Mexico Won't Allow US Military Operations Against Cartels
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-30
Mexico's foreign ministry warned that U.S. drone strikes would be a "violation of national sovereignty."
China arrests Belizean citizen accused of meddling in Hong Kong protests
rt.com | 2019-11-30
China has arrested a citizen of Belize in its southern city of Guangzhou for allegedly interfering in the internal affairs of Hong Kong. | Lee Henley Hu Xiang, a Belizean businessman who lives in China, had funded "hostile forces" in the United States and participated in activities that have led to unrest in Hong Kong, according to the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper, citing Chinese security officials. He has been charged with violating national security laws. | Beijing has repeatedly accused foreign nations, particularly the United States, of providing direct and indirect support to Hong Kong pro…
rt.com/newsline/474724-china-arrest-belize-citizen-hong-kong/
Trump Claims that Nicaragua Is a "National Security Threat" to Legitimize U.S. Economic Aggression
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Nicaragua has been experiencing a political crisis since mid-April 2018 when a reform of the Social Security system was used as a pretext to unleash pro-U.S. violent protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega. | The ruling party detected and …
globalresearch.ca/trump-claims-nicaragua-national-security-threat-legitimize-u-s-economic-aggression/5696261
Cuba and EU Share Positions About US Blockade
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
With similar positions of rejection of the resurgence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S, the second round of dialogues between the European Union (EU) and Cuba on unilateral coercive measures was developed Friday at the National Hotel. | The delegation of the European bloc was headed by Katja Afheldt, head of the Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division of the European External Action Service, while Rodolfo Reyes, director of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Cuban Chancellery. | After welcoming their counterpart, Reyes denounced the significant resurg…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-and-eu-share-positions-about-us-blockade–20191129-0008.html
Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia coup, Trump dubs Nicaragua 'national security threat' and targets Mexico
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-28
After presiding over a far-right coup in Bolivia, the US dubbed Nicaragua a "national security threat" and announced new sanctions,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/operation-condor-2-coup-trump-nicaragua-mexico/
Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Battle Gender Violence with Martial Arts
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-28
A group of indigenous girls in the northern Guatemalan village of Tipulcan have found in martial arts a way to gain confidence and claim space that majorly belongs to men. | RELATED: | US Sends First Honduran Asylum Seeker to Guatemala | Once or twice a week, the girls, decked out in the traditional skirts of the Q'eqchi' Maya people, practice taekwondo under the eye of their coach, Dany Coy. | Taekwondo "provides the girls…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-Girls-in-Guatemala-Battle-Gender-Violence-with-Martial-Arts-20191128-0007.html
Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Unsurprisingly, Mexico is less than thrilled about the prospect of American cross-border attacks on cartel infrastructure and personnel.
Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-11-25
(Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) The sting of tear gas was still in Julia's eyes when she ran into a public park in the center of the Nicaraguan city of Estelí on June 20, 2018. Earlier that day, she'd wrapped her face in a blue-and-white bandanna — the colors of the Nicaraguan flag — and joined a student-led march against the government of President Daniel Ortega, whose proposed cuts to social benefits were sparking tense street demonstrations across the country. [Note: 'Julia' is a pseudonym; the ACLU is protecting her identity for her safety.] | As the students marched through the streets, paramilitary p…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/in-nicaragua-she-dodged-bullets-now-shes-stuck-at-the-border
The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We're Suing on Their Behalf
Scarlet Kim | aclu.org | 2019-11-20
As part of a coordinated effort that undermined the freedom of the press, the U.S. government tracked, detained, and interrogated journalists who were reporting on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, we're suing on their behalf to defend their First Amendment rights. | Together with the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, we're representing five photojournalists who traveled to Mexico in late 2018 and early 2019 to document the experiences of people traveli…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/the-u-s-government-tracked-detained-and-interrogated-journalists-were-suing
The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
Repression against indigenous Bolivians has spurred protests across the Americas.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-other-americans-indigenous-guatemalans-mobilize-abbott-191119/
What the Frack? New Mexico Wants to Recycle Radioactive Wastewater
Frances Madeson | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
The state's famous green chiles may be hot for a whole new reason.
progressive.org/dispatches/what-the-frack-new-mexico-recycle-radioactive-wastewater-madeson-191119/
Venezuela, El Salvador Break Relations as Maduro Applauds 'New Anti-Neoliberal Wave'
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-04
Guatemala's president-elect has similarly pledged to break with the Maduro government upon assuming office in January.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14717