(2023-04-15). Acusan a tres funcionarios mexicanos por incendio en Ciudad Juárez. telesurtv.net Los funcionarios en cuestión, Eduardo Apodaca, jefe de Departamento de Recursos Materiales, el coordinador del Grupo Beta de Protección a Migrantes, Juan Carlos Meza y la agente migratoria Cecilia Rivera.
(2023-04-15). Black People Used To Attack Revolutionary Governments. popularresistance.org "We used to talk about, when I was a kid, in college, about 'America's Backyard'. It's not America's backyard. Everything south of the Mexican border is 'America's Front Yard'. And we're equal people. We don't dictate what happens in any other part of this continent or the South American continent. We have to work very hard on it." President Joe Biden | Even while claiming to believe in the sovereignty of all American states, Joe Biden couldn't help but use hackneyed phrases about whether the rest of the hemisphere is in his yard. He exposed himself and what the U.S. state does in the Caribbean and Central Americ…
(2023-04-14). EXCLUSIVE | Interview with Mexico's leading presidential contender Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum. peoplesdispatch.org Rania Khalek of Breakthrough News and Zoe Alexandra of Peoples Dispatch sat down with Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, the head of government in Mexico City and considered by many as the successor to current Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. They spoke about what the project of MORENA, the fourth transformation, has meant for the people of Mexico, her initiatives to make the city a safer and more environmentally friendly one, and how she got into progressive politics. | The full transcript of their conversation is available below: | Rania Khalek: Hello, everyone. I'm Rania Khalek with Breakthrough News. | Zoe…
(2023-04-14). Politicians Demand US Drop Assange Charges On Anniversary Of Arrest. popularresistance.org Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Representative Rashida Tlaib, who initiated the letter, was prepared. However, it had not yet been sent to Garland at the time of publication. | The letters were timed to mark the fourth anniversary of Assange's arrest and detention. | On April 11, 2019, Ecuador President Lenin More…
(2023-04-14). México: infanticidio, panorama desolador. globalizacion.ca La condición de la niñez en México enfrenta un panorama desolador. El riesgo mayor y brutal es el infanticidio vil, sin duda. Así lo reportan las noticias recientes: "Asesinados, 350 niños en la GAM", fue la nota principal del diario…
(2023-04-14). Instituto de Migración de México rescata a 209 migrantes. telesurtv.net El instituto identificó a 144 adultos procedentes de Guatemala, seis de Honduras, seis de El Salvador y cinco de Ecuador.
(2023-04-14). México y EE.UU. acuerdan combatir tráfico de drogas y de armas. telesurtv.net La asesora de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, y la secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de México, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, encabezaron sus respectivas delegaciones.
(2023-04-15). Reportan 20 heridos tras cierre de frontera en Ceuta. telesurtv.net Autoridades marroquíes detuvieron a 70 migrantes que procuraron saltar la valla que divide a ese país con España.
(2023-04-15). Legisladores de Chile proponen encarcelar a extranjeros irregulares. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, el jefe de la Defensoría Penal Pública (DPP), Carlos Mora Jano, argumentó que la medida de encarcelamiento resulta excepcionalísima a la luz de lo que actualmente señala la ley chilena.
(2023-04-14). Cuban Journalist: U.S.-Cuba Talks on Migration Come as Ongoing Embargo Creates Economic Refugees. democracynow.org 
We look at U.S. policy toward Cuba as U.S. and Cuban officials met Wednesday to discuss migration from the island. This January, the U.S. Embassy in Havana began processing immigrant visas for the first time in more than five years in an attempt to control the extent of undocumented migration from the island. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to face pressure to lift the embargo that has severely limited trade and more with Cuba for decades. We speak with Liz Oliva Fernández, award-winning Cuban journalist with the independent Cuba-based media organization Belly of the Beast who is in the U.S. to report on the econom…
(2023-04-14). Migrantes se lanzan al río Bravo para llegar a EE.UU. telesurtv.net Niños y adultos se arrojan a las aguas apoyados en inflables, sogas y botellas de plástico.
(2023-04-14). LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Groups Issue Travel Advisories for Florida. truthout.org LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory on April 12, warning LGBTQ people of the risks that traveling or relocating to Florida could pose to their health, safety and freedom. "The advisory comes after passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws and allow untrained… |
(2023-04-14). México y EE.UU. acuerdan combatir tráfico de drogas y de armas. telesurtv.net La asesora de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, y la secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de México, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, encabezaron sus respectivas delegaciones.
(2023-04-15). Reportan 20 heridos tras cierre de frontera en Ceuta. telesurtv.net Autoridades marroquíes detuvieron a 70 migrantes que procuraron saltar la valla que divide a ese país con España.
(2023-04-15). Legisladores de Chile proponen encarcelar a extranjeros irregulares. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, el jefe de la Defensoría Penal Pública (DPP), Carlos Mora Jano, argumentó que la medida de encarcelamiento resulta excepcionalísima a la luz de lo que actualmente señala la ley chilena.
(2023-04-14). Cuban Journalist: U.S.-Cuba Talks on Migration Come as Ongoing Embargo Creates Economic Refugees. democracynow.org We look at U.S. policy toward Cuba as U.S. and Cuban officials met Wednesday to discuss migration from the island. This January, the U.S. Embassy in Havana began processing immigrant visas for the first time in more than five years in an attempt to control the extent of undocumented migration from the island. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to face pressure to lift the embargo that has severely limited trade and more with Cuba for decades. We speak with Liz Oliva Fernández, award-winning Cuban journalist with the independent Cuba-based media organization Belly of the Beast who is in the U.S. to report on the econom…
(2023-04-14). Migrantes se lanzan al río Bravo para llegar a EE.UU. telesurtv.net Niños y adultos se arrojan a las aguas apoyados en inflables, sogas y botellas de plástico.
(2023-04-14). LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Groups Issue Travel Advisories for Florida. truthout.org LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory on April 12, warning LGBTQ people of the risks that traveling or relocating to Florida could pose to their health, safety and freedom. "The advisory comes after passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws and allow untrained… |
(2023-04-14). Border delegation in San Diego: Immigration panel. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – The Legalization for All Network (L4A) concluded day four of the 2023 border delegation with a virtual panel that included speakers from different immigrant rights organizations. The panel was moderated by Jenny Bekenstein, a member of Centro Community Service Organization (CSO). Sol Márquez, member of Centro CSO and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) grounded the discussion in the broader purpose of the delegation – to deepen participants' knowledge of different immigrant rights struggles and to find unity across these struggles. | Brad Sigal, a member of L4A and the Minnesota Imm…
(2023-04-14). The Legalization for All Network's border delegation learns from students. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On April 5, the final day of the Legalization for All Network's border delegation, activists spent the morning listening to testimonies from seven immigrant students from the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. The students — all Guatemalan youth who've lived in the United States for less than a year — explained the conditions in Central America that pushed them to leave home, their experiences while detained by ICE, and the struggles of having to work to support their families. | The encuentro was hosted by SALEF, the Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund, an orga…