Zane McNeill (2024-01-16). Mother and Children Drown in Rio Grande as Texas Blocks Agents From Aiding Them. truthout.org Last Friday, a woman and her two children tragically drowned while attempting to cross the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas. Federal agents were barred by Texas officials from accessing the river to help the drowning family. The bodies of the migrants were recovered by Mexican authorities the next day. "This is a tragedy, and the state bears responsibility," U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said… |

Anna Canning, James Daria, Labor Notes. (2024-01-16). Why Fair Trade Produce Labels Are Bogus. popularresistance.org Any U.S. consumer walking down the supermarket aisle will find berries, tomatoes, and other vegetables that are labeled "responsibly grown," "farmworker-assured," and "fair-trade certified." | But behind the labels, the Mexican workers who harvest these fruits and vegetables live and labor in conditions they call "twenty-first century slavery." | We interviewed 200 workers for our new report "Certified Exploitation: How Equitable Food Initiative and Fair Trade USA Fail to Protect Farmworkers in the Mexican Produce Industry." They detailed widespread wage theft, sexual harassment, rampant retaliation, and, in the…

Editor (2024-01-16). The Long Quest for Reproductive Justice in Mexico: Feminist Legal Strategies and Challenges to Changing Abortion Precedent in a Federal System. scheerpost.com By Alma Beltrán y Puga / Georgetown Journal of International Affairs As the Green Wave echoes throughout the Latin American feminist movement, the Mexican legal system has progressed accordingly. Feminist legal groups have adopted innovative legal strategies to solidify the right to abortion at the federal level, but state-level protections are still needed to satisfy …

Redacción Costa Rica (2024-01-16). Salvadoran march for the anniversary of the Peace Accords. pressenza.com A large march took place today in the capital of El Salvador as a tribute to the 32nd anniversary of the Peace Accords, affirming their necessity and validity. | The different organisations of El Salvador marched from Cuscatlán Park to the Plaza Cívica Captain General Gerardo Barrios to reiterate the validity of the historical memory that includes the pact signed in Mexico City on 16 January 1992, which put an end to the war in the country. | With the slogan "The people won the peace, let's defend our history", the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Bloc (BRRP) and the Movement of Victims of the Regime (Movir) were…

teleSUR, MS (2024-01-16). Los secuestros en México suben un 3,2 por ciento durante 2023. telesurtv.net En total se contabilizaron 2.402 víctimas de secuestro de las cuales 772, cerca de un tercio, son migrantes.

infobrics (2024-01-11). Is Latin America finally making united stand against US imperialism?>. infobrics.org The very fact that Mexico's demands have more to do with Latin America as a whole rather than Mexico alone shows that they are finally making a united stand against US imperialism. Washington DC would certainly refuse at any other time. However, with less than eleven months left until the 2024 presidential election, the troubled Biden administration needs to act fast.

latintimes (2024-01-12). Meet The Mexican Women Busting Taco Cook Stereotypes. latintimes.com Chopping meat and offal at her street food stall in one of Mexico City's roughest neighborhoods, Maria del Pilar Cortes is a rare sight in the capital's male-dominated taco world.

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). A River in Guatemala: The Alternative Crossing Point for Migrants. america.cgtn.com For many years, the Rio Grande at the Mexico-US border has been a path for thousands of illegal migrants. However, another river much further south is used by migrants who are making their way to the US. This is called the Suchiate River, located on the border between Guatemala and Mexico. If migrants coming from Central and South America do not request asylum, they will be deported by Mexican authorities.

latintimes (2024-01-12). Bullfighting To Return To Mexico City After Legal Battle. latintimes.com Bullfighting will make a comeback in Mexico City this month after a legal tussle led to a more than one-year suspension at the world's largest bullring, organizers announced Thursday.

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). Migrants Staying in Mexico Instead of Crossing the US Border. america.cgtn.com Many people from South America and Central America travel to Mexico hoping to cross the border into the United States. However, more and more migrants are now opting to stay in Mexico instead of continuing their journey. In this video, Alasdair Baverstock will explain this trend.

Roselena Ramirez (2024-01-11). Vanishing Wetlands: The Impact of Climate Change on Southern Louisiana's Ecosystem. america.cgtn.com Southern Louisiana is known to have one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in North America. Due to climate change, the coastal wetlands vanish into the Gulf of Mexico. John Zarrella has reported on why and how this is happening in Louisiana.

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-12). Worker centers, advocates demand Biden protect whistleblowing migrants. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO —Worker centers and migrants' advocates are demanding that President Biden, and particularly his Department of Homeland Security, publicize and publicly advocate a little-known DHS waiver of deportation for undocumented people who become whistleblowers about worker exploitation and abuse on the job. With backing from the AFL-CIO-recognized National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), they're undertaking …

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-12). NYT Invents a Bipartisan Anti-Immigrant Consensus. fair.org

WSWS (2024-01-12). Led by billionaire Elon Musk, anti-immigrant, racist and antisemitic propaganda explodes on Twitter/X. wsws.org The most vile and ancient antisemitic conspiracy theories have proliferated on the platform in recent days, garnering millions of views. The fascist propaganda is being spread by neo-Nazis and white supremacists who were reinstated by Elon Musk after he purchased the social media company.

WSWS (2024-01-12). Democratic Socialists of America complicit in Chicago Democrats' scapegoating of immigrants. wsws.org DSA alderpersons have either issued apologetics for the horrific conditions migrants are being held in or joined in reactionary racialist tirades.

teleSUR, dcdc, YSM (2024-01-11). Más de 6.600 migrantes murieron intentando llegar a España en 2023. telesurtv.net Un promedio de 18 inmigrantes perdió la vida por día en la Frontera Occidental Euroafricana, entre ellas, 363 mujeres y 384 niñas y niños.

Eunice Hyunhye Cho (2024-01-12). Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect. aclu.org Last year,