US Backs Down on Key NAFTA Negotiation, Farmers in Agreement
teleSUR /ef-MS | telesurtv.net | 2018-08-21
After months of lobbying by U.S. agricultural lobbies, the Trump administration backs down from crucial clause to not tariff seasonal fruits and vegetables from Mexico.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Backs-Down-on-Key-NAFTA-Negotiation-Farmers-in-Agreement-20180819-0020.html

Facebook Suspended a Latin American News Network and Gave Three Different Reasons Why
Sam Biddle | theintercept.com | 2018-08-20
Facebook offered a jumble of explanations for why Telesur's English-language page was suddenly taken down and then reinstated two days later. | The post Facebook Suspended a Latin American News Network and Gave Three Different Reasons Why appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/20/facebook-suspended-a-latin-american-news-network-and-gave-three-different-reasons-why/

Why the Gallatin Range Deserves Protection
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-20
The Gallatin Range that lies south of Bozeman, Montana is the largest unprotected wildlands in the northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The Gallatin Range is highly scenic with glaciated cirques, grassy meadows, and subalpine lakes. Biologically it is one of the more diverse and important areas in the entire Yellowstone ecosystem. The range is critical…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/20/why-the-gallatin-range-deserves-protection/

Mexican farmers blame Volkswagen for drought near assembly plant
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-18
To guarantee their demands for high wages and fully funded social services, autoworkers and farmers are each other's most natural allies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/18/volk-a18.html

Pentagon chief promotes anti-China agenda in Latin America
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-18
Mattis' four-nation tour was aimed at countering China's influence and building up ties between the US and Latin American military commands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/18/matt-a18.html

London: Ecuador embassy vigil marks six years since Julian Assange granted asylum
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-18
If forced out, Assange faces arrest by British police and imprisonment on bail infringement charges relating to a case dropped by Sweden over a year ago.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/18/assa-a18.html

Fired Tesla employee alleges company spied on workers, knew of drug dealing at plant
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-17
An employee fired from Tesla's 'Gigafactory 1' battery plant has accused the electric-car maker of spying on its staff and failing to investigate reports that a Mexican cartel may be selling drugs inside the facility.
rt.com/usa/436177-musk-tesla-employee-lawsuit/

John Carlos Frey: Deported Parents Say Trump Administration Is Still Separating Families at Border
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-15
Nearly three weeks after the court-imposed deadline for reuniting families forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration has admitted that 559 children remain in government custody. More than 360 of these children are separated from parents who have been deported by the U.S. government. Most of the families separated at the border were seeking asylum from violence in their home countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Instead, the parents were charged in federal court with a crime for illegally crossing the border, then held in jail and detention. The children, some still breastf…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/15/john_carlos_frey_deported_parents_say

Military Cover-Up? 100s of Migrants Feared Dead in Mass Grave at AZ's Barry Goldwater Bombing Range
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-15
As the Trump administration continues an immigration crackdown at the border, asylum seekers are being told to wait for days or weeks on end before being allowed entry into the United States. This practice is leading more and more immigrants to risk their lives on dangerous journeys through the desert to enter the country instead, says investigative reporter John Carlos Frey. We speak with the Marshall Project reporter about the Barry Goldwater bombing range in Arizona, a vast swath of land across the border from Nogales, Mexico. The area is part of an incredibly dangerous migrant path, but aid workers are not al…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/15/military_cover_up_100s_of_migrants

Judge who bailed New Mexico desert camp suspects receives threats to have 'throat slit'
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-15
A New Mexico judge has received death threats amid outrage over her decision to grant bail to four adult suspects held in connection to a ramshackle camp, where arms, 11 starving children, and the remains of a child were found.
rt.com/usa/436044-new-mexico-compound-bail-threats/

Former Iranian Ambassador: Trump's Reimposed Sanctions Against Iran Are an Act of Warfare
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-13
Tensions are escalating between the U.S. and Iran after the Trump administration reimposed economic sanctions against Iran last week. This news followed Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Trump has threatened other countries seeking to trade with Iran, tweeting, "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States." Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the sanctions as "psychological warfare," saying last week he would not begin negotiations until the sanctions are withdrawn. We speak with Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Middle East security and nuclea…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/13/former_iranian_ambassador_trump_s_re

New York Case Shows Cruelty of ICE Toward the Mentally Disabled
James Goodman | progressive.org | 2018-08-07
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revoked Abigail Hernandez's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, paving the way for deportation to Mexico. "She would be taken advantage of. She would not survive," her teacher says.
progressive.org/dispatches/cruelty-of-ice-toward-the-mentally-disabled-180807/