UMMID (2024-01-05). 2024 Year to See Elections in 70 Countries, Results to Have Global Impact. ummid.com 2024 will be a historic election year, when democracy will undergo a major test with elections in approximately 70 countries including the United States, India, Mexico and South Africa.

ecns.cn (2024-01-05). Made-in-China light rail train put into operation in Mexico City. ecns.cn A light rail train developed by CRRC for Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, was put into commercial operation on Wednesday local time, which is the first time a made-in-China light rail train serves Mexico City's public transportation system."ÄÄ…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-05). Exigen acceso a más de 800 documentos del caso Ayotzinapa en México. telesurtv.net "La falta de entrega de información militar no es su percepción sino una realidad objetiva", manifestaron los familiares.

Paul Street (2024-01-05). Biden's Next Big Imperialist Climate Fail. counterpunch.org Who is the New York Times trying to kid with its recent news story titled "A Natural Gas Project is Biden's Next Big Climate Test"? The project in question, called "CP2," is a proposed $10 billion natural liquified gas export terminal that Venture Global wants to build on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. It cannot go forward until

latintimes (2024-01-05). New York City Hits Back at Texas, Sues Charter Bus Companies Transporting Migrants for $700 Million. latintimes.com "We cannot bear the cost of reckless political ploys from the state of Texas alone," said NYC Mayor Eric Adams…

Gregory Elich (2024-01-05). Migration as Economic Imperialism. counterpunch.org Numbering an estimated 169 million, [1] international migrant laborers are generally regarded in mainstream economic circles as playing a substantial role in poverty alleviation and economic development in their home countries. This is accomplished, it is asserted, through remittances sent home by migrants, reaching an estimated $647 billion arriving in low- and moderate-income countries in 2022, a

Staff (2024-01-05). Deporte y Revolución: Un legado que continúa (+ Audio). cubadebate.cu Muchos son los ejemplos de la repercusión en el deporte cubano del triunfo revolucionario y viceversa. Desde Juantorena, Ana Fidelia, Sotomayor, las legendarias Morenas del Caribe, las chicas de Veitía, Stevenson, hasta Mijaín López. A todos, los convirtió Fidel en leyenda, gracias a la concepción del sistema deportivo cubano. Hoy, compartimos los testimonios de Margarita Mayeta y José Manuel Cortina.

UMMID (2024-01-04). 2024 Year to See Elections in 70 Countries, Results to Have Global Impact. ummid.com 2024 will be a historic election year, when democracy will undergo a major test with elections in approximately 70 countries including the United States, India, Mexico and South Africa.

Alasdair Baverstock (2024-01-04). US reopens border crossings with Mexico amid slowing migration. america.cgtn.com Four border crossings between the United States and Mexico have re-opened on Jan. 4. | The move comes as the number of migrants is showing a steep decline. Officials hope the resumption of normal operations will benefit the economies of both countries. | But many wonder how long it will last. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2024-01-04). México anunció rescate de 32 migrantes secuestrados en Tamaulipas. telesurtv.net La secretaria de Gobernación, Luisa Alcalde, reconoció y agradeció a las autoridades, a la Guardia Nacional y a las Fuerzas Armadas.

Lindsay Schakenbach Regele (2024-01-04). Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the Poinsettia, Enslaver, Secret Agent and Perpetrator of the 'Trail of Tears'. counterpunch.org If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia plant. In the late 1820s, while serving as the first ambassador from the U.S. to Mexico, Poinsett clipped samples of the plant known in Spanish as the "flor de nochebuena," or flower of Christmas Eve, from

Gloria Rubac (2024-01-04). Texas governor turns cops loose on migrants. workers.org Houston One week before Christmas, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott outdid himself by signing into law a bill that authorizes police of any agency, anywhere in the state, to arrest any person they think looks "illegal." Senate Bill 4 goes into effect March 5, the day of Texas' presidential primary, along . . . |

Alex Majumdar (2024-01-04). PDF of January 4 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. South Africa charges Israel with genocide Rape charges weaponized to justify genocide Boston: 'No celebration during genocide!' Texas governor turns cops loose on migrants Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. |

Andrea De Lotto (2024-01-04). Milan, January 1st, several churches in the square against all wars — Video. pressenza.com Piazza Santo Stefano, 4 pm on January 1st, on the occasion of the 57th World Day of Peace, called by the community of Sant'Egidio, at least 200 people arrive, a good part of them immigrants. They remember the violence in the world, and the many wars spread across the planet, they display many signs with the names of the places where peace is a dream. Speakers include a young man from Sudan who recalls that 8 million Sudanese are displaced, largely within the country itself, but also outside of it, an Afghan man who lists the abuses of a Taliban government which crushes the population, starting with the women, and…

Steven Ganot (2024-01-04). Moroccan Army Detains 87,000 Undocumented Migrants in 2023. themedialine.org

Howard Lisnoff (2024-01-04). On the Road of Flight. counterpunch.org "Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.," (New York Times, December 28, 2023), brought back memories of the 1980s and the protest movement to stop US military interventions, particularly in countries in Central America. The article graphically illustrates where migrant children are coming from, and it was no surprise that the