(2025-01-06). How Will Mexico's New President Deal With Trump, Migration and Drug Cartels? counterpunch.org 
In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Arguably, Mexico is Washington's most significant foreign policy partner, playing a central role in two issues that Donald Trump manipulated to win the 2024 presidential election: migration and drugs.
(2025-01-06). National Development Plan consultation forums begin in Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Starting today, Mexicans will be able to participate in the consultation forums of the National Development Plan 2025-2030, which will serve as a guide to defining priorities in economic, social and political matters during the six-year period.
(2025-01-06). México presenta Olinia, la primera armadora mexicana de vehículos eléctricos. cubadebate.cu Durante su habitual conferencia, la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum presentó el proyecto Olinia con el que su gobierno espera producir, con el apoyo del sector privado, tres modelos de automóviles compactos eléctricos que tendrán un costo entre 90 000 pesos (unos 4 500 dólares) a 150 000 pesos (unos 7 500 dólares). El nuevo automóvil será totalmente mexicano.
(2025-01-06). Biden Permanently Bans Offshore Drilling Across 625M Acres of Coastal Territory. truthout.org Outgoing President Joe Biden on Monday moved to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal territory, protecting swaths of the East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific, and Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from fossil fuel exploitation just before President-elect Donald Trump is set to retake power. Biden said in a statement that… |
(2025-01-06). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-06). Unions Get Bigger In Texas. popularresistance.org Texas has long ranked at the top of the list for the best states to run a business and the worst for quality of life and working conditions. Almost one out of every five Texans does not have health insurance. We are the only state in the country that allows private-sector employers to opt out of providing workers' compensation. Despite having a $33 billion surplus to put toward improving life for all Texans, our state lawmakers instead chose to spend the most recent regular legislative session attacking workers' rights, immigrants, public schools, transgender people, voting access, and higher education.
(2025-01-06). Crack-Up Capitalism: How Billionaire Elon Musk's Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin & Global Politics. democracynow.org 
Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk's latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped the incoming Trump administration's economic policy by proposing cuts to government spending and tech-oriented privatization of services, signifies a "new era" in American politics, says our guest Quinn Slobodian, who is chronicling right-wing tech billionaires' accelerating attempts to mold the world according to their "destructive" and "nihilist" beliefs. In a f…
(2025-01-06). More than 2,000 refugees, migrants die reaching Europe in 2024, says UN. independent.co.ug 
ROME | Xinhua | More than 2,000 refugees died in 2024 while attempting to reach Europe, according to recent data from the United Nations and Italian sources. At least 2,200 refugees and migrants were reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea last year, the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Regina …
(2025-01-06). Elon Musk's Influence Signifies a "New Era" in US Politics, Scholar Says. truthout.org Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk's latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped the incoming Trump administration's economic policy by proposing cuts to government spending and tech-oriented privatization of services, signifies a "new era" in American politics… |
(2025-01-05). Civil Protection lifts alert issued for six states of Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The National Coordination of Civil Protection lifted an alert issued in six states of Mexico, after the recovery of a cylinder with chlorine gas stolen in Querétaro and considered high risk due to its toxicity.
(2025-01-05). Mexico calls for implementation of measures due to cold wave. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The National Coordination of Civil Protection urged the population to implement preventive measures in the face of an extensive cold wave with effects in most of Mexico from today until January 11.
(2025-01-05). Former Latin American FMs support Panama's sovereignty. plenglish.com In a joint statement published here by several media outlets, in reference to the threatening statements made by US President-elect Donald Trump, who has demanded the return of the inter-oceanic waterway, the diplomats supported Panama and reiterated that the strategic asset is non-negotiable. | The message from diplomats from countries such as Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Panama reaffirmed the importance of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, signed in September 1977, as the basis for the transfer of the canal to Panamanian control and as a symbol of regional autonomy. | The former foreign ministers stressed th…
(2025-01-05). Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage. grist.org 
The fishers in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cameron Parish, Louisiana, estimate their catch has fallen catastrophically from 1 million tons a season to 150,000 tons since the first liquefied natural gas terminal in the parish began operating eight years ago. | Now, a new industry is being developed in the waters that were once the most productive grounds in the nation for fish, shrimp, and oysters. | A company called OnStream CO2 is developing the
(2025-01-05). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-05). A New Law Could Be a Lifeline for Los Angeles's Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses. truthout.org After 30 years of single-handedly running an Asian boutique store located inside an indoor plaza in Los Angeles called The Shop in LA's Chinatown, Mai Tu received an eviction notice at the start of 2020 from the building's new owner, the Santa Monica, California-based Redcar Properties. Tu moved out in March 2020 as the pandemic hit and the stay-at-home order started. Tu didn't want to close… |
(2025-01-05). Bahamas returned 19 irregular migrants to Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Interior Ministry today reported the return from the Bahamas of 19 irregular migrants, including 16 men and three women, in the first operation of its kind in 2025.
New Orleans The Workers Voice Socialist Movement (Louisiana) issued the following lightly edited statement on Jan. 1, 2025. Our condolences go out to the families and friends of those killed and injured in the horrific attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans. We condemn it completely. We also call . . . | 
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central The rescued and dead passengers, who were found off the Kerkennah Islands off central Tunisia, were aiming to reach Europe and were all from sub-Saharan African countries, said Zied Sdiri, head of civil defence in the city of Searches w…