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2022-02-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-02-11). Biden administration tests "robotic dogs" at US-Mexico border. wsws.org Since taking office, President Biden has not diverged in any significant way from the Trump administration's savage immigration policies.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-02-11). United States: Using COVID-19 powers, Biden begins expelling Venezuelan migrants to Colombia. greenleft.org.au Despite promises by the Biden administration to respect the right to seek asylum, Washington has been denying migrants that right by invoking a provision that allows it to limit travel under the pretext of mitigating COVID-19, writes José Luis Granados Ceja.

JANET (2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt February 9, 2022 General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. For decades, company unions allied with the former ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), have colluded with auto companies to keep wages low and maximize exploitation. The highest-paid Mexican GM workers make in a 12-hour day little more than a U.S. autowork…

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-02-10). Mexico sues U.S. gun companies for increasing violence. america.cgtn.com As Mexico's legal case against American gun manufacturers advances, the two countries' governments have reiterated their shared commitment to limiting illegal cross border arms traffic. See the latest.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…

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2022-02-10: News Headlines

Martha Grevatt (2022-02-10). Big union win for Mexico's GM workers. workers.org Brazilian unionists outside GM plant in Silao, Mexico, where workers were voting for the first independent union, Feb. 3. General Motors workers in Silao, Mexico, have made history. They have voted in the first independent union in any Mexican GM plant, defeating the bogus company union by a wide margin. . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…

Ben Imbus (2022-02-09). Indigenous families call for justice for missing and murdered relatives in rural New Mexico. liberationnews.org Liberation News spoke to some of the families at the Jan. 29 protest in Shiprock.

Staff (2022-02-09). López Obrador propone una pausa en las relaciones entre México y España. cubadebate.cu En su conferencia de prensa matutina, el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador propuso hacer una "pausa" en la relación de México con España, al menos hasta el final del sexenio, por considerar que varias empresas de la nación europea han actuado de manera ventajosa, al amparo del poder político.

gmsorinoco (2022-02-09). UN Requests Venezuelan Government and Opposition to Resume Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, the United Nations (UN) asked the government of Venezuela and the opposition to resume the dialogue in Mexico. | Farahn Haq, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stated, "The Secretary General urges the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Unitary Platform of Venezuela to resume negotiations and remain fully committed to an inclusive and meaningful dialogue." | Haq added that Secretary General Guterres urges the international community to support a negotiated solution to resolve the current situation in Venezuela. "The secretary-general reiterate…

Amy Goodman (2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Independent Union Vote. truthout.org In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo. | TRANSCR…

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-02-09). Confirman tendencia baja en cuarta ola de Covid-19 en México. telesurtv.net El subsecretario de Salud resaltó que solo el 2.9 por ciento de los casos se encuentran activos.

Staff (2022-02-09). Workers at Largest GM Plant in Mexico Win Historic Vote for New Independent Union After 2019 Reforms. democracynow.org In Mexico, thousands of workers at the country's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. We go to Guanajuato, Mexico, to speak with historian Javier Bravo about the victory and the passage of critical labor reforms in 2019, which ensure workers can create new unions independent of the will of their employers, says Bravo.

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-02-09). Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard Kills Venezuelan Child, Maduro Gov't Demands Answers. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas rejected the fatal shooting against a boat with Venezuelan migrants, urging Trinidadian authorities to open a probe.

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