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2021-05-27: Social Media Postees

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As over 50 refugees drown, UN condemns EU's Mediterranean migrant policy
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
The UN human rights commission branded the EU as jointly responsible for hundreds of entirely preventable deaths in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/medi-m27.html

The Ceuta 'invasion': Exploiting young Moroccans desperate for a future
Dick Nichols | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-27
When thousands of Moroccan migrants reached Ceuta — a Spanish enclave on the north coast of Africa, bordered by Morocco — exhausted from the swim, they found they had been duped. Moroccan authorities had set in motion a wave of migration, to punish Spain for providing hospital care to the leader of the Polisario Front, which is leading the struggle to end Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara. | The Spanish fairy tale begins…: | The first "invaders" appeared at dawn on May 17. Stealthily swimming ashore at El Tarajal beach in Ceuta, Spain's Moroccan enclave, they quickly overcame the resist…
greenleft.org.au/content/ceuta-invasion-exploiting-young-moroccans-desperate-future

Emily Wilder's Firing Is No Surprise
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2021-05-27
From its founding during the Mexican-American War to its reporting on Latin America today, AP's always been quietly conservative…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/emily-wilders-firing-is-no-surprise/

Victory in closure of Georgia detention center
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2021-05-26
Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and former immigrant detainees were overjoyed to hear — the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., would close "as soon as possible." Dawn Wooten, left, at a news conference in . . . | Continue reading Victory in closure of Georgia detention center at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56635/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=victory-in-closure-of-georgia-detention-center

34 candidates assassinated ahead of parliamentary and subnational elections in Mexico
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-26
According to the consulting firm Etellekt's latest report on political violence, so far, 88 politicians have been assassinated since the beginning of the election campaign in September 2020. 34 of them were aspiring candidates for the upcoming legislative, regional and municipal elections in Mexico…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/26/34-candidates-assassinated-ahead-of-parliamentary-and-subnational-elections-in-mexico/

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2021-05-26: News Headlines

Dianne Mathiowetz (2021-05-26). Victory in closure of Georgia detention center. workers.org Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and former immigrant detainees were overjoyed to hear — the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., would close "as soon as possible." Dawn Wooten, left, at a news conference . . . |

The Associated Press (2021-05-25). Defense Paints Iowa Murder Suspect as Hard-Working Immigrant. latinorebels.com DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from Mexico who was pressured into making a false confession, his defense told jurors Tuesday.

Staff (2021-05-25). Headlines for May 25, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Secretary of State Reaffirms Israel's "Right to Self-Defense" After Meeting with Israeli PM, Israel to End All COVID-19 Restrictions; Gaza Assault Increases Risk to Unvaccinated Palestinians, WHO Director Decries "Scandalous Inequity" on Vaccinations "That's Perpetuating the Pandemic", Los Angeles to Fully Reopen Classrooms in the Fall, with Remote Learning Options, Mexico City Protesters Demand Vaccines for Students Before a Return to Classes, China Blasts Wall Street Journal Report Suggesting Coronavirus Escaped from Wuhan Lab, European Union Sanctions Belarus over "Hijacking" of Ryanair Plane and "Kidnapp…

_____ (2021-05-25). The United States Should Stop Interfering In Mexico. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, May 19, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, decried that the US government "is already taking too long" to respond to the diplomatic note sent to the US Embassy in Mexico, last May 6. The aforementioned note, sent by the government of Mexico, sought explanation regarding the financing of the NGO Mexicans against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI), as well as funding of other political groups disguised as civil associations.

teleSUR (2021-05-25). Mexico Gets All the Shares of Deer Park Oil Refinery in Texas. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced the purchase of the Deer Park oil refinery in Houston for a US$600 million deal. | RELATED: | Dutch oil company Shell agreed to sell its 50 percent of the refinery's share to the state-owned Mexican Petroleum Company (PEMEX) in a deal set to boost Mexico's energy self-sufficiency by 2023. | "This acquisition will be fully financed by the federal government and the sal…

Mouris Salloum George (2021-05-25). México — Tamaulipas, un periodista asesinado y el gobernador destituido. globalizacion.ca ERA EL MES de Mayo en el auditorio Francisco Zarco del Club de Periodistas de México rodeado de colegas y amigos; el periodista y escritor Tamaulipeco, Alfonso de los Reyes Villareal, presentó su libro ®Historia de dos crímenes". | A once…

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