow.org Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 51, Including Five Children, in Israeli-Designated "Safe Zone", Far-Right Israeli Minister Calls for Destruction of West Bank Cities, Ireland Joins South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice, U.S. Concludes Sudanese Paramilitary Group Has Committed Genocide, Trump Threatens Military Action to Seize Greenland, Panama Canal; Says Canada Should Join U.S., Pope Names Trump Critic and Immigrant Rights Defender as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Congress Approves Bill to Deport Immigrants Charged with Minor Crimes, L.A. Orders Mass Evacua…

ATTAC (2025-01-08). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org

Chloe Atkinson (2025-01-08). Invest in Immigrants, Don't Deport Them. counterpunch.org Immigrants across America are quaking in their boots as they fear being arrested by federal agents and deported from the country — all because they sought refuge from a bad life in search of a better future. Donald Trump blames President Biden for encouraging mass migration, and he is pledging to close the border and